Cherry & Joy: March 2012

One of my highlights over the last couple of seasons at Paris has been the Haider Ackermann show. Amazing colour levels, fantastic fluidity & a general sense of luxurious ease all combine to produce a visual feast of epic proportions. His AW12 collection was no exception & has probably been my highlight of the whole season.

As you can imagine it took some time to edit down my favourite looks from this collection, but here they are...

All images courtesy of style.com.

The best of the rest from Paris...

Akris

Hermès

Lanvin

Maiyet

Vionnet

Alexander McQueen

Chanel

Collette Dinnigan

Elie Saab

Monday 5 March 2012

Is it me or were the Autumn Winter 2012 Milan collections slightly more subdued than usual? Of course Roberto Cavalli offered up flamboyance but it did feel somewhat watered down & as a result I did find myself quite liking some of his looks.

Dolce & Gabbana however did keep up appearances. A lavish collection full of Sicilian & religious references & a textural feast combining lace & prints. This collection, along with Jil Sander & Gianfranco Ferré, was the one of the few to get my creative juices excited.

All images courtesy of style.com.