jason wu 2022 ny fashion show

 jason wu fashion show 

if you are interested in fashion, you must know that during the past few weeks, the fashion week took place in the four fashion capitals of the world, Milan, Paris, New York and London.

I watched a lot of fashion shows this weekend and one particular caught my eyes. The Jason Wu ready-to-wear fall/winter 2022-2023 show with took place in New York City.

jason wu for the people who doesn't know him, is a Taiwanese and Canadian artist and fashion designer based in New York City. Born in Taiwan and raised in Vancouver, he studied fashion design at Parsons school of design, and trained under Narciso Rodriguez before launching his own line. he worked for several big celebrity like Michelle Obama.

The collection he present is inspired by fashion in the 50's with is on the spotlight at the moment with Demna's Balenciaga couture debut last July for example. But the real star of this show is the strapless moiré party dresses, one in marigold and in black.

they illustrated perfectly the glamour of those 50's illustration.

What I really liked about the creations of this show is first of all is the purity of it's pieces. Jason Wu doesn't really did extravagant creations and he stayed quite simple. Although all his pieces have an extra touch that sets them apart. For example on a piece that could have been a simple long black coat he exchange the simple smooth fabric with a quilted fabric to give it an original appearance while remaining chic and sober. 

jason wu knows how to use small details to make big differences.

my favourite pieces of this show are:

I love the combination of the shape of the bustier and trouser and of the two black fabrics 

I don't really have an explanation I just find it extremely pretty and majestic and the green is really popping

it's the perfect little black dress, it's chic and I think that the tule gives it something extra and more structured

finally the best for last, this dress is just incredible the details of the back make the dress unique and sublime, the and black threads mixed together stand out on the white background. This dress is simply beautiful, it's my favorite pieces of the show!

if you want to watch the entire show this is a link to it 

https://youtu.be/1WnEZeNJoYc

I would really like to have your opinion on it!

The story of the Kardashians/Jenners

 Hi guys,hi Charlie! Today I will explain to you how the Jenners/Kardashians became what they are today.I know some people dislike them ,others love them but I personally feel like knowing their story is still interesting.

  

      Everything starts  in the 1970s when Robert Kardashian,a lawyer (the son of an Armenian family which emigrated to America) meets Kris Jenner.

In 1978, they get married and a few years later they have 4 children, starting off with Kourtney, Kimberley (known as Kim),Kloe(rumors says that her dad isn’t actually Robert Kardashian but who knows) and finally they have a baby boy ;Robert Kardashian Jr.

Unfortunately,they don’t live this happy family life for a long time,because in 1991 they divorce. They still remain close friends until the death of Robert  from esophageal cancer in 2003.

A few years later Kris meets Bruce Jenner ;a gold medal athlete they get married in 1991. In 1995 they have their first daughter Kendall Jenner ,the supermodel of the family.In 1997 Kendall has a baby sister named Kylie. Still, this second marriage for Kris doesn’t work out better then the first one ,apparently she would have cheated on Bruce multiple times so the couple divorced after 22 years of marriage .

Fun fact :Bruce and Kris actually filmed sport videos of themselves  on cassette tapes that anyone could buy .

      Kim ,a member of the  “Young Hollywood”which is a private circle for rich teenagers living in Hollywood, meets famous people.So she started a business in which she would buy their clothes for cheap that they wouldn’t  want anymore and sell them on ebay. She actually made quite some money with that.That’s how she meets Paris Hilton. At this time Paris has her own reality show called “The simple life” the two become close frends.Kim is her assistant and appears in Paris’s reality show, no one really cares about her..

IN 2007,Kim’s sex tape with Ray J is  released on the internet, of course it’s horrible for her but that’s how she became more visible for the publix eye .

At the same time she does her first cover with the magazine “Complex” 

Meanwhile,the  audiences decrease in Paris Hilton ‘s reality show ,so the producer  decides to stop filming and diffusing the show. So Paris’s producer Ryan Secret ,working at E searches for a new program , he contacts Bruce to do a reality show on his family.At the beginning Bruce says no,but after negotiations with Kris they decide to go for it .

So, on the 14th october in 2007 the very first episode of”Keeping up with the Kradashian '' was broadcast .

Kourtney ,Kim and Kloe also decide to open their clothing store Dash,but because of Kourney’s first pregnancy she decides to close the store not many years after it’s opening. 

In parallel to the reality show,  each daughter has her own spin-of.They don’t all work really well but KLoe’s one with her boyfriend Larry does. 

Kourtney  gets married to Scoot Dick ,they have two children Mason and Penelope  today they are divorced  mostly because of Scoot’s mental disorders ,alcohol problem,cheating…. 

Rob becomes way less present on the show and he even becomes a guest on the show because of his depression.

