RUNWAY RUNDOWN: Giles FALL 2009

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Giles takes his looks to the runway, we were happy. I really am hearts on this collection. Especially the Raiden from Mortal Kombat style hats…

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RUNWAY RUNDOWN: Giles Fall 2009

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For his Fall 2009 collection, Giles Deacon took us on a time machine tour of his design history. Not only reviving the circular leather skirt from his graduation show at Central Saint Martins, Deacon even reintroduced the runway to knit pieces he did just over a year ago. To put it simply, if you aren’t an avid Giles Deacon follower, the designer was his own inspiration, recreating some of his favorite moments for the fall. The collection, a bit less ready-to-wear than previous seasons, has certainly set the London stage for inspirationally, structurally and aesthetically defying the runway rules. 

GALLERY: RUNWAY RUNDOWN: Giles Fall 2009

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Giles Pays Homage to Ronald McDonald Land

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Giles released this thing into the fashion world this past weekend. It appears to be a black Grimace. For those unfamiliar with the McDonald’s mythology, Grimace was a purple four armed creature known for stealing Happy Meals from starving children and then proceeding to play with their cheap third-world made toys until the parts broke off. He and the Hamburgler then used to make sweet dirty love while juiced up on chunks of 6-month old dead cow and artificially flavored french fries. Later Grimace’s two extra hands (the evil ones) were removed and he began to enjoy a relationship with ringleader Ronald. Of course, one of his hands were the source of his intellegence and we quickly became a rather idiotic character who would often be the starting point of drama in Ronald McDonald Land. Anyway, yeah, this thing looks like a black Grimace, which means it looks really, really stupid. It also kind of looks like a penis if you squint a little bit. Either way, it’s pretty dumb.

The Dirt On The Skirt

Edited by Kirby Marzec

Hilary Duff must have been paying attention to the 2008 winter collections of Balenciaga and Giles, because she definitely rocked out the futuristic layering and tailoring at the grand opening of the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles. The grey layered skirt is amazing and Duff did a a great job styling by going simple on top and bottom. I’ll do some research and see if I can find who makes this killer skirt! 

Thanks for the photo Fabulousness!

TrendSpark: Spooky Chic

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Just because it’s Halloween doesn’t mean you have to wear a trashy witch costume, drench your body in fake blood or rekindle your youth by dressing like a baby. Now it’s all about the gothic spooky chic! No need for skanky pleather, chains and piercings galore, several designers for their Fall 2008/Spring 2009 collections have got soft gothic spooky chic down pat:

Givenchy

Yves Saint Laurent

Chanel

Viktor & Rolf

Roksanda Ilincic

Giles

Rodarte

Thanks Vogue!

Runway Rundown: Giles

Edited by Kirby Marzec

Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde made their runway debuts in Giles London showing yesterday. Giles took us back to the good old days of Pac-man for Atari with his bright, solid color, jersey dresses and avant garde bubble helmets. Interspersed with camouflage, shiny patent leather, quilted metallics and exterior trimmings, It looks as if Giles extracted the video game characters and slapped them on the catwalk. And if innovation wasn’t enough, Giles even impressed with his workmanship in the shape and volume department. Congratulations Giles, you just earned a bonus life! 

Thanks STYLE!