Tagged: Black

July 10, 2014

Trend we LOVE: Luxury Sportswear

For the past few months, I have been very disappointed in fashion. At first I thought it was because I used to work as a buyer in Puerto Rico and always saw trends in apparel or shoes before they became mainstream. Usually when everyone was very into a trend I was already sick of it. I tried to stay patient….nothing. I visited the stores (affordable and high end) over and over and….nothing. Same thing that I’ve been seeing for over a year now! Tribal prints, flowers, crochet, plaids, UGH! I was constantly discussing this with my fashionista friends and we all agreed… what’s happening?! I was BORED! Finally, a week ago, I went to H&M and was impressed by the looks on the mannequins. I’ve always been a fan of oversized stuff and even though the 90s have been IN for a while now, I still like them and even more now, with this minimalistic/street/sporty/chic direction going on.

This DKNY Resort 2015 collection which was presented in June blew my mind and represents perfectly the luxury sportswear mania. The label is celebrating its 25th anniversary and I guess the design team went all out, successfully. The color palette is beautiful: neutrals with accents of red, blue and my favorite, peach. Feathers, tulle, sheer pieces, embellishments, bomber jackets, pearls, wow! To keep it interesting, they paired these ultra feminine pieces with caps and sneakers. It’s the perfect mix of ladylike and tomboy. This collection was definitely my favorite for Resort 2015. ❤

November 20, 2013

PRHFW: David Antonio

The first show we attended the second day of PRHFW was David Antonio.

A couple dancing tango (a bit cheesy and expected in my opinion) opened the show. I personally love spring/summer fashion better than fall/winter because of the fabrics and specially the colors so the fact that it was an all black collection already threw me off but the entire collection was kind of, BORING!

Some of the things I liked were:

The mix of fringe and lace in the second look and the lace dress that came after.
The polkadot retro looking sheer dress with the round glasses (this was my favorite).Very chic.
Not a big fan of turtle necks but the long sleeve loose turtle men top looks cool (or maybe it’s the model,ha!)
The feather skirt with the sheer blouse. Styled differently would have looked even better.

What I didn’t like:

The head turbans
The sheer blouse that came after my retro favorite outfit had a weird looking fit.
The oversized tunics over pants (last week I read Buzzfeed’s “20 early 2000s forgotten trends” and these reminded me of one of them)
The cowl neck men top (actually this one reminds me of the 2000s trends too)

Overall this collection look way too contemporary for my taste and was kind of boring and expected just like the tango dance. Some of the pieces are pretty by themselves but the styling and head turbans made them look dull.

ALL IMAGES BY ARNALDO JAVIER J. PLEASE, IF YOU WANT TO USE THEM, LET ME KNOW!