I highly recommand you the New York
Times Fashion Blogs. Especially, On the Runway is very professional and provides
fashion-related news and commentary, from the latest runway shows and street
trends to an inside look into the design process. Cathy Horyn, the fashion
critic of The Times, leads the way. She is
really in the fashion bussiness world and writes blogs clearly and creatively.
Milan Goes for the Gold is one of Cathy
Horyn’s blog entry which brought me to the
gold and Baroque essence of Dolce
& Gabbana.
She is good at using all the descriptive terms and I definitely learned
some jargons from her.
The blog entry by Cathy
Horn:
Milan Goes
for the Gold
Even before she grabbed her Oscar, Meryl Streep was
in the groove with her gold Lanvin gown. The Milan fall shows, which ended
Monday, were loaded — the Baroque
essence of the Dolce & Gabbana show, but also abundant in the lace-edged
skirts at Salvatore Ferragamo, the small details at Aquilano.Rimondi. Trends
from Milan include graphic patterns in prints and jacquards, slim trousers,
velvet, narrow jacket shoulders and multidimensional effects with colors or
embroidery.
Milan designers still love those boy-girl contrasts,
like those at Giorgio Armani, with great-looking pants in a muted Prince of
Wales check worn with lipstick-bright jackets, and lots of splashy prints for
girlish dresses and blouses with collars spilling around the neck. But the glamour
quotient was really concentrated on the Oscars red carpet — il tappeto rosso,
as they say here — especially with those retro, cinched-tight gowns and white
dresses (my vote for the best look goes to Gwyneth Paltrow in her caped Tom
Ford gown). Apart from the elegant black-and-gray velvet gowns at Bottega, the
delicately finessed slips at Jil Sander and the silvery mesh columns at
Versace, Milan didn’t make a bold statement for evening.
My interpretation
of Cathy Horn’s
language used:
1.
SILHOUETTE & DESIGN
l
the Baroque essence of
the Dolce & Gabbana
l
lace-edged skirts
l
slim trousers
l
great-looking pants in a muted Prince of Wales check
l
lipstick-bright jackets
l
girlish dresses and
blouses with collars spilling around the neck
l
retro, cinched-tight
gowns
l
caped Tom Ford gown
2.
DETAILS
l
graphic patterns in
prints and jacquards
l
narrow jacket shoulders
l multidimensional
effects with embroidery
l
splashy prints
l
delicately finessed
slips at Jil Sander
3.
COLOR
l gold
Lanvin gown
l
loaded with gold
l
multidimensional
effects with colors
l
white dresses
l
elegant black-and-gray
velvet gowns
l
the silvery mesh
columns at Versace
4.
FABRIC
l
velvet
l
jacquards
5.
CREATIVE “JARGON”
l
boy-girl contrasts
l
glamour quotient
l
il tappeto rosso
You did a great job pointing out each and every word/phrase used in the article. I also love how your background adds to the "baroque essence" you speak about!
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