Courtesy of Burberry, Style.com

It seems like I was right to suspect that the Burberry Prorsum SS12 womenswear collection could go along the lines of the menswear line I saw in Milan in June.
Before I get into what I liked from the collection I have to talk about Burberry's insane front row. I've never seen so many celebrities at the front row of a London show. I must admit I was most excited about seeing Rachel Zoe in the flesh for the first time. Rodger and Mandana were sitting on the row behind, looking a bit confused. I was standing opposite all of them (see picture below) and having Sienna Miller, Gemma Aterton and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley sitting next to each other made it a little hard for me to concentrate on the clothes... But I still managed it.
You wouldn't believe how many times I've heard "How amazing was Burberry?" in the last two days. Everyone was in awe of how Christopher Bailey keeps managing to reinvent the trench coat season after season. This time he took African inspiration in the shape of tribal prints and wooden applique.
The most memorable for me were the raffia trench coats and wedges because of all the craftsmanship that had gone into them and, well seeing Anja Rubik on a catwalk for the first time.

Celebrity Summer Essentials

Every new season we make predictions of what the biggest accessory hits will be based on what we like best. As the season comes nearer we start seeing some of them on our favourite fashionistas and it's then celebrities who take the lead showing what they want better. Some of them, the more stylish, opt for classics or designer staples they can reuse. Others rush to purchase the really bang-on trend ones.
Glastonbury started a few days ago and we've already seen Alexa Chung, who's dressing better than ever, using the ever-famous Céline bag from SS10 as a traveling bag. Lily Allen chose the über-cool but very overpriced Louis Vuitton leopard scarf for a touch of colour.

Emma Watson, who has also been dressing very well as of late, wore a Louis Vuitton corset from the FW10 collection that I found to be a bit of a miss. If you don't mind coping with the rigidity of it, go at least for a brighter colour with a cooler print. That autumnal green looks very sad with the dark denim and the black bag and shoes. And then we have Sienna. She has been looking her best ever since she got back together with Jude. She looked absolutely stunning in high-waisted suede shorts with a slightly sheer baggy tee and the great Chloe Sevigny for Opening ceremony Top Shop wedges in white. She also seems to finally have grown her hair (from The September Issue) and is looking mighty beautiful.

In the guy front, we have a guy whose style was firstly famous for his lack of personal hygiene. But he  now seems to be trying a little harder. For the  premiere of 'Eclipse' in LA. Robert Pattinson wore an amazing marron suit by Gucci. I think he is a very cool guy because he doesn't think so himself. Which is why he wears things with the simplicity that actually makes the clothes look so awesome on him. He has recently trimmed his locks for a film, going for a 50's look that works quite well with the scruffy hairstyle he likes for himself. We might just be witnessing a style icon in the making.

I'm off.

[Pictures: JustJared.buzznet.com, Zimbio.com, OpeningCeremony.us, BlueFly.com, LouisVuitton.com, Style.com, Vogue.com]

Met Gala 2010: The afterparty

As you know, I am addicted to the parties section of Stye.com, so I panicked when I didn't find any pictures of the Met Gala afterparty there. Luckily, I remembered that there is life outside Style.com and found them on the WWD website. And these are no ordinary party pictures, they are all full of First of all, Blake Lively stripped down to a t-shirt (presumably Alex Wang, haha) and a pair of converse! Completely genius, and sexy. Changing for a party isn't actually unprecedented but it kind of is to me since I have never seen graphic evidence before. Then, Matthew Morrison from Glee dancing with Natasha Poly, which was simply genius if you ask me. Although nothing wins over the picture of Sienna in jeans and a tank top looking (allegedly) hammered and Jude's face of love-meets-drunkard-sympathy.

Check out the rest of the pictures from the WWD website here. And have a look at this video below for a bit of the dresses in motion.

I'm off.

PS. Is anyone coining a term such as Jenna for J&S? I feel like we really need it.

[Images & video: WWD.com]

Met Gala 2010: The great, the bland and the fugly

Last night Anna Wintour, Oprah Winfrey and Patrick Robinson hosted the Costume Institute's Met Gala, "American Woman: Fashioning A National Identity". Celebrities queued to show how they could pull off designer dresses with personality, which seemed very refreshing after last year's blandness. However, I missed the Olsens and the Roitfelds this year.

