Paris Fashion Week AW 12 - Balenciaga

Some of my favourite looks from Balenciaga AW 12.

Paris Fashion Week - Gareth Pugh & MUGLER AW12

Gareth Pugh AW12

MUGLER AW12

The two individual designer and design house has produced a very monochrome collection for AW12. I love the fur and tassels from London designer and one of my favourites. The collection started off with structural pieces which then grew more towards his signature style of body-con looped tassels pieces. I liked the first 20 or so looks, but the latter was rather simple and safe for what I usually expect from Pugh. And for that reason, I only selected my favourite looks here (you can see the rest on www.style.com).

I loved the first few pieces in the MUGLER show. Pristine white mixed with fur and tassels accompanied by a head-mask hat; which reminded me of Alexander McQueen's SS'05 "human chess" collection. The collection then transcended to the more MUGLER style. The shapes and silhouette again reminds me of MUGLER's debut collection under Nicolas Formichetti's direction.

Alexander McQueen S/S 2012

 

Amazing close-up shots of the collection. The lace-bound heads, which graduated later into masks of clustered shells has left me in awe. Along with with the corsetry, it all stayed true to McQueen’s signature style. The details are very beautiful and really amazes me. I’m liking the finger/hand bracelet as seen in the first image, it’s something I’ve been looking for awhile back now. I can’t wait to get my hands on something similar.

Maison Martin Margiela S/S 2012

 

Don’t want to spam my post with entirely images, so here’s my top picks from the Margiela show.

As usual, loving the sheerness mixing with the tough leather look, very standard Margiela. Loving the last 3 looks here, you can’t go wrong with plastic for me. The carpet printed skirt is so lush, that’s definitely my favourite look from the show.

I can’t wait to see more from Paris Fashion Week..