Kate Moss's famous jeans.

At London Fashion Week a few months back, Kate Moss caused a frenzy by wearing wide-leg Chloé jeans while everyone else was still wearing drainpipes.


I myself lusted after a pair of those gorgeous, über flattering pants, but I gave up hope after awhile. Until TopShop introduced the 'K Jean', an undeniable look-a-like, for a mere £40.00, or approximately $79. Rejoice!

http://tinyurl.com/3c28fc

Fall and Winter 2007 Trends

I'm getting ahead of the game and working on trend lists for F/W '07 fashion and then beauty. It's very much a work in progress. But I will still present it:

Fashion
- 1920’s
- 1980’s
- 1990’s
- Androgyny
- Arctic animals (penguin sweaters at Chanel and polar bear cardigans at Stella McCartney)
- Black PVC/rubber (PVC totes at Marni, rubberized tights at Hussein Chalayan)
- Body-conscious (see banded dresses at Christopher Kane or vintage Hervé Léger)
- Cargo (flight suits at MaxMara, Karl Lagerfeld was spotted in a cargo jacket)
- Crystals, studs, and gems
- Feathers
- Fur
- Fringe
- Geometry
- Global/tribal mix (see Balenciaga)
- Gloves
- Grey
- Leather jackets (cute, cropped versions have appeared on both Lily Donaldson and Gemma Ward)
- London club-kid style (look up photos from the Boombox parties)
- Kinkiness/S & M (Dolce & Gabbana, Dsquared)
- Metal (chain mail details at Dior, copper wire dresses at Balenciaga)
- Neon
- One-shouldered looks
- Platforms
- Pleats
- Ruffles
- Surrealism (see Dior)
- Tights (especially white)
- Trompe l'oeil
- Tweed

Beauty
- Bangs a la Cat Power
- Bold eyebrows
- Braided buns (see Bottega Veneta)
- Crimped hair
- Cropped cuts (see models Agyness Deyn, Morgane Dubled, Barbara Berger, and Marta Berzkalna)
- Dramatic eyeliner
- Grey eyeshadow
- Neon makeup (orange lips at Dior, hot pink nails at Karl Lagerfeld)
- Nude lips
- Ornate hair accessories
- Sculpted waves for hair
- Soft pink lips

This is not a pipe. (Surrealism)

Oh, what a happy day for It Kids. Someone finally figured out that mixing surrealism with fashion doesn't have to be like this:

(Magritte, The Son of Man)

Those "somebodies" would be Rodnik, not the vodka, but the British design duo.

Other inspirations
(in order, from top to bottom: Salvador Dali’s Mae West Lips Sofa, Yves Tanguy’s Indefinite Divisibility, André Masson's Automatic Drawing, René Magritte's The Treachery Of Images, Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory, Roberto Matta's Elle Loge La Folie)

How to make this wearable, you may ask?

Suspenders, men's hats, dramatic footwear (like the architectural heels Marc Jacobs and Lanvin have been creating), subdued blues and black with tiny, but bright hints of color. Also, you can get the look by translating surrealist art more literally. Case in point, wear the actual art on you shirt or accessorize with surrealist pieces.

Finds:

Dali lip and nose pin: http://tinyurl.com/2gyw2v

Dali self-portrait tee (check EBay for it): http://i7.tinypic.com/2cxtcns.jpg

Derby hat: http://www.top-hats.com/2720.htm

Top hat: http://www.top-hats.com/2101.htm

Tights galore: http://www.tightsplease.co.uk/index.php?page[cat][]=39

Chloe cobalt blue jersey shift dress: http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/20919

Chloe silk gabardine pants: http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/19571

Celine cropped cotton pants: http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/18683