Hot Feathers for Spring 2009

Walking around the stores and watching back at the Spring 2009 catwalks, one can see the “roaring twenties” motive all around. From sequins and heavy beadings to exotic fringe and feather trim, you can find everything to feel dazzling in this timeless style. And feathers are by far a favorite of the designers for the upcoming Spring. Louis Vuitton’s feather mini dress is a stunning piece and was worn by Madonna and designer Joanna Mastroianni combines transparent silky sheer with soft feather trim for an ultimate romantic feel. Shoes are also feathered up as seen at Chanel with the fun mix of PVC and pink feathers. Celebrities are falling for the feather fever also, and this dress on Rihanna is an absolute eye catcher! Many brands such as Marciano have their own feather mini dress versions for this hot trend and most are already sold out. The Marciano Milana Feather Fringe dress features a sexy bustier top with a beautiful feather miniskirt.

Prada’s Spring 2009 Women’s Campaign

Prada’s Spring/Summer 2009 fashion show was truly unforgettable with beautiful clothes and the dangerous shoes which caused models to trip and even fall. And now the much awaited Spring Campaign featuring the feminine pieces from the collection, as well as the sky high most talked-about shoes of the year, has arrived. The ad was shot by Steven Meisel and includes models Nimue Smit, Giedre Dukauskaite, Sigrid Agren, Toni Garrn, Katrin Thormann, Viktoriya Sasonkina and Ymre Stiekema. The ad is gorgeous and brings out the sensitive nature of the clothing with natural make-up and chic French twists hair styles and the color palette is in soft beige, cream and white. 

Louboutin’s “Barbie” Pumps

Barbie’s 50th Birthday is coming up next year and for her special runway show in 2009, the infamous doll is getting to ready to wear a fabulous pair of Louboutins. Christian Louboutin is designing a pair of pumps in the legendary Barbie Pantone 219 Pink that will make their debut at the Barbie Mattel runway show during New York Fashion Week in February 2009. As of now, 50 designers, unfortunately still undisclosed, will create Barbie inspired outfits for the extravagant show and each of the models will wear the special pink Louboutins. As for Louboutin, whose pumps are by far the most wanted worldwide, he is a longtime fan of Barbie, “I guess I always had a little “girlie side” who liked Barbie. Barbie needs to wear great shoes because every girl needs to wear great shoes.”

Manolo Blahnik’s Tattoo Fan

Manolo Blahnik may be one of the most famous shoe designers, but he appears to be a desired tattoo inspiration as well. During an interview for the Bergdorf Goodman magazine, the designer explains how a “pretty Southern woman” once asked him to sign her leg and then she made it more permanent by tattooing the signature. This gives a whole new meaning to wearing your Manolo(s) all the time!

Giuseppe Zanotti Christmas Shoe Design

Designer Giuseppe Zanotti is releasing a limited edition shoe design for Christmas. The design is absolutely glamorous as the 1.5-inch chrome platform with the 5.5-inch heel accompanies the black suede ankle straps luxuriously decorated with Swarovski black diamond micro-crystals. Starting on December 1st, these beauties will be available at Zanotti boutiques priced at around $1,300.

Paris Spring 2009: Jean Paul Gaultier

The cute show started out with a trio of modern dancers who danced on the runway. Gaultier’s favorite girl and one of my favorite models, Coco Rocha, reprised her Riverdance moment from Fall 2007 as she joined in the dance. She then took the stage wearing her dance shoes in a fuchsia dress which turned out to be a leotard. This was a ballet inspired collection featuring fitted suits, shirts tied in the back over high waist jersey pants, and flowing dresses. The hairstyles were really cute as the girls with their pinned up hairs under head wraps in true ballet fashion.

Jean Paul Gaultier Paris Spring 2009

Alexander McQueen: The Fairy-Magic of Heels

Remember these? Dreaming about beautiful heels, I cannot help but reminisce about the romantical fairy-goddess butterfly heels from the Alexander McQueen Spring 2008 collection. These are so incredibly gentle, delicate and feminine and an absolute magical love at first sight!

The Spring 2008 Ready to Wear collection by Alexander McQueen was a magical show indeed; but mainly because of its beautiful tribute to fashion’s sweetheart, the late Isabella Blow.

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