The Apathist is going through a sheer period. I’m going through a ‘tenatitive sheer period.’ As Meg pointed out, the sheer shirt is a little Cher a la Clueless but when worn tight and black under a Marios Schwab dress like Selma Blair shows here in the new Dazed & Confused (absolute stonkin’ issue and… Continue reading Halfway Sheer
Category: Trends
A Pauper’s Ombre
Ombre sure does sound a whole lot better than gradiated or worse, dip-dyed and there is a whole lot of ‘ombre’ going on for AW07-8 (Louis Vuitton, Prada, Alberta Ferretti, Miu Miu etc) that I’m itching to get into. Trouble is, ‘ombre’ is not exactly purse-string friendly and thus far, I haven’t seen a lot… Continue reading A Pauper’s Ombre
All tooled-up
I’m hoping that Liberty of London doesn’t go and do a ‘Mulberry.’ Meaning, flagging British brand suddenly gets hip with break-out IT bags. Judging from the new AW07-8 campaign, starring a voluptuous looking Rachel Alexander, Liberty aren’t compromising on their aim to dance between Liberty’s heritage and the 21st century as I observed for the… Continue reading All tooled-up
The Likelihood of Leather
When you see leather dresses appearing in H&M and Zara, something twigs that leather garments won’t be maligned to trend obscurity. In 30 degree heat leather-anything-bar-shoes is pretty far from my mind yet when I saw the new Jil Sander ad, I wanted to smell that inevitable high-quality leather and also touch these well cut-simple… Continue reading The Likelihood of Leather