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Fashion: SS 2013 Trends

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   Hello dolls,

Many of you probably know that one of this spring and summer's big trend is going to be (drumroll) black and white and geometric shapes. Here we got designers inpired by Harlequin pattering, squares and other geometric shapes, some of them even create illusions and reinvent shapes for our own interest.

Louis Vuitton

  
This season, Marc Jacob for Vuitton build his collection around damier motifs, creating a geometric visual ambience. To intensify this appearance on the catwalk, the floor was also squared. Moreover, the model walked in pairs, had the same hair colour and the same hairstyle, which gave a symetric and organised atmoshere to the show, and since the floor was reflective, there also was a horizontal symetry.  
  In this collection, all lenght were used (mini, midi, maxi), as well as many different silhouettes (dresses, trousers, shorts, skirts) , however, those squares were redundant and appeared in every outfits. This quadrilateral shape is also depicted in accessories, shuch as handbags, as shown on the picture.
  I admit that I am not a Vuitton lover, however I found this collection very 'smart' and inspiring, and the Paris catwalk was stunning with those amazing escalators (see a picure here.).

Balmain

   Geometric shapes are also depicted in Blalmain this season. Olivier Rousteing represented this vibe with the Harlequin pattern and some delicate stripes at some places. The young but bright designer inspire his collection from the early 90's, while most of the other collections got their inspiration from earlier in the fashion history. 
  A very sublime idea used several times in those silhouettes really catch my eyes, are those 'braided raffia'. I also loved how he depicted stripes using see-through fabric. It gives a really delicate aspect to the collection.

Marc Jacob

    A final example is another one signed by Marc Jacob (sorry about that). The vibe that emerges from this collection is very powerful. He played on our optic and created illusions by imposing heavy contrast and illusional shapes and lines. As described by Vogue, 'Jacob reinvents the female form'; if we look at the first and last silouhettes on the picture, we do have an illusion of thiner waist and wider hips! 

Catch you later! Imi xx

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