Bye-Bye: Tweezing, Plucking and Waxing... Shave-Em-All-Of

So there is this new bizarre fashion trend I have been hearing of more and more, and which is vastly climbing on the fashion charts... It has honestly come 2 interest me thanx to its drastically different nature... NO EYEBROWS!... Yes I Typed it! People are actually considering this thanx to it being made popular on the runway shows of Alexander Mcqueen, Balenciaga, Marc Jacobs etc And, Givenchy's advertising campaign with Adriano Lima as the scary,pale, dark haired beauty without eyebrows, shot by Mert couldn't have done less than create a greater hype... This is something I would truly need to think twice about before I take into action, BUT if its something you'd totally do any day go for it! For anything is excusable when done for he love of FASHION [Its Hair it Grows back] Bisoux!

La Vie de YVES SAINT LAURENT... (Part 1)

  

 

Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, well known as Yves Saint Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), was a French fashion designer, one of the greatest names in French fashion in the 20th century. Yves Saint Laurent was born in Oran, French Algeria. He left for Paris after secondary school to pursue a fashion career and at 17 was hired as Christian Dior's assistant.

In 1953, Saint Laurent submitted three sketches to a contest for young fashion designers, organized by the International Wool Secretariat. He won third place and was invited to attend the awards ceremony in Paris, in December of that year. While he and his mother were in Paris, they met Michel de Brunhoff, editor-in-chief of the Paris edition of Vogue magazine. de Brunhoff, a kindly man who enjoyed encouraging fresh new talent, was impressed by the sketches Saint Laurent brought with him and suggested he become a fashion designer. He eventually considered a course of study at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, the council which regulated the haute couture industry and provided training to its employees.

Saint Laurent followed his advice and, leaving Oran for Paris after graduation, he began his studies at the Chambre Syndicalede la Haute Couture, where by he graduated as the star pupil. Later that same year, Saint Laurent entered the International Wool Secretariat competition again and won, beating out his friend Fernando Sanchez and a young German student named Karl Lagerfeld.^[4] Shortly after his win, he brought a number of sketches to de Brunhoff who recognized in them close similarities to sketches he had been shown that morning by Christian Dior. Knowing that Dior had created the sketches that morning and that the young man could not have seen them, de Brunhoff sent him to Dior, who hired him on the spot.

Although Dior had immediately recognized his talent, Saint Laurent spent his first year at the House of Dior performing mundane tasks, such as: decorating the studio and designing accessories. Eventually, he was allowed to submit sketches for the couture collection; with every passing season, Dior accepted most of his sketches.

In August 1957, Dior met with Saint Laurent's mother to tell her that he had chosen Saint Laurent to succeed him as designer. When Dior died four years later, he was named head of the House of Dior. In 1961, he opened his own fashion house and quickly emerged as one of the world's most influential designers.

As the last of the traditional French couturiers, Saint Laurent dominated the catwalks of the 1960s and 1970s, translating what was happening on the street into elegant clothing that reflected more liberated times. Such was his influence that each time he started a trend; it was greeted as evidence of a new Zeitgeist

He dressed women in triangular trapeze shapes in the 1950s. In the 1960s he clothed women in blazers, pin-striped trouser suits and smoking jackets, and took risks by turning the workaday parka, the trench coat and the pea coat into haute couture. In the 1970s he dreamed up ethnic prints and put shoulder-padding back into jackets.

He always did it first and he always did it with panache. Long before Jean-Paul Gaultier, Saint Laurent borrowed tribal looks from Africa, sending out models with conical bras made from shells.

Before Issey Miyake, he designed moulded metal body masks worn over silk skirts; and years before Christian Lacroix and John Galliano introduced peasant costumes and theatre, Saint Laurent sent out collections based on Mongols and Russian Czarinas, North African maidens and Proustian heroines. He was the first designer to open a ready-to-wear boutique and the first to be photographed advertising his own perfume (which he did so in the nude).

In the early days Saint Laurent was the "bad boy" of fashion. In the 1960s, women were banned from restaurants for wearing "YSL" trouser suits, and in the 1970s he provoked outrage when he showed a transparent chiffon blouse.

In 1983, Saint Laurent became the first living fashion designer to be honored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a solo exhibition. In 2001, he was awarded the rank of Commander of the Légion d'Honneur by French president Jacques Chirac. He retired in 2002 and became increasingly reclusive, living at his homes in Normandy and Morocco with his pet French bulldog Moujik.

He also created a foundation with his lover, Pierre Bergé-who played a great part in his success, in Paris to trace the history of the house of YSL, complete with 15,000 objects and 5,000 pieces of clothing.

