Fashion Digest: Fashionable Google; Granny Fendi?; Hamish in Upper East Side?

First I have to apologize yet again for the lack of post last week or so. I have some problems with my internet connection at home, thus the hiatus. And I was not starting class till two days ago which I have another problem with connecting with university WiFi. Finally yesterday, I got it all resolved.

As of now, I have only campus WiFi to work on my blog and go online, so bear with me, people. I would probably get back my home connection in a couple of weeks, two probably. So before that happens, I will be trying my best to find time to post more using campus connection.

As I am ranting here, I am in the library study corner where they have plug points to charge my mac. A misuse of space, but hey, I'm a journalist/blogger. It's part of my assignment to blog too. Okay, now to my fashion digest which might be old news but nevertheless I thought it's worth sharing.

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Fashionable Google

Finally a recognition from one of the online powerhouse, Google to all the fashion bloggers out there. Cheers to us then. Fashion bloggers gained high reputations from the industry from the past year or so. Famous bloggers like bryanboy and Tavi got invited to couture and ready to wear shows from brands like Marc Jacobs and Chanel.

Vogue recognizes fashion bloggers in their March Power Issue. Article called "Logged On". And now more and more come to realize the impact of bloggers. True, it might not replace magazine but it definitely have their own space in this industry.

So Google launched this program called GStyle to get to know more about fashion bloggers. According to them, fashion bloggers understands the social media more than the ones covering other fields. Damn right! So now they want to know more about how fashion bloggers use the internet to better improve their service.

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Granny Fendi?

 Ilaria Venturini Fendi, one of the Fendi daughters made some wacky bags for Carmina Campus. She needs to learn from Sylvia, I guess? That is just whack! Maybe it's not in her genes?

The first thing it reminded me was the old rugs that most Malaysian or maybe Asians have at their toilet doors. My house used to have like a million of those.

This is so not working for me. A piece of toilet rug slapped into a weekend tote. Hmm... Maybe it's just me, because I've seen the worst of those rugs. Maybe other people, most likely the West side would have another view to it. What's your take?

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Hamish in Upper East Side?

Okay, Gossip Girl had been out of my life for quite sometime. Everything just got a tad bit too boring for me. Hadn't been keeping up since a few episodes of season 3. But after hearing this news, I might just watch it again.

So it is official (or so I think) that Hamish Bowles, European Editor at Large for American Vogue will be starring in one of Gossip Girls episodes. now that is something new to me. The photo here is allegedly taken during one of the shootings.

Also the all so fabulous event of the year, Fashion's Night Out will be featured in the series as well. That two reasons is enough for me to watch Gossip Girl again. I wonder how good is Hamish's acting skills?

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Well, that's all for now. And I know that I have not post up any couture coverage and I promise by tomorrow evening (Aus time) it will be up.

In the mean time, I will post up some interesting fashion related videos in the next post just to keep you entertained.

Ciao!

Di moda a Milano

From London, of course we hop to the famous Milan with designs from Prada, Fendi, Dolce and Gabbana, Alberta and more. Well, this season I have mixed feelings with Milan. Not to say it was a bad week for them, I mean, there was some pretty good stuff but there was also some sad stories along the way. It is like war, one might be victorious but whoever it is steps through the ruins of war.

This season, I say in Milan, the tweeds are huge especially from Jill Sanders, there's always the blacks which cannot go wrong in any season - especially winter. Femme fatale has always been a huge theme incorporated in most aesthetics. And of course, as this season goes, searching back on ones roots and history is inevitable. Designers like Dolce and Gabbana, Donatella, Prada and Karl Lagerfeld for Fendi are one of the ones that did. They revisited their past and history of their brand to try create a better future for fashion. The improvisation and remake of old traditions plus rule breaking were almost mandatory this season.

First off is Prada. This season, Prada has gone high-tech with the showroom inspired by 'Glamor on Twitter'. The entire room was plastered with texts and animation images of a beauty parlour theme. Everything was a bit graphic design-ish. Now back to the clothes, Prada is making a comeback on bust and waistline. Something she said as 'a revisit back to the nineties fashion'. It is been a while since BUST became a main point in shows. For Prada, it was shown through the extra layers of ruffles on the bustier to exaggerate more of its shape or the pointed bust tops. In short, it's all about the curves.Back off ANOREXICS! Oh, and the chunky, 'Elves and the Shoemaker' buckle pumps were absolutely gorgeous.

Another back to the roots designs were Dolce and Gabbana where it was said to bring tears out of audiences at the end of the show. Though I was not there (unfortunately), a glimpse of the show in video actually made me tingle on the back. As the show starts, so does a video at the background with soft music showing all employees working together to make this show happen. All very touching. As Dolce and Gabbana goes this season, it was dark and emotional. Not dark edgy way but somehow a more classic soft touch of darkness. They stayed to three words: Sensuality, Sartorialist and Sicilian. One of the most interesting dress was the black one with a hint of leopard prints. Breathtaking.