Area x Opening Ceremony Capsule Collection

Posted on 13/11/2015 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Area designers Piotrek Panszczyk and Beckett Fogg teamed up with Opening Ceremony for a minimalistic and very stylish 2015 capsule collection, buy or see that at Opening Ceremony

“Area is a design studio specializing in textile manipulation. Beckett, originally from Lexington, Kentucky, completed her undergraduate degree at The University of Virginia, where she studied Architectural Design with a concentration in Multi-disciplinary studies. Piotrek was born in Poland and raised in Holland, where he studied Fashion Design at the Artez Institute of the Arts, before working at Chloe in Paris. The designers met while pursuing their Masters in Fashion Design and Society at Parsons, where they overlapped for one year and found a similar aesthetic in their respective collections. Beckett went on to work at Calvin Klein Collection, and the designers then joined to begin work on area in 2013.” (read more at Area)

Runway Trends in Harper’s Bazaar

Posted on 18/02/2015 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Runway Trends in Harper’s Bazaar

Trends spring 2015 in Harper’s Bazaar March 2015

Lucy leather: summer leather

Mimi Berlin Staged Photography. (Trends Nostalgia; seventies. For Harper’s Bazaar NL)

Sharp Contrast: prints

Lay sings the blues;Jeans

Harper’s Bazaar March 2015

Mimi Berlin illustrated the Spring 2015 runway trends for Harper’s Bazaar NL (March issue) Photography by JW Kaldenbach.

Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Historical

Posted on 05/10/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Historical

One of our favorite shows was by Christian Dior, designed by Raf Simons. So much detail and historical knowledge to be seen here! Set in the modern age in a crisp and clean way.

Christian Dior, spring 2015

Christian Dior

Touched by time: unfinished roughness

Veronique Branquino

Dior

Christian Dior

Prada

Creating a feel of worn clothes by using lace, brocade or other antique fabrics to patch up the garments, creating a hand made look by making use of unfinished edges and top stitching.

Nightgowns

Francesco Scognamiglio

Alberta Ferretti

BCBG Max Azria

Hermès

Christian Dior

Silk with lace at Francesco Scognamiglio. Spooky fun in broderie anglaise by Hermès. Historically accurate at Dior.

(all images via style.com)

Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Through the Magnifying Glass

Posted on 04/10/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Through the Magnifying Glass

Seen at several shows for Spring 2015; Huge detailing, which give a Do-It-Youself kind of feeling to the garments. The use of large square shaped pockets, huge eyelets, buttons etc. is of course most fun when used on a tiny mini frock to accentuate the exaggeration. The use of larger pockets as a stylistic device has been done a couple of seasons before at, for instance, Junya Watanabe for men, but this season they become more feminine.

Acne

Victoria Beckham

Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Do it Yourself

Chanel

Marc Jacobs

John Galliano

Stella McCartney

Kenzo

Celine

Broderie Anglaise through the Magnifying Glass

Veronique Leroy

Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Sheer Madness

Tia Cibani

Kenzo

Valentino

Comme des Garcons

Chloè

Gucci

Valentino

Broderie Anglaise done in a robust way. Again, with huge eyelets, large geometric- and floral shapes the size to fit a tablecloth more rather than you’d expect for a dress.

(all images via style.com)

Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Native American Girl

Posted on 03/10/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Native American Girl

Etro

Tsumori Chisato

Paul & Joe

Sonia Rykiel

Giambattista Valli

Little suede dress at Vanessa bruno

Little suede dress at Fendi

Little suede fringed dress at Alberta Feretti

Little suede fringed dress Alberta Feretti

Fringes at Fendi

Giambattista Valli

Feathers at Fendi

Printed fringes at Fendi

Seeing Native American Girls on the runway for Spring 2015 is a bit of a surprise, but maybe a logical one when reminiscing the exuberant use of feathers last season. Don’t dig to deep when re-creating this theme to your own style; Next to the use of the obvious feathers we see (Native American) ingredients such as fringes, abstract prints and short leather dresses. That’s exactly what they worked with at Etro: You have your poncho, the fringes and the moccasins completing a look we know from Isabel Marant in her earlier days. Fendi created a more abstract clean-cut vision, they sliced fabric to create fringes. Without the styling these garments aren’t “Native American” anymore. Same goes for Giambatista Valli, they put the Native American Girl in a sixties time-warp and dressed her in white. To conclude this story we must mention the fringes again, there were a lot them at different shows. Mostly used with a retro seventies vibe for short skirts, dresses and accessories. (all images via style.com) clrcrd_native Presto! your color-card for this theme.