In 2021 ,Kim gets married to Kris Humfrey ,but the day before she realises that she doesn’t love him.They marriage lasts precisely 72 days ,they divorce.

Speaking of the show ,at that time the audience starts to decrease but thanks to the two naughty Kylie and Kendall,the audiences get better 

Kendall’s modeling career starts very well, she gets famous in the industry ,,has good contracts .She also becomes very close to another young model in New york :Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber who don’t know each other at the moment. (the actual wife of Justin Bieber( .It’s actually thanks to Kendall that these two know each other today.The couple and Kendall are still close friends )

At the same  time no one cares about Kylie.

But during the book tour of ”Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia “Kendall’s and Kylie’s book  people discover  a new pretty good looking girl ,it’s actually Kylie !(after her multiple surgeries). 

Suddenly in 2017 ,Bruce Jenner became Caitlyn Jennner apparently he always wanted to be a woman .

What about today ?

KIm created her shapewear brand “Skims' ' her brand  was chosen to dress the American sportswomen for the Olympics. She also created her makeup line “KKW beauty” and her fragrance brand with her mom Kris. Concerning her love life she recently divorced from the rapper Kanye West  becauses of his bipolarity. She has 4 small kids (North,Saint Dream and Chikago)

Kloe is separated from the father of her only daughter True,he cheated on her with Kylie's best friend Jordyn ,that created some drama...

Kourtney created her enterprise “Poosh” which sells wellness stuff.

Kylie creatake care,bye

ted her  makeup ‘’Kylie Beauty'’’ which started with lip kits because of her lips drama.Then she created her skincare brand “Kylie Skin’’and recently she created her baby skincare brand “Kylie baby’’

Actually, she is pregnant with her second child with the rapper Travis Scott.

Kendall is still single and has no children. She created her own company of tequila “818” she also continues her modeling career.

Kris is the agent of her children also called their “Momanager”so she lives thanks to her children’ s salary.

Caitlyn has her own youtube channel,she gets along pretty well with her daughters. 

Hope you appreciated the reading 

take care,bye

Salomé

Met Gala 2021

 

Hello Charlie! Today I am going to be witing my very first article ;wow wow wow!

I am going to talk about the Met Gala,the 2021 mostly, but also some general informations.

It's a fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. So stars, young creatives, and industry paragons are generally invited ,this year Tiktokers like Adisson Rae or Madison Beer were also there but also famous youtubers like Emma Chamberlain who covered the interviews of the stars for the Vogue's youtube channel. By the way I highly recommand you to check out these short videos or even the longer ones where you can see the whole process of creating an outfit for the Met Ball. Also Vogue is doing the whole media coverage.

So each year ,two themes are chosen and the celebreties need to find an outfit for both ;this year the themes were:"In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,”and “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” who will take place in may 2022 (for the second one.)

There are also always co-chairs at every met ball ;who are peaople who basically help with the guest list, food, decor and the "general feel of the evening."This year it's Billie Eilish, Naomi Osaka, Amanda Gorman, and Timothée Chalamet.I like that these co-chairs are all very differant from their jobs to their looks. Amanda Gorman is a poet, Timothée Chalamet is an actor, she wore a dress and he wore sweats .This variety encorages diversity and I think it's fun and important to encorage and represent that as a co-chair.

So here are the looks I loved the most from this year;first of all, the Jenners and Kardashians(I had to start with them, I guess I am going to write an article about them someday)

1) Kendall Jenner is wearing a sparking dress inspired by Audrey Hedburn in "My Fair Lady" (an american icon)She looked FFFIIIRRRE

2) Kim Kardashian ,her look wasn't very impressive or beatifull in my point of view .She wore Balenciaga ensemble consisting of a black t-shirt with a train, black tights, and—oh yeah—a black mask that completely covered her face!

I recognize it was a pretty good idea...

She could be one of the night’s most-talked about without even showing her face. Fun fact ,her makeup artist did her make up that day,so if you ever fell useless remember that !

3) Let's move on to the Biebers; they looked very elegent even if their looks were a bit to much classic in my opinion Justin Beaber wore a black suit from his own label ''Drew House'' , and Hailey wore a slinky black dress by Saint Laurent .

4)Timothee Chalamet ;I don't love his look but he definitly completly the theme and he's Timothee Chalamet, so he never really takes himself seriously .He wore sweats,converse,and a blazer.

Pretty legendary if you ask me ,I guess we will all remenber this one !

5)The famous congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore a BoldStatement dress that screams ’Tax The Rich’.I t's interesting to use thes fashion events and fashion in general to express something here a political message ;which is pretty normal to her.Besides the dress is pretty basic but very beatifull and elegant.

Now that you know a bit more about the Met I will end this article by explaining to you the after party.

