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Karl Lagerfeld unveiled Chanel Cruise 2013 collection in the gardens at the Palais de Versailles.

The show was held in the plush gardens of Le Palais de Versailles, which are never normally open to the public. Lagerfeld’s Chanel Cruise 2013 collection is featuring a whimsical mix of punk and Marie Antoinette inspired attires.

The mix started with the use of high- tech modern fabrics and traditional Chanel tweed in gold, pastel colors for outfits and hair with hues of lilac, grey, peach, pink and transformed into black and white on the end.

The collection is young and playful and features cheerful sequin-encrusted dresses, Chanel’s tweed jackets, the quilted bags, denim ensembles etc. The hairstylist Sam McKnight was the creator of the hairstyles who described them as “bob tops, wigs dyed grey pastel then’’ which is adding a androgyny style to the collection.

The show was watched from over 400 guests, including Vanessa Paradis, Tilda Swinton, designer Haider Ackermann , Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson.  The name Haider Ackerman has been buzzing around the press a lot lately.

In 2010, Karl Lagerfeld made an announcement that if somebody were to take over his position at Chanel he would want it to be Haider Ackerman. Asking Karl Lagerfeld if he still wants Haider Ackermann to take over Chanel, he answers:  “Not especially. It’s not his world I don’t think.”

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Finally is getting towards summer holidays.  Before you hurry excitedly to the beach off to the beach in all your carefree summer glory, make sure you pack beach chic essentials. Here’s your guide to a fashionable fun in the sun.

Easy wear pants

A pair of easy wear trousers or jeans .Take some thin or zip-off pants and a sarong, just increase you go anywhere that you can’t show your legs or arms (some cathedrals, and such). This season’s fashionable cropped pants are perfect holiday daywear or if you don’t want to be parted from your jeans then you can always opt for summer white (highly impractical, but great for a vacation) or a colourful pair of skinny pants. As you are traveling, keep them loose fitting and comfortable, rather than sausage-skin tight.

Play suit

Jumpsuits or playsuits, are versatile and comfortable and they are great for sightseeing in, or at least some kind of short that’s cool but won’t chafe and rub if you get sweaty during sightseeing. Other than that, take a hat for the sunshine, maybe some cooler long sleeves if you burn easily (really thin cotton or linen is great).

Footwear

Really sturdy footwear (good running shoes or something like that for traveling. Don’t forget good breathable socks, underwear, and bras, and something cool to sleep in. Avoid taking ten pairs of shoes that only match particular outfits or those which are likely to be uncomfortable, as your feet expand in the heat. Take 1 pair of sexy high-heels, to instantly change the look of your outfits; a pair of comfortable flats and some strappy summer sandals.

Summer dresses

A lightweight print sundress and a evening skirt or special dress. This can be cotton for a day dress and chiffon, silk, or some other elegant fabric, for eveningwear. Choose another little black dress, a stylish print, or a fashionable and elegant maxi.

Beachwear

Choose two swimsuits a one-piece or bikini and a kraftan type cover-up. Whether you prefer and don’t forget sunglasses and a sunhat to protect your head from the heat. Your beach cover-up can be the versatile sarong, or a cool kaftan, which is right on-trend at the moment. A kaftan has more possibilities in terms of where you can wear it, as it can also double as a tunic top or as a dress.

Hand luggage

Make sure all your essential travel documents are in your hand luggage, and put them right at the top. You need your passport, tickets debit card, and extra money. Weigh it before! Most airlines allow one piece of luggage to be checked in, up to a maximum of 20kg for international travel.

Sunglasses

Don’t forget the sunglasses. Sunglasses trends for the summer 2012 are coming in many different styles, vibrant plastics and a variety of shapes to match your mood. Whether you are looking for, a casual dynamic style, a Hollywood icon look or a timeless geek chic there plenty styles to choose from

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Hats are back in trend and hitting the fashion scene! Whether oversized floppy toppers, berets, tight military chapeaus, cowboy hat trilbies, cloches and caps, there’s something for everyone.

Beanie

A beanie is also known as a tuque or knit cap, skully or stocking cap. Whatever you call it, a beanie is a popular choice in hats in the winter and is the easiest style to keep the trend for the winter 2012.There many kind of are the knitted beanies, which balance practicality with winter chic. Victoria Beckham presented at New York Fashion Week her own version of the popular beanie, the ones that David Beckham always wears.

Trilby Hat

While the Trilby hat was most popular in the 1960′s, it regained huge popularity the last few years. It can be weared by both men and women to capitalize that cool retro look. The hat’s name derives from the stage adaptation of George du Maurier’s 1894 novel Trilby; a hat of this style was worn in the first London production of the play, and promptly came to be called “a Trilby hat“.

