It seems that Alice Dellal loves to do cool, underground lookbooks, after the great Dominic Jones Jewelry – here she is for one of our fave UK brands David David. By now you should know we like this brand a lot. Still riding their color blocking/ psychedelic prints wave and now (finally) available at Seven New York – Also see the preview of their AW09 @ www.daviddavid.co.uk

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With only one collection under its belt, and now after seeing number 2, Fall 09, it is starting to settle in that Julian Louie is here to make a mark.  Having worked with Fransisco Costa at Calvin Klien and Tara Subkoff on Imitation of Christ, Julian is no amateur to the fashion industry. His structural designs however are majorly a reflection of his architecture studies at Cooper union prior to switching to fashion. Julian Louie’s paneling, color palettes, and hardware are very much inspired from modern architecture. There is also a very nice element of contrast throughout the collection, with the juxtaposition of hyper construction of sharp and defined lines and more playful pleated silhouettes.

Surface Architects won the RIBA award in 2008 for their graphic revival  of a building they designed and built for Birkbeck College’s Centre for Film & Media in Gordon Square, London. The project was completed in February of 2007 for with a budget of £1.15 M for the project. “The college had a particular wish for the Centre to engender a sense of community, even commerciality, and give a strong sense of visual identity – and the architect has interpreted this brief in a wonderfully imaginative and spatially inventive way.”

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Vogue UK February 2008: ‘Light and Fantastic’

“Flash neon lights and body-con sportswear beneath springs gossomar delicacies : sheer brilliance. ”

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The November issue of Vogue Russia takes Alana Zimmer’s classic beauty into the future. Tom Munro’s dramatic portfolio shows Alana at her most unconventional – wild styling and bright colors prevail as Zimmer displays the seasons coolest looks. Her ability to move from traditional glamour to offbeat eccentricity make Alana one of fashions most coveted chameleons. via Models

I LOVE !!! With their Color Blocking + African inspired prints and Kaleidoscopic effect – David David is at the top of the trends – Amazing first collection, directly from UK , its unisex and sexy – Beautiful !! Unfortunately not available in the US yet – but probably really soon…

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trends in designer shoes 2008

2008 is particularly exciting in womens designer footwear trends. There are a few re-occurring design concepts such as color blocking, geometry, and the use of patent and suede leather that are dominating factors of this years must have’s. More than ever I feel like shoes are making the outfit, so you don’t need much else to pull the bombshell look off. Powerful shoes for powerful women!

We are seeing a lot of chunky but clean and very sexy wedges, open toe ankle boots and just ankle boots in general, and color patch work as seen in the Prada, Fendi, Pierre Hardy and Louboutin shoes featured above. My favorite Collection of shoes this Spring is definitely the Marni Collection. I could snatch just about each pair and wear them to death.

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This Hot Chip video is awesome! The video for “Ready for the Floor”, a single from Hot Chip’s forthcoming Made in the Dark, is all about this duality. But the way they choose to express that is what really caught my attention. women painted in half black half color dancing against a black background makes them appear only half way. So simple, and so brilliant! But I have to say that with so much of my attention on color and color blocking lately the best part for me was when the women are standing on a rotating color wheel of an incredibly selected saturation of colors.