Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Black V 2.0 - A Dark Fashion Event

It was another cool fashion event in the city and of course I was there, this time at the backstage working (I was one of the stylists). "Black V"  is a fashion show featuring established, independent and emerging local fashion designers and boutiques and takes place annually-this years' event was the second one. The event was held at the very stylish Madrone Studios in SF (had very interesting artwork all over the studio). Designers including Jay Nicolas Sario (probably you know him from Project Runway Season-7 and he is so over that!), Homme by Dahae Kim, LHC Couture, Cari Borja, Ken Chen SF, Menk, GB Shrive, and Phuong My as well as jewelry designers Eugene Huang, Kaatje Design and Guzel Jewelry Design showcased their mini collections to the SF fashionistas inspired by the dark side of fashion! The guests arrived in their black outfits, masks and high hills proving how responsive our city is getting to fashion events. Ahh I sooo want the SF Fashion Week back!!!
This show was for a good cause benefiting SF City College's fashion department and I was proud to be a part of it!
Enjoy some of the pictures I took at the backstage!
 
 
the programs

rehearsal


with designer Jay Sario & the creepy artwork behind



model in Homme by Dahae Kim

model in Ken Chen SF


models in Jay Sario

models in Homme by Dahae Kim


models in LHC Couture

model in Jay Sario (I want this jacket)

model in Homme by Dahae Kim

model in Cari Borja

guest in Prada spring'11 runway sunglasses

show is about to start


designers, Ken Chen SF

Friday, May 13, 2011

Giambattista Valli - San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary Fashion Show

I had the great opportunity of attending an amazing fashion show this week. It was a benefit for SF Ballet and the whole staff of Italian born French designer Giambattista Valli flew from Paris to show his Fall’11 RTW collection at SF’s historic Fairmont Hotel.

Before the show, there was a cocktail reception to mingle and of course to check out everyone's outfits. While sipping on my white cosmo I was scanning all the ladies and their designer dresses & shoes with my eyes wide open. I call that the primary fashion show because everyone looked so so fabulous! I was debating for what to wear days in advance and finally decided on my mini white Halston dress to keep it simple.

GV showed his very same collection of Fall’11 with the same hair, make up as he did in March in Paris Fashion Week. The color palette was mostly neutrals, black, white & gray and he had some pop up colors such as red, pink ad acid yellow. The silhouettes were simple, tailored & conservative and most of the looks were combined with oxford shoes. I loved the capes, goat fur jackets, peplum jackets and skirts and both of his gorgeously designed closing gowns. (I wrote about the red gown on a previous post – Red Glamour, and it was ΓΌber cool to see it very close.) Right before the fashion show started, they announced that he will be showing his very first Haute Couture collection in Paris this coming July. That is huge considering that this is only his 5th year on his own, previously he was the creative director at Emanuel Ungaro.  At the end of the show when GV came to the runway to do his bow in his all black ensemble, the lady sitting next to me was applauding him with admiration and saying “ohh he is a youngster”..  :)

Some of my favorite looks from the fashion show are below. Those images are from Drew Altizer. I tried to take some pictures but it was too bright with the lighting on the runway. I put couple of my pics and a video I took at the end of the show. Enjoy!

This was the invitation I received in the mail..It said that GV took this picture himself
















Wednesday, May 4, 2011

MET Costume Institute Gala'11

The Met Costume Institute Gala is fashion world’s biggest night of the year (bigger than the Oscar night). This year’s gala was a tribute to the brilliant British designer Alexander McQueen who passed away more than a year ago and the gala benefited the exhibit: "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” which can be seen thru July 31st in NYC. 

Of course the fashion was out of this world with all the designers and their muses, models, Hollywood celebrities and fashion enthusiasts attending this huge event.
I picked some of my favorites.

Gisele Bundchen looks like a goddess in Alexander McQueen

Diane Kruger rocks this Jason Wu ensemble

Gwyneth Paltrow's leg action - love her

Gwyneth in her fave designer Stella McCartney

Liv Tyler in Givenchy Couture

Eva Mendes in Stella McCartney

Hamish Bowles in Alexander McQueen and custom made Louboutins

Daphne Guiness in Alexander McQueen

Karolina Kurkova in Jean Paul Gaultier Couture

Renee Zellweger in Carolina Herrera

Anna Dello Russo in a tux by Sarah Burton and in her egg hat, just perfect

Isabel Lucas in Louis Vuitton

Christina Ricci in Zac Posen

loved the hair accessories