Bucket Hat

A bucket hat, or fishing hat, is a soft cotton hat with a wide and downwards sloping brim which is worn by both men and women. The brim offers shade from the sun for the eyes and face. This hat is wonderful for warm weather and is most well known as being the cap worn by our favorite little buddy Gilligan.

Cowboy Hat

The cowboy hat is a fashionable and functional hat. Many men and women wear cowboy or western hats on a regular basis. Thanks to many designers the cowboy hat comes now in fresh updated styles, bold colors and modern shapes are available to choose from.

Fedora Hat

A fedora hat is a hat that is creased lengthwise down the crown and pinched in the front on both sides. Fedoras can also be creased with teardrop crowns, diamond crowns, center dents, and others, and the positioning of pinches can vary if they are found at all. Fedora hats have been a huge trend over the past few seasons; especially they have been spotted by many celebrities. They are great way to shield your face and scalp from the sun, and add a little bit of androgynous look to any outfit.

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The latest Giorgio Armani Spring- Summer 2012 campaign is featuring the model Simon Nessman for menswear and for womenswear are Milou Van Groesen and Sasha Pivovarova.

The campaign was captured by photographer duo Mert and Marcus and showcases a monochrome collection surrounded by the beach atmosphere.

Mert and Marcus are Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, fashion photographers. Some of their major clients are top fashion labels such as Louis Vuitton, Missoni, Giorgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Fendi, Kenzo and Miu Miu.

Simon Nessman is a Canadian male model from Courtenay, British Columbia. Nessman is best known as the current face of Giorgio Armani. In addition, he has featured in ad campaigns for Versace, D&G, Givenchy, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Lanvin and others.

He  features the 2012 music video of Madonna‘s new song, Girl Gone Wild, as directed by fashion photographers Mert and Marcus.

Milou Van Groesen born in the Netherlands she opened the SS 2011 Balenciaga show and she has been talk of the fashion town ever since.

In February 2011, Milou was photographed for French Vogue, appearing on the cover of i-D as well. She made her debut for Italian Vogue in March, photographed by Steven Meisel.

Sasha Pivovarova  is a Russian model. She is perhaps best known for her consecutive 6-season run with Prada. Her agencies are: Unique Models in Denmark, IMG Models in New York City, and Donna Models in Tokyo.

Sasha Pivovarova took her own self-portrait for the new Rag & Bone Do-It-Yourself ad campaign spring 2011 along with models Abbey Lee Kershaw and Lily Aldridge.

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Alternative Fashion Week in London has been held from 16-21 April at the Spitalfields Traders Market. The cultural quarter makes the perfect setting to showcase alternative fashion of recent graduate fashion designers.

Young designers are offered the opportunity to present their creations and get some press attention on the catwalks. London Alternative Fashion Week is where all the best new designers are to be discovered.

It provides a genuine alternative for them to present their work directly to the press, public and the fashion industry. Designers come from all over the UK and other parts of the world including Italy, Spain, Norway, Poland, Bulgaria, Uruguay & Sri Lanka.

With 14 designers per day the quirky and wonderful fashion theatricals just keep on coming. There was also a Fashion Market where some of the designers will be selling their clothes, textiles and accessories.

Original and recycled textiles are a major feature. There were women’s and men’s wear from the sublime to the sensational, with an emphasis on environmental awareness and ethical sourcing.Alternative Fashion Week also encourages a diverse range of models and offers training to aspiring Naomi Campbells keen to get out on the catwalk.

AFW, organised by Alternative Arts, adds a real depth of flavour to London’s fashion circuit. They’ll be back in April 2014.

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Sunglasses trends for the summer 2012 are coming in many different styles, vibrant plastics and a variety of shapes to match your mood. Whether you are looking for, a casual dynamic style, a Hollywood icon look or a timeless geek chic there plenty styles to choose from.

Sunglasses are an essential for both men and women, whether you go for, they can enhance any type of clothing items you wear. Be mindful of the shape of your face and what types of sunglasses are the best for you.

Rectangular Sunglasses

Rectangular sunglasses are the glasses that are of rectangular shape. After many years these glasses are back on the scene. By re-creating the original 1952 classic style details and bright Chanel Classic colors give them these iconic Hollywood chic. Rectangular sunglasses are predicted this trend to be in vogue in the year 2012 and 2013.

Round Sunglasses

Round sunglasses is one of biggest eyewear trend  for 2012. Designers such as Tom Ford, Armani, Gucci, Dior, Boss and others have brought the round shape to their latest collections. What is most interesting is that people seem to finally gotten the trend.

Cat Eye Sunglasses

Cat Eye Sunglasses are inspired by the 1950s and 60s and celebrate a comeback for this season. Audrey Hepburn wore them in the movie, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Other Hollywood icons we remember wearing these cat eye sunglasses: Marilyn Monroe, Buddy Holly, and Barbara Windsor.

