Liu Wen

Photo: Isabel Marant

“If I like them, other girls are sure to like them too – it’s an emotional reaction” - said Isabel Marant about clothes she makes. She still tries them on herself before they are launched. Every single one of them. Isabel Marant truly manages to combine simplicity and personality in collections made in her image.  
  
Elegance lies in the invention of an attitude.In contrast to other designers, who fantasise about women, Isabel concentrates on dressing them. Since her earliest days, she has never relinquished her star materials: Provencal quilting, fleece, noil silk and velvet. She encourages hand-made production and battles to keep expertise alive. She calls this her "vestimentary ecology".

Photo source: www.style.com | Isabel Marant Fall 2013.

I love Marant's bohemian, French-cool easiness! For Fall 2013. the look was built on layers of fine-gauge and ribbed knits in black, ivory, or navy, worn over mini skirts or over comfy leggings. I especially loved gorgeously tailored boyish smart coats and jackets with studs. Total look = effortless boho chic! :) 

From my last post you might remember my latest obsession (Way, way over the knee boots), well, I am kind of loving these white ones as well.

                                      Photo source: www.style.com | Isabel Marant Fall 2013.

Photo source: www.style.com | Isabel Marant Fall 2013.

Make up: Tom Pecheux for Estee Lauder | Spokes model: Liu Wen | Isabel Marant Fall 2013.


“I wanted to create a makeup look that was both feminist and boyish.  The focus is on the brows, which are effortless but controlled - full, with volume, almost masculine. Makeup on the face is very light, very sheer, like a veil, while the lips are simple, natural and nude.”
                                                                   Tom Pecheux 

                     Make up: Tom Pecheux for Estee Lauder | Spokes model: Arizona Muse |
                                                                   | Isabel Marant Fall 2013.|

How do you like this Isabel Marant collection lovelies?  For me after last two were very 'western' this one seems really Parisian chic and clean. I am also obsessed with this brows! Need to try to do mine like this asap! :)

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Known by his sporty luxury brand Derek Lam covered all of the season's trends in his show, from madras plaids to leather skirts and dresses with my favorite being the metallic gold leather skirt worn with silk cord top totally cool, modern and effortless!


In terms of make up, at Derek Lam, Tom Pecheux, creative makeup director for Estée Lauder, cooperating with Lam now for sixth consecutive season, was aiming for a “delicate, slightly romantic, aqua 3-D look." in which you just want to jump into! - as he put it.


Joan Smalls for Estée Lauder at Derek Lam

Liu Wen for Estée Lauder at Derek Lam

Inspired by vacation in France and colors of silver and transparent reflection of the river he vacationed by, Tom decided to do transparent, colored and feminine look for the eyes.


Tom Pecheus for Estée Lauder at Derek Lam / Model: Joan Smalls

Jin Soon Choi for Estée Lauder painted fingers and toes with Pure Color Nail Lacquer in So Vain, a nude shade with a hint of shimmer. “It goes with everything — any skin tone, any outfit,” she said. “It’s the perfect neutral.”

Derek Lam said that every Spring and Summer women tell him that they want the ease with dressing and make up, they just want to put it on and go, so this is what he had in mind while putting together this collection.

I really liked how comfortable and chic these booties looked!

Lam used leather and skins because they have structure but their still sensual and have amazing body. He wanted to break the expectations of white and pastels for Spring collections and he introduced new, warm but energetic color pallet. Derek said that he didn't want to use just sequence and do traditional evening wear but he wanted something very current, very "of this moment" so he used technology to create a new evening look.

Here are some of my other favorite pieces (notice the sweater and leather dress trends transferring from this Fall in lighter version to the Spring 2013.).





Bellow you can see the full show - the end result of this exhausting but exciting backstage prep.



How do you like this romantic, aqua and natural beauty trend ladies?

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