First of it's a party held after another event.There are actually ,at he Met Ball plenty stars that host one ,the annual evening at the very chic Top of the Standard hotel,Rihanna's party at the 1 Oak club,or LaQuan Smith who organized a jump under the Kosciuszko Bridge. But the invitation to absolutely win (the best one!), is the Balenciaga party.First of because all the cool people were there(Kim in a better dress,Kendall,Olivia Rodrigo and many others ) and second of all at everybody's suprise Justin Bieber sang!

Here are a couple of pictures :

Thanks for reading this article !

Salomé

it's bimbo time again

i usually feel bad caring so much about aesthetics and superficial hyperfeminine stuff but you know what? this is just internalised misoginy and cringe culture and i can do whatever i want, here are my favourite aesthetics and subcultures that i want to dress like but cannot afford

first of all, here are my favourite features of fashion in general regardless of subculture:

-i am not that comfortable wearing light or bright colours so black and dark colours are my favourite, although pops of bright colour in a black outfit or a beautiful pastel gown are sometimes cool too

-SILHOUETTE SILHOUETTE SILHOUETTE, i love a dramatic, contrasted silhouette, a loose shirt tucked into slim waisted pants, a very poofy skirt with a tight shirt, crinolines and petticoats, 1870s corsets... what i mean is a structured outfit with a cinched waist is is always the way to go for me

-layers babey, whether its wearing a jean jacket over a flannel over a tee shirt over another shirt, or it's a cape over an overskirt over an underskirt over a petticoat over a crinoline. everything for the drama and extravanganza(and maybe a bit too much warmth)

now for the actual styles:

kinderwhore and tradgoth: i listen to a bit of riot grrrl but no goth music so DONT CALL ME A POSER I NEVER CLAIMED TO BE GOTH. i grouped these two subcultures/aesthetics together even though they arent that connected since i like them in a way that overlaps a bit(i didnt find pictures of people mixing the two fashions tho) i love edgy hyperfemininity and my whole aesthetic is based on watching beetlejuice when i was like 7 years old and choosing to base my personality on lydia deetz

scenecore, mallgoth and emo fashion: yes i know the word scenecore is annoying but i prefer the modern scenecore aesthetic to real scene so just ignore it. anyways, i have been an obnoxious emo since middle school and even though im not really a band fan anymore my aesthetic is still tainted by years worshipping my chemical romance and icon for hire

ok these few aesthetics seem lowkey coherent so now for the one that doesnt make sense, 1740s-1880s historical/historically inspired fashion: yeah, i dont know why but somehow my style icons both include siouxsie sioux and madame de pompadour. you might have already heard about my obsession with historical dress if you read my last post. sometimes you don't wanna be edgy and quirky, sometimes you just wanna pretend to be a rich lady in a very racist and classist era (even more than this classist and racist era)

wow that was a lot of pictures and i havent even mentionned all of my style inspirations like classic and goth lolita, vintage clowns, dark academia, cottagecore, goblincore... so here's my fashion pinterest board for that. but this is already a lot so thank you so much if you bothered to read this to the end :^). oh yeah and make sure to tell me about your personal favourite fashions im genuinely interested in that let's be bimbos together

(btw i am saying bimbo as a gender neutral thing, not necessarily a woman but anyone who is into fashion and aesthetics and at least a little bit stupid)

rambling about corsetry

 hey, if you know me, you probably already know i love corsets  and am mildly obsessed with historical fashion. however, these are constantly vilified by media, so i just wanted to talk about them real quick :)

so, i guess you all already know what corsets are but still: corsets and stays are boned garments that appeared in the 16th century and were used by people (not just women) to support their back and chest and, later, to shape the body in a flattering way. they went out of fashion in the early 20th century but are still sometimes worn for asthetic or medical purposes. though they are two different kinds of garments, stays are usually called corsets as they are kinda similar and it's easier to just group them together. the difference is stays are conical shaped, meanwhile corsets are hourglass shaped. they were usually boned with whalebone or featherbone, and more modernly with plastic or steel 

although they are usually portrayed by modern media as torture instruments, people would work, play sports and exercise in them. however i am absolutely not saying that wearing corsets too often cannot be bad for the body or restrict movement. to this day people wear corsets for scoliosis, although, these are way less comfortable since instead of fabric and flexible boning they are made out of plastic

although i have never worn a historical corset, i have regularily worn a modern one for the past two years and here are the answers to things i got asked:

• can you breathe in it? absolutely: although my stomach  and lower ribs are mildly compressed i can breathe just fine from my upper chest

