~ Nightshade Beauty's Poison Pen~: Week in High Fashion: PARIS....the Obsession Continues....

Week in High Fashion: PARIS....the Obsession Continues....

Yesterday at 9:42am

The relationship I have with the European Catwalks this show season is much like that of an older married gentleman and his fiery mistress...I'm the mistress BTW. Today, I love you...and then...I hate you and refuse to speak to you and I will now go down to the cafe on the corner and drink wine with the dashing maitre'd and say horrible things about you...because really European Fashion...it's not like we're married, I'm a free woman...but then you bring me pretty shiny things or open a small boutique for me...and I love you again.

A few short days ago, I'm sure it seemed like Paris and I would never speak again...but they've redemed themselves slightly...but I don't know if I can ever forget about "One Night in Lindsay"...I'm still on the fence about how seriously you take our relationship, European Fashion.

This Week in Paris...

Marc Jacobs has a thing for big bush, Lily Allen shills for free Karl Lagerfeld coture, The Russians know how to make SHOES, Stella McCartney obviously doen't need money from designing clothes, and Sophie Albou makes couture that my aunt would buy...

Enough talk! Show me the Catwalk Porn!

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/rpSlideshows?articleId=USRTXP64S#a=1

Marc Jacobs... how do I begin... I would talk about the clothes, you are after all designing for Louis Vuitton (which BTW I only figured out because it's written upseide down on the shiny potato sack worn by the first model)... you dressed Madonna recently and I don't think I need to mention how many worst dressed lists she ended up on...but I can't talk about the clothes, because I'm too busy lokoing at the hair. WTF happened here Marc? Did Macy Grey and Carrot Top somehow breed and have a love child made entirely of hair? And do I have to say anything about the clown makeup? No? I didn't think so.

Is that a bow or an afro pik? I'm so confused Marc.

French designer Sophie Albou has made a breakthrough. Remember those horrible kitten sweaters that you would get for Christmas and then never wear unless that favorite aunt was coming over for a visit? The ubiquitous kitten patterned garmet has made its way onto the runways of Paris... you may now wear that handmedown worthy garmet with PRIDE... just say that you picked it up overseas at a small yet classy boutique and that it's by a famous French designer, and you need not fear the ridicule of your peers...

If you can't tell, this is sarcasm... drippy drippy gooey sarcasm. I'm still concerned with how this ended up on the catwalk, Paris Fahsion Week... I thought we had a deal?

French designer Sophie Albou

Spring/Summer 2010 women's collection for fashion house Paul and Joe during Paris Fashion Week October 7, 2009. Otherwise titled: "Aunt Mabel styled this show"

Now this is interesting...an Italian designer (Antonio Marras) designing for Spring/Summer 2010 women's collection for Japanese fashion house Kenzo...

I actually don't hate this...at all. I love the pattern, I love the fabric arrangement...I even like the little belt....I'm not sure about the wool underoos, but we can work on it... Unless he's trying to bring back 80's catsuit unitards in 90's waffle fabric, in which case...I do not like it as much.

Now for my biggest shock of the entire fashion week... Alexander McQueen...

How could you do this to me Queenie? How? Ok Ok, I see the crazy hair, I see the GORGEOUS colour and construction of your collection (it looks like a butterfly vomited iridescent paint all over your clothing, I love it!) but but but... BARE FACED MODELS!!!!???? I don't know what to say...

Butterfly vomit!
God it's beautiful.

I've mentioned it before, but my favorite thing about these fahsion weeks, is the exposure that new designers get from it. I for one, have never heard of this woman... Russian designer Alena Akhmadullina... but OMG does she make some ORGASMIC shoes.

One problem... BARE FACES and RED LIPS and boring hair. Ok, that's 3 problems...ARG.

Lagerfeld designing for Chanel.

*sigh* I can't say ANYTHING bad about Coco Chanel...she was a genius...

Lagerfeld however... I'm getting bored of... he described himself as "an alien" in an interview with Jeanne Bekker last week... aaaaaand I'm starting to agree. How else do we explain the dark glasses indoors, the one leather half glove, the Don Cherry collars? Alien obviously. Watching Jeanne Bekker suck up to him was also gross.

BUT, the clothes... he's sticking to Chanel's obsessive use of the rougher wool materials, which is wonderful and without making the schoolgirl look tarty, he dresses grown women like Hermione Granger... oh wait... that was the point? I'm sorry, I really DO love Lagerfeld, and I think he's brilliant... but this schtick is getting tired...

oh it's Lily Allen... how faaaabulous. NOT

It's official, Stella McCartney no longer needs to make money from selling her designs. This collection proves it. Primary colours, lots of pointless ruffles, and shiny booty shorts. If this is predicting a trend, I'm so not following.

oh! WAIT! Jean Paul Gaultier!!! I love you JP!

Underwear as outerwear! Lime Green! Dark eyes! Yaayyyy! From the looks of it, JPG is leaning back towards the decadent cone bra days, and I'm good with that. I'm not sure what's happening with the "Rebel Without a Cause" biker hats though...