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by Tiffany Hall
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| October / November 2008 | Issue One |
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Galactic Tactics |
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With the establishment of fall focus placed precisely on “shades of lady”, it is imperative that one persist in her exploration of the matter via a romp through the ream of Spring 2009 raiment.
Freak not, femme. We’ve all the nitty gritty and are most privileged to help you boldly go beyond global borders armed with a most intricate and intriguing set of instructions. It’s a most comprehensive collection dissection, so take notes, and prepare, preemptively, to soar into spring armed with an unlimited universe of glorious goods.
The design deities have showered us with a whole galaxy of earthly delights, so choose your costume, let it bloom; then get thyself to the changing room. Behold, babe, this actually is rocket science, and it’s a most luxurious countdown to launch. |
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Luca Luca |
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Astronomical antidote: recall the Big Bang Theory; a sudden blast and the proliferation of marvelous matter…fast. Curious congruence with the fashion world? Quite. From the dimmed house of a runway set, bulbs boldly ignite and out of the bowels (er, backstage) emerge ethereal beings radiantly decked in dazzling ready-to-wear. It’s shape and structure and sheen from all angles. Stark, bright whites plus a packed prism of color. “Out of the black!” says the designer pack, and Roy-G-Biv, they generously give. |
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Cut to current couture; sleek suiting, sharp shoulders, and sophisticated separates with professional panache. Momentary mix-and-match seeming tediously terrestrial? It’s a transitory story, and fortunately, starlet, for spring, meteorite seems just right. Fall’s earthly endowments in the mode of Power Dressing soldier on successfully with gorgeously galactic versions for a little primavera playtime amongst the planets. It is an asteroid aesthetic to which you simply must adhere, dear. For spring, designers mined precious minerals from Mars and the stars to produce luxurious fruit of the lunar. Zac Posen featured slick numbers with giant paillettes in shiny latex and wonderfully warped contortions of fluid fabric. At Calvin Klein and Luca Luca, fantastic foil-like confections came forth alongside stark one-pieces with strategic geometric cuts that served to create the suggestion of sharp space gear. |
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The houses’ respective designers Francisco Costa and Raul Melgoza stuck to a minimalist palette, yet sliced and diced their structured shapes most strategically; determined, perhaps, to direct ones attention to the negative space created by such shearing and snipping. Less is more, and negative is the new positive? Methinks, momentarily, at least. |
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With dream-like sentiment, designers brought forth frocks showered with shimmering sediment. Doo.Ri sprinkled hers with lunar dust, creating a charcoal gray and metallic mini with sculptural lines. Douglas Hannant did a gleaming silver sheath with undulating designs veiled by a layer of sheer chiffon.
For the Rodarte spring presentation, designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy catapulted their worldly witnesses from catwalk to constellations in a most artfully apocalyptic manner.
Having worked previously with cinematic references, the ever-inventive Mulleavy sisters maintained the motif with an emphatically Star Wars-esque theme, transplanting stellar stylings from reel to runway with wonderfully webby knits and android-worthy accessories. |
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Resourceful they are, these mineral miners. And the reserves? Not so reticent. After all, Planet Prêt-a-Porter knows no bounds. Adorn thyself in out-of-this-world offerings, from heliocentric headgear for the cranium to gravity defying details for the lower digits (that’s feet, Space Cadet). Acceptable accessories include oversized headpieces and dynamic disk-like hats, gigantic lunar orbs for the lobes, and Neptunian neckwear in the form of jagged jewels and glowing gems. Go for mercurial makeup and apply in star spangled manner.
Moon dust is a must, but temper the Tranny effect with sparing applications of sheen to the apples of the cheeks, the eyelids, and that pouty pucker. Pretty pastels are perfectly on-point, and the most luscious lip color? Hear ye, it’s heliotrope. Or, otherwise, orange.
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The Ultimate Universe Look: Head in the clouds, feet in foot candy a la Rodarte or Proenza Schouler. Ground thyself galactically with a striking statement sandal and take a trek like a true star.
Stellar tip, Star Trooper: remain not confined to the banality of the biosphere. Lunar luxury is the mood of the moment, and it behooves you to move mercurially when garnering new gear.
This, fembot….is the Finer Frontier. |
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