I know all too well of being cut short of a trend that I often feel I invented (arrogance runs in the family), seeing as it was my own fault that I usually drop the trend at my own free will so abruptly & unconsciously ruining any later chances of ever picking it back up such as….when I dyed my hair peroxide blond. Ahhh those were the days, it required endless hours of maintaining/ keeping healthy/buying expensive toning products. I probably spent over 400 dollars in bleachings/dyings/tonings and all the little products combined…then I cut it all off—dye it black and blue…and considering extensions now—in auburn!
And now, now of all times! I see models walking down Giambattista Valli Spring 2011 runway—the Valli girls in white blond with highlights of cotton candy pink (which was what I wanted to do with my blond!!!! but my stylist said any more dye would kill me and make me look like Sinead o’ Connor) and lower eye lids lined in a sugary white eyeliner. Jealous? Yes!!!!!!!
The black dye has sealed in my fate and the blue has possibly messed up any new fates I had in store for my hair (auburn might look purple on blue hair says my co-worker). Anywayssssss. It doesn’t matter, thanks to Riccardo Tisci, brunettes are the new blondes this upcoming season. Guido Palau is my new god. Hah.
It’s been a while since I’ve done a runway report on Yohji Yamamoto. The dark darling is more than worthy of attention, and in this weather—doom & gloom seems natural.
There was combat boots trotting down the runway, bustiers enveloped in tiers of fabric, layers upon layers of black , cuts and slits, oversized scarves, t-shirt dress re-invented, precociously printed star leggings, then the collection instantaneously gets punky & has a sense of coming of age, I feel in lust over the messy side swept bed hair, the signature cocoon inspired tank dresses & bunched up fabric as skirts under tailored coats.
The collection was ultimately about being polished combined with chaos.
Towards the end it was a combining of the youthful prints and the dark seductive ripped up dresses—hats were even woven into hair! I loved it all. The simplicity towards the end marks what all of Yamamoto’s collections are all about. I neeeeeeed that‘This is Me’ shirt & gold inflated skirt.
Yohji Yamamoto Spring 2011
Spring doesn't quite ring true unless you're wearing an inflatable knee-length skirt ..........