The great

It just feels natural when you see Jude and Sienna together. The picture looks kind of retro because Sienna has long hair again like she did back then when her and Jude were together for the first time.

Chloe Sevigny in Proenza Schouler, January Jones in Yves Saint-Laurent and Carey Mulligan in Miu Miu prove how short dresses with the right colours and details can be edgy.

Restrained is usually elegant, Diane Kruger proves it in her white Calvin Klein. Less successful at it were Maggie Gyllenhall in Louis Vuitton (could do without the tacky bow and a dash of colour) and Kirsten Dunst in Rodarte for Gap, who could have gone for a different choice in shoes not to be so Rodarte matchy-matchy.

Anna Wintour in Chanel Haute Couture, Margherita Missoni in Missoni and Chanel Iman in Michael Kors.

These all look a lot like Rachel Zoe choices... I doubt she dressed Marion Cottilard, though. Thandie Newton in Vivienne Westwood, Marion Cotillard in Christian Dior and Anne Hathaway in Valentino all look beautifully apt for the gala but there is a bit of a yawn factor in all three. And too many sequins... I guess Rach "died".

The bland

Sarah Jessica Parker in Halston was so disappointment. Pretty, yeah, but we expect much more from a woman with such a fashion-forward education. Rachel Weisz wore a custom made Oscar the la Renta, which colour looked amazing against her skin but which a cut that was borderline tacky. And Eva Mendes just doesn't learn. She wore a Dolce & Gabbana that totally overshadowed her.

Carolyn Murphy (in ?), Eva Longoria in Marchesa (synonym for not trying) and Jessica Stam in Rachel Roy all looked boring and sloppy in every possible way.

The fugly

It is upsetting that Jessica Alba looked that bad in Sophie Theallet for Gap because she had been getting it so right so often lately. I really hate the colour of the satin dress. Malin Akerman looked as if she got ready for another dress and not the Temperly London that she wore. And the dress was a completely wrong choice for this kind of event. Rosario Dawson tried to pull a Saldana and failed tragically. Her Giambattista Valli was as disappointing as the bow on it was ugly.

Kristen Stewart needs to either deal with the fact that people want her picture or find a new career. She wore a more than decent Chanel Haute Couture that, had it been combined with the right hair and make up and a nice smile, would have looked amazing. Vera Farmiga wore a Sophie Theallet for Gap dress that looked like a bad cross between a flamenco dress and a Mexican dancer. Bless Jessica Biel, she never has the slightest idea of what's going on. She wore Ralph Lauren Collection. And Justin looked way better.

And, to top it all off, these three catastrophe's (I bet Anna pursed her lips a couple of times last night). Rachel Roy in her own design, Joy Bryant in Marchesa (if Rachel is still working with her this might be her worst job ever) and orange trannie Lisa Marie Falcone in a God-only-knows-what.

I'm off.

[Pictures: JustJared.buzznet.com, Zimbio.com]

never beat the Law(s)

Everywhere you read today, the news about Sienna Miller wearing her old wedding ring again are there. It seems the former British style iconic couple is back together for good. And to celebrate it they have gifted us with these pictures of their very stylish selves shopping around L.A. This time, though, Jude Law can feel as an equal to Sienna in terms of chicness. Red carpet events, roll on.

I couldn't find out exactly where are Sienna's wedges from but they go in a very Alaïa direction, no? I like the fact that she is always very casual about everything she wears while Jude would wear a suit anywhere, anytime. He wore it with cuffed trousers and one of his want-to-show-off-my-chest-hair tees and a cool pair of Havaianas (my personal favourite for the summer).

Acne round-neck tee @ Acnestudios.com, Dior Homme suit @ BrownsFashion.com, green Havaianas flip flops @ JohnLewis.com, Azzedine Alaïa perforated shoes @ Matchesfashion.com, Azzedine Alaïa snake and mesh sandals @ MatchesFashion.com

I'm off.

[Pictures: JustJared.buzznet.com]