The Need to be Belle

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I did pass up the chance to head out to Berlin for fashion week and a) spend some time cycling around with Kat and Jennine at Bread and Butter or hanging out with the lovely Les Mads girls so that they can point me in the right general direction seeing as I'm Berlin-clueless.

However, I wasn't going to be bitter about it and pretend Berlin Fashion Week never existed.  I was quite excited to see that despite the people that doth protest and tell me the schedule is a bit of a bore, that there are some interesting new additions.  Namely Je Suis Belle, a Hungarian label who got onto the schedule this season at Berlin and showed its print-laden collection. Yes, I do bang on about prints a little too much but it's not my fault I'm getting print-pie all over my face constantly…

Furthermore, Je Suis Belle's prints aren't the sort to be deciphered straight away at a first glance.  Is it a blurred painting/photo?  Is there paint involved?  Tie dye?  Excessive Photoshopping?  A combination of all of that – most likely.  It's taken the term 'wishy washy' quite literally and smeared it all over the S/S 10 collection that definitely needs to be worn whilst wandering around the Heath barefoot…. you might event want to sickeningly throw in some daisy chain headbands to go over those sweet visors and headscarves…

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29 comments

  1. OMG!!!! Susiebubble is blogging HUNGARIAN fashion? Talk about surprising turnout for the books! WOW! Great find! I just read an article about SS09 Budapest fashion week, but this collection is much better. Well done for them showing in Germany!

  2. ooh man, i’m so sorry i missed this too! last year the hungarian college had some of the best pieces from bfw, imo. i really love her colors here…

  7. Love the off the shoulder number…very intriguing.
    And the layered ruffle one at the end. Lovely colours and textures.

  9. Looks like everybody is doing these crazy digital prints and I’m back to basics, hand-painting on silk, might even do some potato prints too. It feels wrong, but looks good…

  12. “Yes, I do bang on about prints a little too much but it’s not my fault I’m getting print-pie all over my face constantly…”
    Eeep me too! But it’s nothing to apologize about.
    Je Suis Belle’s website is probably not good for epileptics… But I like what I see anyways!

  17. Yes. Most of the Berlin Line up was a bore. There was this one pin up cliche line that absolutely made me rolled my eyes. Another one of those Katy Perry looks!

  18. the 1st print is reminding me of those ksubi space looking print teeshirt dresses from ages ago.
    i really do love the ruffles of that dress!

  20. Those prints are dream. People can be snobs about fashion weeks, but in my mind it isn’t the city but the individual designer that makes the show…

  21. This is all too crafty looking in the wrong way. This is like Hipster-chic aesthetic. Cool because its so ugly. Cheap trick in my opinion. Can’t designers be original by doing something other then sloppy drapes with nice prints. I mean these are not beautiful and i hardly think they are cool. a fan of your blog I love most of your pics for photo worthiness, but this one does not impress.

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