Economy Class:
Giordano:
There is a chic black and white story here and it’s a great place for basics; Check out:
• The fabulous black nylon zip bomber jacket with a black and a high neckline. This is a cool jacket for throwing over chinos and a white Tee or with a chic pencil skirt. You could also wear it when you want to look sporty and when you want to go jogging. $50.
• Buy the classic black or white cotton shirts with no extraneous details, easy dressing. We all need a white shirt. $50.
• Love the slightly hipster chinos in stone or black, very classic with side pockets and a classic leg. Not too low so we see a muffin top or croissant hips. These are indispensable in anyone’s wardrobe. Wear instead of jeans. It’s a causal look but a little dressier than denim. Throw on a chic chiffon blouse and serious heels in patent. Add a chic Bally belt and a divine Hermes watch. Grab your designer bag. Is there anything chicer? This is what the French women do why don’t you.
• The drawstring wide linen/cotton blend pants are perfect slouchy pants for the beach or casual days. Wear with flats. $60. Good for waistlines that like to expand.
• There are also some chic stripe Tee shirts here and simple plain Tees but watch out they may be too scoop neck and make you look OLD. Sorry to swear.
Witchery:
So many cool buys here and so many great pieces to choose from. They have hit the mark this season. You want:
• The cute little denim jumpsuit. Yes that’s right a jumpsuit. In fact it could be called a romper. You should not be shouting and screaming with horror as I told you that the jumpsuit was the item du jour months ago. They were all over the runways at New York Fashion week. Ok not for everyone especially this little one as it is short shorts and it’s in denim. Love the wooden buttons all the way down the front. One problem: Don’t be in a hurry to go to the loo. Nuf said. $149.
• Love the light denim almost faded light blue denim shirt dress with a white ribbon belt tie. So chic. Wear with black heels or white heels. $109.
• Buy the black woven clutch with gold buckle clasp and hardware. It’s the must buy of the season $149.
• The chic trench in a light and silky stone is fabulous with stone fabric covered buttons and belted. It’s double breasted with slightly ¾ sleeves and I know you will wear it with everything. Wear it as jacket even on warm sunny days. $229.
• Adore the one button, boyfriend blazer in black. I want it. It’s all about the new tailoring. I love a longer jacket that can cover your muffin bottom. This is a great trans seasonal piece and one to wear right now when it’s too hot for winter jacket but still a little chilly. It’s good for those people who want to wave to their friends but worry about flapping their arms. You get the picture. Wear this over a white Tee and skinny pants. Or channel Erin Wasson and wear it over short sexy shorts with the lining poking out $189.
• Also on sale for $89 are the other buy of the season: a denim fitted blazer. A fab buy. Wear over all black, wear with shorts, wear to settle down any wild and crazy prints.
• Love the black chiffon belted pants that are 3/4 peg legs, high waisted and Oh so YSL. Yes, that means very 80’s and very cool. The 80’s is another trend that was huge on the runways of New York and it’s here to stay. Wear these crop pants with your heeled gladiators and rock the look. Now on sale for $89. A must buy. (and flattering I promise).
Shoobiz:
Always good for cheap but chic shoes: best picks are:
• The black gladiator heels with 5 straps up to the ankle each with a little silver buckle are fabulous. These chic shoes have white stitching details and a thin stacked wooden heel. No platform or wedge so they may be a little harder to walk in. But hasn’t stopped you before so why stop now? $128.
• Check out the Tee bar gladiator heels in orange or tan, very chic. Be adventurous with shoes and go for heels in a colour. That way you can update everything from last season for just $129. Remember orange looks great with red and pink. And we love orange with tan and choc brown. It can be scary with blue or black unless you are super stylish and know what you are doing. And if you have been reading The FiFi Report you already are…
• Buy the very Marni style flats with an almost covered foot in black or stone with a sling back and a little peep toe. They are very chic and perfect if you actually need to walk all day. $89. They look expensive if you take them out from under those overpowering bright lights. (Don’t look too closely in the mirror or you will see wrinkles that you never knew existed. ) Wear these with a maxi dress or chinos.
• Love the very Miu Miu cream multi pleat bag oversized bag for $60…it has a long strap and 2 handles and it’s a great buy.
Business
Arthur Gallan:
Classic, chic and always fabulous. On a par with Scanlan and Theodore:
• The sequin batwing loose Tee style top (with a white background) is a fab buy $398. You want it in black too. Sequins were a huge trend at the New York Shows too. Wear with a white cotton tank, or with jeans. It’s about dressing them down and wearing for day.
• Buy the Tuxedo jacket….so chic and so YSL. It’s all you need to low key nights. $529.
• The black all over sequin dress is very snazzy $798. Definitely for evening.
• The black trench with silver buttons is cool, double breasted and perfect for days wandering around Paris. Wear with everything you own. And everything you are about to buy this weekend. $549.
• You want the black lace shirt dress with cap sleeves, too chic $798. Toughen this up and wear with a leather jacket and serious platforms.
• Love the black lace pencil skirt $398. Ditto.
