Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Oscar de la Renta: The Retrospective at De Young Museum

May is a busy busy month with too many parties and opening nights. On May 7th, ArtPoint held their annual gala at de Young museum with a well dressed crowd and lots of fashion enthusiasts . This year they are showcasing the fabulous Oscar de la Renta and of course we got to take a look at the exhibit all dressed up and sipped some bubbly on the dance floor afterwards. I have to say I wasn't crazy about the party (I think it wasn't planned well and didn't meet my expectations knowing they did much better before) but the exhibit is amazing!

Back to Mr. de la Renta (RIP), he was always one of my favorite designers with his romantic, delicate and elegant style with silk prints, ruffles and soft silhouettes and this exhibit truly celebrates his career as being one of fashion's most influential designers.
He was born in Dominican Republic and left his town for Madrid at the age of eighteen to study. He was deeply inspired by the people, customs and history of Spain and started his career at the couture house of Balenciaga. He considered Cristobal Balenciaga as his mentor. In 1961 he left Spain to join Antonio del Castillo as a couture assistant at Lanvin in Paris, then worked for Elizabeth Arden and in 1965 he began his own signature ready-to-wear label. Mr de la Renta also designed for haute couture collection for Balmain from 1993 to 2002 besides his own label. Fashion world lost a great designer when he passed away in 2014 but for sure his legacy continues to inspire many designers and artists.

Go see the exhibit at de Young before May 30th if you still haven't and enjoy some pictures I took that day including my favorite pieces.


Evening Dress, Spring 2005
Oscar de la Renta for Pierre Balmain , Autumn/Winter 1993-1994 (on left)
Custom Evening Coat 2012



Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2011 (left to right)
 


Fall 2013



Resort 1966


Custom Evening Dress 2014


Oscar de la Renta for Pierre Balmain, Spring/Summer 1997
from left, Myself, Sara Pirami, Celine Wei



Tuesday, May 3, 2016

MET Gala 2016 - Manus x Machina

The first Monday in May is always a big night for fashion. And we can simply refer the Met Gala as the Oscars of fashion. This years theme was  "Manus x Machina" and it meant to explore fashion in the age of technology. The dress code memo was futuristic and innovative and seems like many attendees got it right. Silver metallics, white, black and even latex ruled the red carpet with lots of sparkle, beads and cut outs. The flawless make ups with dark lips and sleek hair complemented the high tech and modern looks. I have too many favorites but I tried to narrow it down :)

pictures are from style.com and getty images

Poppy Delevingne in Marchesa

Anna Wintour in Chanel Haute Couture

BeyoncĂ© in latex Givenchy Haute Couture

Kendall Jenner in Atelier Versace

Jourdan Dunn, Doutzen Kroes, Alessandro Ambrosio all in Balmain

Nicole Kidman in Alexander McQueen

Kate Bosworth in Dolce Gabbana

Karlie Kloss in custom Brandon Maxwell

Alexa Chung in a Thakoon tux

Taylor Swift in Louis Vuitton

Sunday, March 31, 2013

The Art of Fashion - Jason Wu

It has been sooo long since I did a blog post! I had big changes in my life that requires all my time right now, like having a baby! It is the hardest and most demanding thing that I have ever done but my sweet Atlas is all worth it! He is the best thing ever happened to me..
Anyways between changing diapers and feeding my baby I could get away for a little bit for an amazing fashion event and fundraiser in SF last week! SF Opera Guild & Neiman Marcus hosted an event with the famous designer Jason Wu ( his name got really big after designing for the First Lady Michelle Obama) and we saw his Fall'13 collection again in the same set up as he showed at NYFW followed by an after party. All the fashionable SF ladies competed each other on fabulous designer outfits and on the live auction that had items sold for $10,000 including seats at the next Jason Wu fashion show at NYFW! Big big congrats to my friend Melissa Boxer who was one of the co-chairs of this fabulous event!
After the wonderful night of fashion & socializing I was ready to run back home to my sweet 2 months old baby boy!
Enjoy my pictures from that night!





Black & red themed invitation and  fancy chocolate treats










Jason Wu greeting the crowd after the fashion show


My beautiful friend Marie Carr


Myself with my extra pounds and BCBGMaxAzria dress :)