Mosaert Capsule Collection n°1

Posted on 07/04/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

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Belgian singer-songwriter Paul Van Haver, better known as Stromae, has joined the Brussels-based label Mosaert as artistic director (an anagram of Stromae) to launch a capsule collection. Mosaert Capsule Collection n°1 is a collection of clothing designed by Luc Junior Tam, inspired by English Grammar Schools and African wax prints and colors. Mosaert is a Belgian creative label which designs not only clothes but gets busy with music, graphic design, photography and video as well. We, at Mimi Berlin ordered us some socks online.

(image courtesy of Mosaert/Thanks TG and MvR)

(Fall) 2014: Butterfly Patterns in Fashion

Posted on 04/03/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Butterfly Patterns in Fashion; The butterfly theme started at the Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Show for Spring 2014. All outfits had something to do with the little, colorful insect. Hats, prints, shapes you name it, Mr Gaultier had turned it into a butterfly. At Valentino designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli also used the butterfly as an inspiration source, well into the Pre-Fall season of 2014. At the Fall 2014 shows the butterfly was seen at Valentino, Givenchy and Les Copains

Givenchy / Fall 2014

Zuhair Murad

Les Copains / Fall 2014

Valentino / Fall 2014

Valentino / Pre Fall 2014

Jean Paul Gaultier / Couture Spring 2014

Valentino / Couture Spring 2014

(images via style.com/ from JPG Couture Spring 2014 via fabsugar)

About the butterfly: “A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly’s life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). All the many other families within the Lepidoptera are referred to as moths. The earliest known butterfly fossils date to the mid Eocene epoch, 40–50 million years ago. Butterflies exhibit polymorphism, mimicry and aposematism. Some, like the Monarch, will migrate over long distances. Some butterflies have evolved symbiotic and parasitic relationships with social insects such as ants. Some species are pests because in their larval stages they can damage domestic crops or trees; however, some species are agents of pollination of some plants, and caterpillars of a few butterflies (e.g., Harvesters) eat harmful insects. Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts.” and in fashion…(via)

View Mimi Berlin’s review on the Spring Couture 2014 shows HERE on this blog

More animals (birds) for Fall 2014 Ready to wear on this blog

Fashion Fall 2014: Postmodern Prints

Posted on 03/03/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Fashion Fall 2014: Postmodern Prints. Alchemia and Memphis are back in fashion-land at Chloé and Kenzo’s runway shows for Fall 2014. At Kenzo the combination of prints definitely shows the influence of the Italian interior designs of the eighties, done very tastefully and modern (NOW). Chloé’s designer Claire Waight Keller made use of the same squiggly-macaroni-abstract-little-postmodern-shapes, both in full-color an bi-color for allover prints. Less clear at Michael van der Ham’s show but we can see some post modern influences for sure, with thanks to the cuts at the hemline of the skirt! It’s just what we, at Mimi Berlin noticed, and amongst all the other loud grafitti-bomber-zipper-eighties retro fashion on the runways, we find these translations of the 1980s to be like a breath of fresh air. (if we could stay clear of our daily smokes that is)

Pattern by Studio Alchimia (via azuremagazine.com)

Chloé/fall 2014 runway

A Memphis Kristall Pedestal-Table designed by Michele De Lucchi in 1981

Chloé/fall 2014 runway

michael van der ham/fall 2014 runway

Kenzo/fall 2014 runway

A Memphis “Casablanca” Bookcase Designed by Ettore Sottsass

Kenzo/fall 2014 runway

(all runway photo’s via style.com)

Nothing new we hear you say? No, of course not! These Adidas sneakers were released around 2005 by Oki-Ni, Also inspired by the postmodern eighties, but executed in a different way than today on the catwalk

Fashion Fairy Tales F/W 2014: Little Red Riding Hood

Posted on 25/02/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Fashion Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding Hood. Yes! it’s time for dreams again at the Fashion Shows for Winter 2014. Little Red Riding Hood is stomping through the woods, not only wearing her cape. No, this season she owns more than just a cape, she’s wearing the killed bloody wolf on her shoulders as well! Coats and dresses made of red fur sure make do as really fancy showstoppers! Prints and patches of wolves, squirrels, birds, forests and the actual Little Red Riding Hood story are placed on her wardrobe as well.

Dolce and Gabanna/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Alexander McQueen/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Kenzo/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Valentino/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Alberta Ferretti//Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Antonio Marras/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Alexander McQueen/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Dolce and Gabanna/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Alexander McQueen/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Valentino/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Saint Laurent/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Prada/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Roberto Cavalli//Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

On the catwalk at Miu Miu Little Red Riding Hood was portrayed in a more modern way. Teenage girls on the road, could be in a forest, could be elsewhere, but this fierce girl is not going home! She is on a mission or otherwise just walkin’ the streets. (We picked out the red outfits amongst the other primary colors and pastels to give our story more credibility. See the complete show HERE on style.com)

Miu Miu / Fall runway 2014

As for the color red: We suggest to the people in the industry to stick with accessories in red fur, knit and jersey or a little dress. (assuming you want to $ell)

MSGM//Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Costume National/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

MM6 Maison Martin Margiela/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

all images via style.com

GO TO: Fashion Tales F/W 2014: Razzle Dazzle

Fashion Tale F/W 2014: Razzle Dazzle

Posted on 24/02/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Fashion Tale F/W 2014: Razzle Dazzle. Or Dazzle camouflage, also known as Dazzle ships or dazzle painting, was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to artist Norman Wilkinson, it consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colors, interrupting and intersecting each other.
Well, our “Fashion Tale” obviously is about that; dazzle color blocking from very small prints to the larger sewn together combinations, allowing for silhouettes to be like ships; big and chunky. Bold statements like the pink striped cape at BCBG Max Azria will do, but also more “known” shapes such as the enlarged pied-de-coq at Les Copains or the enlarged check at Valentino are true razzle dazzles as well !

Prada/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Prada/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

bottega veneta/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

bottega veneta/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Burberry Prorsum/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

3.1 Philip Lim/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

3.1 Philip Lim/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Lacoste f/w 2014Fashion Tale F/W 2014: Razzle Dazzle

Lacoste/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Narsico RodriguezFall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

3.1 Philip Lim/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Missoni/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

peter pilotto/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Paul & Joe/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

MarniFall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Roksanda Ilincic/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Tod’s/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

BCBG Max Azria/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Valentino/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Les Copains/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

roberto cavalli/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Believe it or not, Dazzle painting works in normal life too, it’s not for combat purposes only. But our story is situated in the war, hence the aviator’s jackets below, they complete this trend perfectly. We choose Amelia Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) as inspiration source because she was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Dear fashion-people, We think you can work with that, and for your color cards, you take it to the next level, anything goes; from pastel to an autumn range to black and white, no boundaries there……