• Love all the floral dresses and tops….understated and not too pretty, pretty and frou frou. Florals can be aging (gasp!) and are tricky to wear. (thanks a lot Prada 2 years ago). So keep it minimal and go for a top and then add tough accessories. You don’t want to look like Mrs Doubfire.
• The suit jackets are cut so well. Head here for a wok/office trousers suits. It might even make you like going to work.
Ojay:
Looking great here: Best buys include:
• You will live in the silky navy/purple blouse with a ruffle front and loose ¾ sleeves. It’s a little poets style and very similar to a version I bought last year at Country Road. I wore that one to death. And had to give it a funeral. Bless. Throw it back with jeans, with shorts, with a skirt. It’s a great buy $149.
• Love the navy satin silky dress with a neck and a black trim with a frayed edging: It has a jeweled black jet brooch embellishment at the décolletage and it’s awfully chic. I do declare it’s very Lanvin a couple of seasons ago. It also comes in a cami top which is great too. Love that back with stone chinos or jeans. $139.
• Buy the very chic (item du jour) short sleeve jacket with cap sleeves $149.
• Invest in the black chiffon frill edges top with a lattice satin ribbon trim along the top and a ruffle hem $169.
• Check out the stone blouson jacket $219 with a zip front.
• There are also quite a few great little navy and black print empire cami tops a la Marni..these are still happening for summer.
Armani Exchange:
Best buys include:
• A fabulous black crop leather jacket, with sort zips and black buttons $599. You know how to wear this? Over a pretty floral dress, over a white slogan Tee an skinny jeans, with a pretty 50’s skirt.
• Buy the white lace knit hoodie $149…almost see through it’s perfect for the beach and weekends. It will make you look 10 years younger. Especially if you have botox.
• Love the long silk shoes string strap maxi dress in a wide stripe…big block stripes in orange, grey and pink $259. Gorgeous you want this dress for the yacht.
• The black heavy cotton dress with pockets at the front is a beauty, a little 60’s and very structured it’s simple and easy. $199.
• Lots of great knits here too and great V neck Tees…
First Class
Colette Dinnigan:
I nicked into WBJ to check out the Colette Dinnigan collection there in David Jones: SO many gorgeous clothes. You want:
• The DIVINE short feather jacket with huge sequin paillettes scattered through it. So fabulous and very glamorous. This is definitely for someone who can carry it off. $2490.
• Also buy the divine feather dress in the same fabric as the jacket. Gorgeous and very Academy awards.
• Love the black one shoulder jersey drape dress with a huge black flower in the same fabric set on the side on the shoulder. It’s very understated chic $890.
• Love the grey lace pencils skirt about $700.
• Buy the black lace guipure shift dress with wide bra safe straps (very Prada) $1300.
• Check out the red/ brown lace sleeveless shift dress $1390.
• Love the seriously glamorous cream Grecian dress with lots of dramatic silver sequins and jewel embellishment across the neckline and arms.$1700.
Richard Nicoll Show
Aussie born Richard Nicoll gets great reviews at London Fashion week. Sarah Mower in style.com reports:
‘Minimalist elegance is a concept that’s slipped from view since the late nineties, but in London it’s marching back. The standard bearer is Richard Nicoll, whose show re-energized the monochrome aesthetics of clean, sporty dressing by drenching it in great doses of color-blocked tangerine, cyclamen, nude, and aqua. Nicoll said he’d been influenced by early Helmut Lang and (not so obviously) the late fifties, but if he meant the ease of mid-century American sportswear it makes sense.It was uplifting to watch a young designer find something new to say about the validity of T-shirt-and-pants dressing and think about simple but impactful combination’s of separates. That might mean an oversize T-shirt top in blocks of nude organza and pink silk tucked into a long, slim cyclamen skirt, or a tank with a one-shoulder toga drape over narrow pants. It’s not the easiest thing to make borderline bad-taste colors seem cool, but there was something in this collection that palpably moved the audience. Likely, it has to do with Nicoll’s growing into himself and acquiring the confidence to let his Australian understanding of relaxed, hot-weather lifestyles come through. If so, it’s an epiphany that may well connect him with underserved customers in warm climates all over the world. After all this, Nicoll ended his show with a surprise finale of his Richard Nicoll Shirt second line, which has quietly developed into a cute collection of cotton dresses and shorts. Impressive on all fronts’. RichardNicollSpring2009.com
Christopher Kane Show
…”I’M the king of the swingers,” rang out and tempted us all to boogie as we left the Christopher Kane show today. And despite his famous modesty, Kane has every reason to develop an ego after this show – his fifth, and possibly his best.Last season’s oversized sequins had grown into even bigger circles of chiffon and leather that rippled like scales around the models or created scalloped contours down their bodies to oscillating – and very short – hemlines. Nude, plus orange and pink, saffron and peach, the colours of summer 2009, meant this was steamy as ever – Kane’s women aren’t shy – but body con under-layers meant that the nipples he insisted on showing off this time last year were kept safely under wraps this time around. The jungle theme continued with leopard print cashmere cardigans in orange and yellow, plus roaring gorilla faces making up the upper half of jersey dresses. “Who else would think of that! Who else would dare?” exclaimed Erin O’Connor after the show. “I loved it, I love him!” ChristopherKaneSummer09.com
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