Only Miss J. Alexander could have gotten me out of the house on Saturday battling the wind and rain. He was hosting a Celebrity Walk Off at Holt Renfrew which pitted some local celebs against each other on the runway. The winner of the celebs was Ciara Hunt from Hello Magazine. It was well deserved and super cut to see her children cheering her on. Then there was a contest where 10 members of the public were given and chance to impress Miss J. Auntie Fashion asked me to strut my stuff in the public contest but I was nervous and opted out. The only strutting I do is on my way to work with iPod in ear. I’m sure I’m a spectacle in the Financial District. I was wearing my hunters that day too. Sorry Auntie Fashion
The event was one of the best public event at Holts I’ve been to. Despite the weather it was packed in the shoe department. There was a great mix of people. Some people brought there families to check it out. Miss J was extremely funny and had everyone laughing and smiling the whole time.
We had our brief meeting and Miss J was super sweet. He took a little bit of time with everyone and made personal comments everyone’s book. I really like mine.
My twitter followers saw posts about Danielle Meder and I at Yorkdale last week. I was playing Ms Stylist. Danielle was my guinea pig for the Yorkdale Style Challenge. I received an email from Briar with Edelman with the offer to participate in the Yorkdale Style Challenge. I accepted and decided to play fairy godmother to Danielle.
I recieved $500 in Yorkdale gift certificates. I came into this challenge with a plan for Danielle. I wanted to push her boundaries and heels were part of this equation. I envisioned a pencil skirt, a white button up shirt and killer heels. It would be opposite to Danielle’s normal casual style. I was running the show here, Ha. We were in a mall so the first stop is Club Monaco. Club is probably my favourite mall brand for fashion.
We went through a lot of outfits at Club. I enjoyed having Danielle as my doll to dress up. I searched the store grabbing items of the rack. I was hoping to come out with a handbag, shoes and outfit with the $500. There were many look changes for Danielle and I learned a lot about what she was comfortable with. I guess I was pretty militant but I was most concerned that she would feel confident in it.
I learned early on that the separates weren’t gonna work so I focused on dresses again. There were many in the store that I just loved. Mina and I must have picked up every dress in the place for Danielle to try on. I have to admit some of them were for my curiosity. Things can surprise you when on a body. Some garments have no hanger appear. We picked a dress. It was one of the second she tried on. It was on to shoes.
I think we went to most of the standalone shoes stores in the mall. Most trips were quick in and out. I tend to scan quickly for interest and get the hell out if there is none. We ended up Capezio where Danielle agreed to the silver, strappy Michael Kors heels. I was delighted. It picked up the silver woven into the fabric of Danielle’s dress.
The shoes in the Balenciaga Fall 2010 collection needed a post of their own. I always anticipate crazy shoes from Balenciaga and this time we got block heel brogues and loafers.
What do you think of the shoes? I’m liking the three shoes in the top photo. I love the colour combinations too. I hope they aren’t crazy heavy shoes. They look it.
Nicolas Ghesquière was influenced by cosmonauts, seventies Formica, packaging and food boxes, Synthetic foam, plywood, sleeping bags and biscuits for the Balenciaga Fall 2010 collection. The weirder Nicolas goes the more I eat it up. He’s pushing new techniques and fabrics advancing the technology. Nicolas Ghesquière is one of those designers who I still has that freedom to go crazy with his vision and execute it.
I love the coloured eyebrows. It looks really cool.
This was a very structured armor-like collection. I see shades of Balenciaga Spring 2010 in this collection. It’s an explosion of colour. Despite the strange styling there are some wearable pieces. I’m fond of the belted sweaters, the armor-like dresses in the vein of Spring 2010. Have you seen the footware, that’s the topic of another post. There is a lot of play with texture and prints. Visit nytimes.com for large hi res images of the Balenciaga fall 2010 collection.
Here is a short video which highlights all the looks. It’s a must see because there are surprises on the backs of those looks. Photos keeps secrets.
Here it is, the last collection. The Alexander McQueen Fall 2010 collection was perfection. I can’t believe we will never see the product of his genius again. It’s just so sad. I’ve included the full collection here. You might want to head to nytimes.com’s fashion section. They have huge hi res photos from the Alexander McQueen Fall collection. You are going to want to see the incredible shoes up close. The jewellery is fantastic and I love the huge collar necklace. Of course, you’ll want to see the exquisite beading and prints. The nytimes.com doesn’t report on all the fashion shows, but the lucky ones are given great hi res treatment.
They say these are boots. I’m not sure how to describe them but they seem like a summer shoe to me. I love all the laces and the fact that you have to be committed to lacing them up to own them, similar to Doc Martens. It doesn’t look like there is easy zipper access on these.
