On-line shopping paradise ‘LuisaViaRoma’ is truly a paradise. They have chosen their lines with more daring and dramatic taste than other commercial shopping website. Here I spotted this Alexander Wang bat-wing shirt, so poetic, so romantic, so dark-angelic, so ‘I want right now’…
If I can only have one black maxi dress, it needs to be easily multi-styled, not too flared, it needs to have some texture, be a little bit asymmetric and it needs to have an interesting cut (not be just a long straight tube obviously). Thinking about all these criteria made me chuckle at myself a little - “pfffff, this is just mission impossible!”
On the other side, I often believe shopping is like a fate, for if you are supposed to meet ’something’, then voila !… you meant to belong to each other! In this post I will present to you that one special dress, the one I thought would be impossible to find. To get it, however, I had to go on quite a journey.
asymmetric shoulder with one side like a vest, the other side with a cup sleeve
In the past 4 seasons, Alexander Wang has been showing his collection in a routine of Summer in Casual and Winter in Tailoring. For Resort 2011, his collection seems quite different from previous, therefore, it took me a little while to LOVE it.
First of all, a very re-freshing colour palatte. Neutrals, White, and White are actually becoming quite feminine with the blocks of Maroon added in. Styling wise is very ‘cutting edge’ for Wang as he mixed both casual and tailoring together. There’re tailored shorts and suits carried on from previously AW10 ‘Wall Street’ theme collection. There’re still signature pieces of super sheered jersey-knit dress, slouched chunky knits and cycling shorts.
Again, I’m totally in love with all the layering and different hemlines. I was never a fan of Maroon as it always looks too formal and old aged, however, this time I actually can’t wait to wear that lovely Maroon which became never too casual nor too serious!! Fun to see how Wang changed a colour’s personality!!
On my way to town today I’ve spotted an amazing bag slouched on a girl’s back right in front of me. It’s heavily washed and so comfortably hanged there. I couldn’t help but ask her where she got it. I’m always a no-shyer when comes to a great designed product. She answered in a humble voice ‘Alexander Wang’ —- simple as that. She then told me it’s from 4 seasons ago. I told her I’m a big Wang fan. We exchanged a smile —- I know we understood each other.
I have recently visited London Graduates Fashion Week and been asked by press people twice to take photos of my outfits. Mum’s white shirt———Vintage grey hoodie——–and my first Alexander Wang purchase ‘mix stripe skorts’———Anglomania jelly platform sandals.
Talking of this purchase…I have super-luckly found it while in Shanghai in a very small boutique. As you may all know Alexander Wang is very much promoting China’s high-end manufacturing. Most of his products are made in China. Therefore, it would be really lucky to find some unique originals leaking out on the market and that would be definitely a fate if you could spot one!!
As I was doing a research on all oriental designers and models, my attention is getting more and more locked on this girl. Yes, I don’t want to have any fuss on this entry’s title and just want to make it clear that the hottest model in my mind at the moment is Liu Wen from China.
First time noticing her was from Alexander Wang’s Pre-Fall 2010 collection photos from Style.com. Then she appeared every single city during AW2010 fashion week and walked for over 70 shows, I start to like her more and more.
In 2009, Liu Wen became the first woman of East Asian descent to walk the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. And I only just recognized her recently in Alexander McQueen’s SS10 show ‘Plato’s Atlantis’.
I think a good model with strong feature would not be covered completely unrecognizable with tons of make-up and hairs. For example Kate Moss, no matter what look she’s been styled on, you could always tell ‘that’s her!’ and Liu Wen is no doubtfully same.
Personally really like this 60s China Red Guard look created for Alexander Wang’s SS10 campaign. She actually looks very sweet there.
She casually brings out the boyish sexiness.
…and could also be full of strength in this i-D editorial December 2009…
…but you can not label her for just being a tomboy…
…although she’s already really good at layering pieces and rocking the DMs.
I would really like to shout out that!! —- I’m a big Wang fan!!
This photo of Wang tells all about his energy. He’s always running out and take a massive jumpy bow to the audience at the end of his shows.
Within a short 2 years from Wang-who? to Wang-bang! Alexander Wang’s recognition has soared to sky high, and I…became a solid Wang fan by not only loving his jogger pants but as well as his sharp tailoring skills.
I really love the idea of him showing his casual side during summer collection and his tailoring side during winter. But I’m sure before we’re getting used to that, he would change his pace all over again. He’s so unpredictable, but at the same time so naturally full-filled ‘what women want’!
Even beauty and hair looks from his shows are becoming the direction of ‘next big thing’. I must admit the Wang team got super sharp taste…I’m already seeing more and more girls of having the loose side-plaits done
So should I definitely expect to see the greasy side-sweep with worked-hard red-eye-shadow towards AW2010.
My biggest thumb-up to Wang is he puts ‘made in China’ label in nearly every single of his garments and yes, he should really be the modern ambassador for speaking out of ‘Chinese products are not just cheap and bold’! Lots of people probably don’t know that brands like John Galliano or Nicole Farhi are partly made in India and South China. The industry is like, as long as certain percentage of the garments like labeling etc are finished in Italy for example, then it can be labeled as ‘made in Italy’. But actually there’re plenty of amazing factories producing luxury brands in Asia. Therefore, I admire Wang’s decision. It’s not only the courage, but also a damn right timing to promote China other than as a ‘big fucking cheap world factory’.
One thing I couldn’t bear is people make link between Alexander Wang and Vera Wang, even on Wikipedia?!! (I thought Wiki is 100% true fact?!) Anyway, Vera got 2 teenage daughters, unless there’s really some unspoken fact?! (I don’t think so!)
He’s always damn right on his instinct. Love his shoes…his bags…and what a clever move of launching the sunglass collection?! …and i shall be waiting for his next project…and i’m hoping that would be a scent of Wang!
Now NY Fashion Week has finished and I have to admit that the coolest boys in town should be Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang.
It was Proenza Schouler made scuba-diving cool in the fashion market and mixing a bit of futurism into those tropical colours during their SS10 collection. Again, their AW10 is making leather so much more wearable and approachable, make this way…nothing meat-market type. They also mix cool geo print with sweet flavour florals in fit n’ flare shapes, which is now their signature shape and also up-coming No.1 shape in dresses.
Alexander Wang took his scissors to wall street bankers’ suits. No one could fill the catwalk with so much pin stripes and still so stylish. Velvet and mesh mixed dresses are so divine and I”m sure his tailored city shorts will be seen on women as a cool day-wear stable too. His energy and the full understanding of women’s modern taste also reflexed by the action of broadcasting live on New York Time Square.
Not only his clothes are widely copied among high street, but also the hair style and detail styling too. I can already see lots of girls playing the messy fish tail plaits from his SS10 catwalk show. I can’t wait to see if there’s any greasy sweep-to-one-side look showing around in the fashion world in AW10.