Colourful Plastic Sunglasses

Coloured sunglasses have been on the market for quite some time. Fashion trends do drive this style and the color palette covers an impressive spectrum. If you like colors go for a bold and choose a funky shape, or play it safe and go for simple style like Eva Longoria and Kylie Minogue. Use colour to express your style and personality.

Reflective Sunglasses

Reflective sunglasses are not only for sport fans. Reflective sunglasses add an instant refresh to your look for the season. Initially designed and manufactured for US Air Force Pilots, as well as becoming the go-to shades for police officers. Reflective sunglasses were seen on the catwalk at Anna Sui, Christian Dior, Emporio Armani, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, and Tory Burch.

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Bill Gaytten revealed the John Galliano Fall Winter 2012-13 Women’s Ready-To-Wear collection at Paris fashion week.

Bill Gaytten is a British-born designer who studied architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College in London. He went on to work with Galliano at both his eponymous label and at Dior. Bill Gaytten has been part of Galliano’s eponymous label for 23 years.

Bill Gaytten was inspired by the drawings of the illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, as a result the designer reinterpreted a poetic and romantic collection.

The collection features beautiful blouses with poet collars, berets trimmed with feathers and bird wing headpieces, classic riding coats trimmed jackets and dresses with a romantic ruffled necklines. The dramatic final look of the show was a flowing chiffon cape over little black with a surge of red and thigh-high stockings.

Bill Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His drawings in black ink, and influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler.

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Designer duo Viktor & Rolf are famed for their high-concept catwalk shows and extravagant collections. The Dutch designers have presented their Fall- Winter 2012-13 collection at the Paris Fashion Week.

The Dutch designers have taken the fashion world by storm over the last 15 years. The duo s unique style by blending of cool irony and surreal beauty makes them one of the most original designer team in haute couture.

Dutch born Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren are fashion’s forward-thinking design duo, known for their conceptual fashion shows, clever ideas and chic clothing captured beyond all imagination.

Viktor & Rolf perhaps inspired by the dark of the werewolf walking in the moonlight tuned the runway into a melodramatic show. The collection was featuring glamorous mink fur coats, animal prints, oversized silk pyjama suits, sheer lingerie-style dresses, tweed shorts, and on the end the elegant black and gold gowns with metallic fringing which was layered down the whole length of the skirts.

Viktor & Rolf’s signature collections are famous for their tailoring and layering and their contemporary shows are full of surreal experiences and sculptural exaggerations. The signature collection has been complemented with menswear, accessories and fragrances.

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Diesel Black Gold presented its FW- 2012-13 collection for women at the New York Fashion Week and for men in Milan. The brand focuses on outerwear mixed in with coolness, geometric knits and lots of leather.

Sophia Kokosalaki, who is designing the women’s collection, is focused on leather jackets and sexy asymmetric leather skirts with attached belts, shorts in shiny leopard prints, leather trench coat, black-and-white sweater with a pop art image.

In Milan Renzo Rosso for men, showed usual a lot of leather jackets, also leather pants, suede sleeved sweatshirt knit, tailored denim suits, chunky knit sweaters and turtlenecks.

Rosso launched Diesel Black Gold 2008. The line produces artfully distressed denim and leather which gives a new twist to the traditional garments and iconic blends of past and future.

Diesel Black Gold has become the largest non-designer label in the contemporary high-end fashion market and has successfully managed to become a casual alternative to other luxury brands In 2009, Greek designer Sophia Kokosalaki came onboard as the line’s new head designer, and received great acclaim as her first collection was presented in 2010 at New York Fashion Week.

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Think neutral. Think black with white Pierre Balmain has presented a monochrome collection in black, white, grey and midnight blue for Fall/Winter 2012/2013. The black and white presentation is featuring the Argentinean fashion model Melissa Stasiuk and male model Adrien Sahores.

The diffusion line shows more a basic and essential side of Pierre Balmain. The master of leather jackets got its inspiration for fall winter of the classic French and Italian movies from the 50’s and 60’s. Pencil skirt, tailored jackets and wool coats, pullovers and cuffed trousers are the main pieces in the new collection.

Until 2011, the house was led by designer Christophe Decarnin, whose vision for the house is more modern and edgier. In April 2011, the fashion house announced that Decarnin was succeeded by Olivier Roustein. Rousteing was born in France and raised in Bourdeaux, and holds a degree from the Parisian fashion school ESMOD. Rousteing, a relative unknown outside of fashion circles, has worked at Balmain since 2009; prior to that, he spent five years at Roberto Cavalli.

 Balmain’s high pricing created a media buzz in the past few seasons, Balmain fans must be willing to invest a fortune just to afford one piece. When people supposed be in an economic crisis, but you won’t believe it, but Colette in Paris has sold out his stock has and your name comes on a long waiting list. On the list are: Madonna, Victoria Beckham, Bud, Hana, Linda Sai·Luohan, and Beyonce Knowles, even Carina LAU.

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