Antonio Berardi SS13: The reinvention of the peplum
Style.com

I wish I could start my day ever Monday with a fashion show. It gets you in such a great excited mood. And if the show is as good as the Antonio Berardi one I attended today it can even give you energy for the rest of the day.

The designer held his SS13 show on the 3rd floor of a car park in Soho full of light, something we are not used to in London. The first part of the collection was full of strong sinuous lines. The silhouettes of dropped waists and loose tops nodded to the 20's and yet the super short asymmetric skirts in mesh layered over contrast tube mini skirts were so modern. As the looks continued to come down the runway the waistlines continued to rise proposing flowing oversized peplums instead of skirts also worn over tighter tube minis in bold hues and leopard prints. The tailoring and its architectural shapes followed with a game of intrigue. I could not quite figure out which piece was what, which I loved.

The last part of the collection was what you would call quintessentially Berardi. His sequin coat of armour covered the gowns and cocktail numbers in glimmering shades of turquoise, pink and pale yellow. The evening looks, which started out figure-hugging, soon gave way to the flowing silks and chiffons also decorated with their Berardi sequins.

Click on read more below to see more looks from the show.

Three Summer trends Zara's got right this season
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For some reason I haven't posted about Zara in a while, which is weird because it's one of the few highstreet shops I regularly check online. As I've said many times before I love their monthly look books because they give you a chance to ease into the change of season.

The April look book recently came out and I am in love with half of the pieces. Everything is super chic, very cool and so easy to wear, which are the three ingredients for a perfect spring look. As per usual, Zara is right on the money when it comes to trends. My personal favourite is, of course, the red peplum skirt – a perfect buy for anything from a cocktail party to a night out to a fun work ensemble.

The Spanish brand is also quickly becoming super popular for their jackets. They keep producing these Chanel-esque light jackets that suit everyone but that look completely different depending on the girl.

What do you think?

Peplum déjà vu

Fashion Month finally wrapped up yesterday in Paris. And when I say finally mean it in a relieving way because it takes quite a bit of effort to keep up to speed with the collections. I don't know if it was just me but it feels like they speed it up more and more every season. I can't imagine the state some editors are in. I wouldn't be surprised if the Bvlgari Spa in Bali was overbooked this weekend. I have managed to catch up with all the collections, which makes me happy because it means I'm not behind anymore. I have decided that it's too boring to just post pictures of the collections and rant about how much I like them (or not) so I'm going to post about the bit of them that I loved or that caught my attention. Like this one below. I loved Giambattista Valli's FW11 collection but I was surprised to see him introduce similar bold coloured peplums to the over-featured Jil Sander ones from SS11. It's not that I don't like them (even if these are attached) but they're just old news, n'est pas?

I'm off.

[Pictures: Style.com]