A favorite among his female clientele, Saint Laurent had numerous muses that inspired his work. Chief among these was the Somali supermodel Iman, whom he once described as his "dream woman".^[10] Other muses included Loulou de la Falaise, the daughter of a French marquis and an Anglo-Irish fashion model; Betty Catroux, the half-Brazilian daughter of an American diplomat and wife of a French decorator; Talitha Pol-Getty; the French actress Catherine Deneuve; Nicole Dorier, a YSL top model between 1978 and 1983 when she became one of his assistants in organizing his runway shows and, later, the "memory" of his house when it became a museum; the Guinean-born Senegalese supermodel Katoucha Niane; and supermodel Laetitia Casta, who was the bride in his shows from 1997 until 2002.

He died on 1 June 2008 of brain cancer at his residence in Paris.^[11] According to The New York Times,^[12] a few days before he died, Saint Laurent and Bergé were joined in a same-sex civil union known as a "Pacte civil de solidarité" (PACS) in France. He was survived by his mother and sisters; his father had died in 1988.Saint Laurent's body was cremated and his ashes were scattered in Marrakech, Morocco in the Majorelle Garden, a botanical garden that he often visited to find inspiration and refuge.

Model-Crush: Carmen Solomons

Facts about Carmen:

Agency: Boss models-South Africa

Nationality: South African

Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa

Age: 18

Height: 168cm/5’6’’

Bust: 81cm/32”

Waist: 66cm/26”

Hips: 89cm/35”

Shoes: 38.5(EU)-7.5(US)-5.5(UK)

Hair: Chestnut

Eyes:  Green

Hobbies: Reading and Dancing

Favourite Music/Band: Freshly Ground

Dream place to visit: Paris

Currently obsessed with: 'A necklace my mother gave me'

Carmen Solomons was discovered whilst watching a fashion show at a shopping mall... What a 'lovely-coincidence' for now she gets to share her beauty with the world mwaaah!  

Whimsical, Trash and all things Lace

As fashion revolutionises with time, it becomes clear that styles from the 50's are back with a BANG... so it is highly important to mix and match: combining different styles in order to express yourself and to create your own style and mine is "Whimsical, Trash and Lace"... Florals, Pales, Salmon, Bubblegum, Lights, Biker Jackets, Studs, Dark eyes and Lacey garments, This style expresses my personality   and the stage which i'm at in my life at the moment: Lovely, Feminine, Daring and Trashy [in the most cleanest possible way]... So combine and create... For the sky is the Limit...mwah

Shop 'Til You Drop At My Top 5 Stores...

This year for me is a Fashion Revelation or somewhat and 'Epiphany'... And ask WHY?? Because it's the year to shop smarter and shop harder... yet stay wiser. We can start by reviewing the stores which we shop at such as Louis Vuitton, Christian Lacroix, Polo, Prada, Stuttafords, Aldo etc... Not always affordable huh? But i'm here ofcourse to give you my Top 5 list of stores you should be visiting: 1. Woolworths-with trending lines such as Trenery and Country Road how can you go wrong? 2. Mr. Price-There is a lovely range, in style, especially suitable for the younger demographic similar to 'Target' 3. Jay Jay's-Mainly for the youth, colouful...with daring universal looks 4. Forever New-Florals, Feminine, Soft with a 'Gossip Girl' feel, What more can i say? 5. Jo Borkett-For sophisticated looks which aren't ridiculously priced, subtle colours combined with brights this is a designers haven indeed... With that said Your opinion my lovely matters more But i promise you that you will not be disappointed

Happy New Year My Fashionistas!!! Mwah

I hope that you have all had a lovely festive filled with nothing but joy, a refreshing time with your loved ones... And most importantly SHOPPING...Now it's out with the old and in with the new it's 2011!!! Now we know that last year was all about animal print(ofcourse), florals, nudes, breaking runway trends such as Burberry Emporium's 'daredevil look of sandals worn with socks. Yes', Chanels unforgettable tattoo collection... With the many trends which made 2010 memorable, let's top them this year and make 2011 magical: By being more daring, and living a little with that said 'Bisoux'!! Let's Do this :)

Your Editor

Iman

ITS LEAH McSWEENEY B@#$&*S!!

Leah McSweeney does it again... Yes The Lady who has been 'Married To The Mob' since 2004! I had to show ya'll these sneaks: a collaboration with Lacoste resulted in this Beauties...Her aim with her Clothing Line is to create an element in Fashion which screams out The New York Streets... The Gangs The Hood The Truth, The Grimy-Ness she has grown to appreciate... And dignifies it through this creative Collection... MTTB UP!! LEGGO...