Tagged: Miu Miu

Banana Favorites: Golden Globes 2015

It’s always refreshing to start the year with an amazing red carpet. However, these Golden Globes did not meet our expectations. There were definitely more DON’Ts than DOs (Lana Del Rey, Taryn Manning, Keira Knightley… what were you thinking?) but we loved some of the DOs. Our favorites were:

Emma Stone in Lanvin. WOW. This beautiful redhead not only knows how to rock metallics but also a jumpsuit on the red carpet. She didn’t even needed accessories or any hairdo. Emma looked flawless last night.

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Even tough it looks big on her, we liked the color and fabric of this J. Mendel dress in Amanda Peet.

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We have to admit we weren’t expecting Lorde to be on this list. Another win for pants last night. She rocked this Narciso Rodriguez pantsuit.

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Dakota Johnson makes all over metallics look easy to wear in this Chanel dress. Definitely one of the favorites.

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It’s not that we LOVE this Armani Privé gown but Allison Williams is so gorgeous that she can pull off almost anything. She looks amazing as always.

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Emily Blunt in Michael Kors looks so fresh and pretty. We liked the turquoise jewelry as well as her braid.

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We can always count on Lupita Nyong’o to push boundaries in a red carpet. There are mixed reviews of this Giambattista Valli Couture floral gown but to us, it’s a win. She looks radiant and the color looks great on her.

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We love metallics and we love feathers. Julianne Moore in Givenchy gives us another reason to.

 

 

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And of course, we can always count on one of our favorite IT Girls Sienna Miller to amaze us in the red carpet as well. She looks lovely in this Miu Miu gown.

 

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We hope the upcoming red carpets step it up. With so many beautiful gowns we saw in the runway for this season, we hope they do!

 

Banana Favorites: Paris FW Fall 2014

The “Ready to Wear” shows of the Fall/Winter ’14 season came to an end last week. As usual Paris FW had a lot of amazing shows. Let’s get to them.

BALENCIAGA 

Alexander Wang put on a very interesting collection mixing knits, belts, zippers and leather. Structure was present of course but it shows that he had lots of fun with this collection.

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NINA RICCI

Purple color had a lot of presence in this collection, going from pastel lilacs to deep -burgundy. This is a girl’s dream wardrobe for a trip. You’ve day looks (florals, maxi dresses and loose silhouettes) and then gowns for dinners in the city.

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CHRISTIAN WIJNANTS 

Personally I’m not too familiar with this line but I liked the simplicity and details of color and metallics.

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ISABEL MARANT 

Not my favorite Marant collection (the S/S ’14 was to die for) but I still liked it. I’m a fan what can I say. I found interesting how plaids and the olive color were still so strong in the fall collections this year. Apparently we’re not gonna stop seeing them.

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CHRISTIAN DIOR

Tailored pieces with a masculine feeling but with rich colors. Another interesting thing about the Fall collections was to see color block again on the runways. I loved the way that Raf Simons updated classic shapes and gave them a modern twist in this collection. My favorites? The hot pink dress and the pink/red top and skirt!

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CHLOÉ

The Chloé girl is always so polished and sophisticated. This season she added to her style bold prints and I loved it.

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GIAMBATTISTA VALLI 

Valli is definitely one of my favorite designers these days. I watched an interview about this collection and he said he had “enough of the menswear inspiration already” and he wanted to “design for a woman who was confident to dress in women’s clothes”. Well he delivered. Always right on point with the prints, colors and shapes. That last burgundy dress is SO gorgeous.

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ELIE SAAB

A little but disappointed, I must say. The past collections were so amazing that this one felt short. I still liked these four dresses so I had to post them.

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SAINT LAURENT 

If I could choose a show to attend, Saint Laurent will be on my top list for sure. The label is the definition of glamour and rock & roll. Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane even sat at the front row. How cool is that? I love how Hedi Slimane incorporates glitter in his collections and bows as well. Add plaids and capes and it’s perfection. BTW, I’m seeing so many capes lately. I need one ASAP!!!

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VALENTINO

Lots of 70s inspiration in the Fall runways too. As for Valentino? Beautiful as always. I really liked the versatility of this collection. Going from very bold prints with a retro feeling to delicate, elegant gowns that define the line.

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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

What a rich collection. Very ethereal. It’s like it came out of a children’s fantasy book. The white moon and stars dresses were my favorite!!! Amazing.

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LOUIS VUITTON 

This was Nicolas Ghesquière’s debut so the show was full of expectations. Marc Jacobs let me down in his last shows and in my opinion, Ghesquière did a great job. Very true to Fall fashion, the collection had a lot of suede, skins and leather. To me, it was as if Amelia Earhart would fly nowadays, these were the clothes she’d wear. A+

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MIU MIU 

I always have mixed feelings with Miu Miu. I appreciate originality and a fun collection but sometimes it’s too much. I liked the colors in this one and how she played with the knits and other fabrics. See? Color block again. I wonder if for Spring ’15 it will come back strong.

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That concludes the ready to wear collections. Did your favorite made the Bananas’ list?