Masculine style in fashion for fall-winter 2012 is dominating in runway shows.
Plenty of designers are counting on men’s fashion details in women’s fashion, among them: Phillip Lim, Alberta Ferretti, Barbara Bui, Chloe, Derek Lam, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Jen Kao, Max Mara, Miu Miu, Paul Smith and Peter Som.
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Fashion suits men’s style on high heels with sleek back hairstyle by Barbara Bui.
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Teenage fashion trends 2012. Look at the fashion suggestions below and you won’t go wrong on the road of fashion. Gray and yellow color combination is a popular trend. Choose a short gray jacket and a pair of jeans and combine them with yellow suede flat boots and a matching yellow handbag. The yellow V-neck sweater pair with some massive pieces of silver or stainless steel jewelry.
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The Paco Rabanne label, which is owned by the fragrance company Puig, had been on the bottom for several seasons. The new creative director for this season Manish Arora turned back to the archives for inspiration.
Arora designed archly feminine formal and cocktail dresses with exaggerated hourglass waists and sharp shoulders. Some of the models are pure science fiction in flashing iridescent metallic organzas, linked plastics, and paillettes. Some rippled with beads that looked like fiber optics. More than anything, the silhouette actually recalled Mugler, the Thierry variety.
Mini dresses were shaped with exaggerated hips, some with panels that looked like crystal formations.
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Dolce and Gabbana 2012 sunglasses collection. Lace becomes the main character of the new D&G eyewear collection. Lace brings sensual elegance and has always been part of Dolce&Gabbana style. It all became possible thanks to the hand-made inlaying of real lace inside the eyewear frame. The sunglasses collection includes four styles all produced in four elegant colors: black, white, scarlet red and green. The sophisticated optical collection is composed of styles which vary from ‘cat-eye’, 50s inspired shapes, to more classic and geometrical shapes. The stylish eyewear is presented in an exclusive case that is also covered in lace, and made even more precious by a golden and silver plaque with the Dolce&Gabbana logo.
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London is the new fashion capital according to the Global Language Monitor. London has overtaken New York City first place as the Top Global Fashion Capital for 2011. New York had reclaimed the crown from Milan last year.
For London’s first place contributed two fashion icons. First is Kate Middleton who married The British prince William and became the duchess of Cambridge. And the second event is the tragical death of British designer Alexander McQueen. The media interest focused on this two events.
London and New York were followed by Paris, Milano, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong. Barcelona, Singapore, Tokyo and Berlin rounded out the top ten. Previous to this, New York had been the top fashion capital for five years running. Berlin and Singapore broke into the Top Ten for the first time.
The Top 10 Global Fashion Capitals for 2011, change from previous ranking, and commentary follow.
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Gucci shoes trends for autumn (fall) – winter 2011-2012. Elegant extremely high heeled shoes with ankle straps and platforms. The leading trend is the python and snake skin. The color trends: the more colorful, the better.
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Provocative fashion for 2011-2012. Designer’s label Vivietta presents so irresistibly cute cat skirt with cat-like ears and button nose. Outfit taken from Vivietta’s fall 2011/2012 collection reminds of the sweet side of the swinging sixties. The color is sweet light blue and the skirt is combined with a silk striped shirt in the same color.
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Fashion shoes by famous designer Nicholas Kirkwood don’t need a special presentation. He is already well known for his futuristic extravagant art pieces – a dream of every woman. The presented sandal is made of blue velvet with metallic aqua trim.
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Swimming suits and accessories in beautiful prints for 2011-2012 by Lisa Maree. Designer’s inspiration comes from the native animals and landscape of Africa and its infamous Serengeti Sunrise. Lisa Maree designs all the prints by herself. So all the beach and swimming attire in her collection is unique and exclusive made of pure silk.
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One of the hottest spring-summer trends are the scarves. Actually the scarf is the perfect accessory for any season of the year.
Perhaps a scarf is what you need to achieve a complete look. Many people like scarves but are not certain of how to wear them. Fashion scarves are available in an assortment of colors, patterns, lengths and styles. Of course scarves can be worn in a variety of ways depending on the desired look. Some of the most popular are: the knotted, the looped, neckerchief, shawl, bandana, draped etc.
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Fashion accessories by Gucci fall-winter 2012. Beautiful fedoras many of them with feathers in the brim. All hats are in beautiful colors: electric blue, purple, light brown and black. Nicely paired with matching bags and shoes. Gucci’s fall-winter 2012 collection is meant for real women.
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Lisa Maree spring / summer 2011 crochet swimwear collection. The summer 2011 / 2012 collection is titled ‘Under My Skin’. Crochet swimwear will be very famous for summer 2011 / 2012. We can find some great colors and styles in both one pieces and bikinis. And as far as fabrics, Liza Maree resort collection is made with 100% silk
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Salvatore Ferragamo presented his latest fall-winter 2011-2012 collection during Milan fashion week. The whole collection is in black and white and gray color scale. Sharp business suits in pinstripes, houndstooth, and Prince of Wales check. Sheer sexy black shirts, elegant evening dresses. Salvatore Ferragamo played the masculine against the feminine. And he resurrected the 80s fashion trends, too.
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Ponchos are turning out to be the hottest trend of Fall 2011 New York fashion week. Ponchos have been gaining popularity lately, but it will be a killer fashion trend for the upcoming fall-winter 2012 season. Those warm and cozy coats are appealing to the audience, that’s why designers are using them in their latest collections. Let’s take a peek:
Here comes the BCBG’s tailored, minimalist version. Then the puffy poncho by Altuzarra and the fringed boho-styled Rag & Bone poncho.
From left to right: BCBG, Altuzarra and Rag & Bone Autumn-Winter 2011-2012
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The half-up/half-down prom hairstyle is one of the most popular hairstyle for prom 2011. Here are some tips how to do it yourself. It’s very easy especially if you have a thick texture and wavy hair. For those who don’t, you can add extensions for extra length and thickness. Curl hair with a curling iron or with hot rollers and then clip the sides of hair in the back.
Variations on this hot prom hairstyle:
