A/W13: H&M returns to Paris Fashion Week

I love this video H&M State of Style created documenting its return to Paris Fashion Week. While we have to wait until September 5 (it's a Thursday - mark your calendars) to get our hands on the goods, which garments do you see yourself wearing? I personally love the black voluminous skirt and full, white-fur coat.

Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen

...again.  Remember earlier this year when Dior's genius, John Galliano, was jailed and subsequently fired after making anti-Semitic comments (which were also caught on tape)? Well, his protege, Bill Gaytten, has been released from his cage and has quite literally created a circus. In the Dior Couture fall 2011, the poor models looked like they had been layered in taffeta, gazar, and organza and then dragged through a children's birthday party. And then to make things worse (or to clarify Gaytten's inspiration - as if you could have missed it) Karlie Kloss was dressed in rags as a sad Pierrot for the final look. Following its review, Style.com asks the question, "what's next?" Perhaps Gaytten won't last.

Send in the clowns....

She has a gumball on her head. Really.

Confetti anyone?

A little Cirque, no?

A/W 2011 Trends: Snakeskin

One of the A/W 2011 trends to watch out for (warning - it bites!) is snakeskin.  Along with a variety of fuzzy furs, snakeskin has stolen the show for A/W.  This time, it's not in skin-tight pants (oh, no!) but floor-length skirts, sizable accessories that can swallow more than a python (okay, I'll stop with the pun fun) and boots Pretty Woman couldn't wear.  Prepare yourself - they're fierce!

I'd get one in black and tan, just like these models.

I know I should be staring at the bag (I adore it) but I love the blurred dress opposite.

A/W Is All About Texture

When A/W rolls around and we're left with the brown-tinged colors we see on the trees, texture comes out to play!

I am dying for the concealing rosettes on this Valentino fall 2011 dress.

Like in this photo for Nina Ricci fall 2011 - the rich velvet and romantic lace coupling. (Remind me to make something out of velvet this winter!)

Burberry’s take on ’11 eyeliner trend

Here's Burberry's take on the '11 cat-y trend: smokey, yet defined with a winged end.  I call it the Smokey Cat.

Burberry fall '11. Cara Delevignge stares right back Mario Testino through sexy, smokey liner.

Fall '11 Trend: Eyeliner

Flipping through the first few pages of the August 2011 Vogue, I saw advertisements from the usual suspects: Ralph Lauren, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Fendi (and as you know, the list goes on and on and on for about 100 pages)...  Anyway, I noticed a trend - heavy eyeliner. Not so heavy that it makes you think of punk rockers; it was more like thick cat eye.  Sometimes just on top, sometimes also on the bottom. But always with a point or wing. I can't wait to try this new, very defined eye - it's been a little smokey for too long.

Anja Rubik for Fendi photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. This is one of my favorites from the fall campaign.

Dolce & Gabanna fall 2011. LOVE the sequins and lace.