• can you eat in it? yes but not as much, kinda like a tight belt

• does it make you nauseous/make your stomach hurt? absolutely not, since the pressure is mild and distributed on a large area it doesnt affect my organs at all

also it supports my back and makes it less painful, it also keeps me from slouching. here, have a video about that

now i just wanna talk about the most common corset trope in media: super tight corsets that restrict airflow

movies sure love to make it seem like women wore extremely tight corsets everyday, although women at the time did sometimes tight lace, it was reserved to very special occasions (usually once or twice a year) and only for wealthy, high society folk. kinda like when modern celebrities wear steel boned corsets on red carpets

the reason we think waists were made extremely small is partly that the pictures of the time were modified and the portraits and illustrations made their subject's waists look smaller. this is as if people in 300 years thought we all looked like photoshopped pictures in fashion magazines

also, bigger corsets were more likely to get upcycled, or get worn to bits, so most of the authentic corsets that remain are quite small.

there's also the fact that most critiques of corsets from the time came from men who didnt wear corsets and feminine fashion was often looked down upon bc, u know, misogyny, here's another video about that:

also this is obviously not how you tighten a corset, you pull the laces in opposite directions, like shoelaces. you also dont need a whole team of maids, u can just do it in a mirror or even without one if you have more braincells than me(which is very likely)

another trope that isn't as common but still annoys me is the lack of garments underneath the corsets. obviously, lacing it on bare skin is sexier but it can pinch and chafe the skin, therefore it's both inacurate and uncomfortable for the actors. people at the time would wear chemises or shifts, here, look at a lady with proper undergarments, doesnt she look cool

also although it was way less common, some men wore corsets too, as back support but also to shape their belly

now that im done getting mad at modern depictions of corsetry (though i could go on) i just wanna show some corsets and stays i like bc why not:

some mid 1700s stays

 these are my favourite cuz i love their silhouette and they are quite pretty and decorative since they were often visible (unlike most other corsets which were basically underwear)

1860s and 1870s corsets, i really love the silhouette of 1860s dresses and the corsets are integral to it

some edwardian ladies (1900-1910s), i just love the edwardian "pigeon bust" silhouette and i love how the undergarments looked, so much lace and volume

also why not share some historical fashion creators i love: karolina zebrowska, bernadette banner, abby cox,  @ladyrebeccafashions, @asta.darling, @elle.lexxa(absolutely not aiming for historical accuracy but i love the stays she wears), @french.meadows (again not really accurate but gorgeous). (the @s are all on instagram, the other names are on youtube)

yayyy i finally got these corset thoughts off my mind (know that everytime you look at me i am thinking about historical fashion and keep myself from talking about it not to annoy everyone, even here i tried making it less detailed and try to get rid of things), maybe im not done infodumping and i'll do another post about historical fashion, thanks for reading

glittery, sassy and cocky

Hi y'all! It's been a long time and although I haven't necessarily missed writing here I would never miss an occasion to talk fashion (and raise my involvement grade). A few months ago I came across a designer called Christian Cowan who started his career a few years ago only. Since then, his style and aesthetic have been resonating with me so I thought I should share that with you guys.

He basically makes ready-to-wear, it's not haute couture. His style is very modern and girly, he likes to put glitter everywhere, bright colors as well as pastel colors. I love that bold and feminine vision of womenswear that he has: a woman that doesn't shy away from shining and that works those heels and skin-tight dress. Cowan indeed plays with colors, exaggerated silhouettes and referencing to bring a campy* aspect to his clothing.

Here are some of my favorite looks from his Spring 2020 collection.

Look 1: The adaptation of a towel into a dress is genius, simple and effective. It's camp, it's cute and a very good outfit to start his runway.

Look 2: BEAUTIFUL, I love the break between the urban denim cut the little bow. The colors are lovely, and although pastel has been done and seen so many - too many - times these past few years, here it seems intentional. To me, Cowan here takes feminine symbolics such as this cute and sweet color palette or the previous towel to transform it. The glitter outlines add THE extra touch needed.

Look 3: I love that so much, Katy Perry wore it to promote her single Small Talk and oh my god it's so good. It's like "I am a gift to this world" is written on the dress. It is so ridiculous that it works, it is confident, bold, shiny, everything that I love about Cowan's aesthetic.

Look 4: This outfit is the most representative of how this designer sets himself in the urban landscape. The checkerboard pattern is very trendy and here Cowan plays with it as well as with the silhouette because all those different patterns can create optical illusions. The exaggerated puff sleeves balance the tightness of the clothing and the touches of green show how he also likes to play with color-blocking and graphic aesthetics.

Look 5: This is the final piece of his collection and I think it was very well chosen. The color is bright and vivid, it goes very well with the general idea behind the collection and Cowan's fashion-sense. It is short and tight but the sleeves here again break the silhouette and add dimension. The material is shiny and pleasant to the eye.

If you want to see more of him, here is the ICONIC collection he made last year inspired by the Powerpuff Girls. To finish the article, I'll just put here the outfit that saved the MTV's Video Music Awards' red carpet :

 

Worn by Lil Nas X, it was the first time Cowan dressed a man and thank God he did because that red carpet was awful.