Joining The Dots At | Louis Vuitton

 I was slightly peeved recently that a store I have worked with on a casual basis did not take forward my fashion branding idea to celebrate the stores first birthday, the brands colours are black and red and I felt a ladybird theme was perfect for this fun family clothing store. Oversized glasses with red or black spots and red or black frames were to feature as part of the staff look for the day combined with a very spotty window! I'm sharing this here, as I believe taking risks and putting your ideas out there is an important part of being creative, developing your own sense of style and becoming a success, even if we don't always shout about our rejections. As you know I love Japanese design and have a soft spot (no pun intended !) for genius Marc Jacobs. 

 I recently discovered Louis Vuittons latest collaboration with 83 year old Japanese artist Kusama which has resulted in a very spotty collection and was pretty chuffed to note the dotty/spotty glasses in the promo shots. On the face of it the designs seem really simple, but by mixing up the size of the spots and using clever colour combinations, the pieces have an exciting energy. My favourite pieces are the black spots on yellow and the (I love how the colour tricks the eye into thinking cheetah print) transparent plastic mac, so fun, I knew Marc would have to slip some plastic into the collection. What do you think of this latest collaboration for Louis Vuitton, a bad case of measles or super stylish? 

    

Kusama

My PassportTo Style | A Little Pink Moment, To Brighten Your Monday

pink cherry balloon cake, well, that's what I like to call it!

Hi Gals,  pink cherry jelly and cherry mousse cake and my favourite vintage pink and blue stripey beach shorts from the summer, do you think my vintage beach shorts might have been Marc Jacobs fabric inspiration for this latest sweet dress from his girls wear collection? I like to think so.







my pink and blue striped vintage beach shorts

My Passport To Style | Marc Jacobs Summer 2012 Collection, At Paris Fashion Week

ill fitting lady like does not work

The question on every ones lips right now is will Marc Jacobs take over the helm at Dior? Well firstly I need to say I'm a huge fan of the man and his work, but in my opinion there were some pieces that just did not work, you know the saying a model can wear a bin liner and still look great, well it simply is not true, I know Vivienne Westwood will be displeased with me for saying that, sorry Vivienne.

Now to explain my bin liner analogy of course non of Mark Jacobs clothes looked remotely like a bin liner, however some of his detailing in this collection was supersized and as such looked ill fitting in my opinion, such as his collars and some of the skirts, now of course this is pure Marc Jacobs to be playful with proportions and materials which is often what women love about Marc Jacobs, because of his ability to inject a youthfulness into even the most sophisticated of looks and this season is the season of playing with proportion, we are seeing cocoon coats and sloping shoulders popping up all over the high street right now.


But fit never goes out of fashion and where as a cocoon coat might work beautifully to disguise a fuller shaped bottom half and show of shapely calves on a real woman, on a model who is let's face it is pretty angular, where Marc had played with shape by stretching out skirt lines, these dresses from his collection ended up looking like pretty, but rather deflated stiff crisp packets, rendering the models wearing these pieces awkward in their ill fitting garments and helpless rather than carefree.


There was much to love however, in this collection, clever use of metallic's, pastels and primary colours all held together by a variety of textured floral shapes. Mr Jacobs masterfully combined large flower laser cut outs, with a clean sporty aesthetic the crisp white roll neck featured was cut to perfection, the navy and white large broderie anglaise pattern, biker jacket with navy small broderie anglaise print skirt was achingly chic, as was the egg yolk yellow swing coat again in broderie anglaise with large collar cream collar. Marc Jacobs popularity stems from his intuitive sense of knowing what women want from clothing and what men like to see women wearing, the two are of course completely different, but Marc Jacobs genius, is in his ability to combine the two so seamlessly .

Who Says You Can't Have It All?!!

Hi Gals, apologise for a lack of post's recently, I have been knocked out by a nasty bug! I'm back now and i hope you enjoyed reading about Laden the home of new design talent in the UK. I'm sharing the spotlight with a few lovely Style bloggers, who have really captured the spring seasons two favourite prints to perfection. I really like the natural fresh feel of these two shots from Style bloggers http://www.fabulosityfactor.blogspot.com/  and http://www.shesgotapassionforfashion.blogspot.com/

Check out these floral and striped designs, to create the perfect pick n mix! I would love to feature you here, if you have successfully worked stripes and florals together now that would be alchemy!!! Just send your picture to enquiries@zipbuttonandtuck.co.uk

     

 stripes Marc Jacob

floral duffle Boden

brogues -urban outfitters

                                                                Brolly - Cath Kidson
                                

 I'm loving this oilskin cath kidson floral saddle bag, which would make feel the poetry of a romany painted gypsy caravan every day! Will you be wearing florals or stripes this spring?

                                                                           

                     

                                              Sharon x