#coachella2014

As cliché as it sounds : I'd rather be at Coachella. Who wouldn't want to be? Basking in the warm Palm Springs sun with the wind blowing in your face, wearing the most covetable gypsy-esque festival wear while rocking to the best summer playlist performed by top artists and lounging by the pool surrounded by picture perfect palm trees and equally stunning celebrities : Coachella has always been the music festival to be seen at, and drawing herds of everybody who's anybody. It's almost like the Oscars with the huge number of VIP parties, but instead of red-carpet elegance and Hollywood glamour, there's daytime barbecues and a whole lot of vintage/free-spirited vibes.



And with the wide array of styles, Coachella fashion is the best thing that happened since Fashion Week setting the style tone for the rest of summer. Think light, easy to wear pieces but with a unique twist, say a flower crown here, a charm necklace there, or even just going crazy with layers of tie dye, fringe and lace.

alexander wang spring 2014.

Come to think of it, the Alexander Wang Spring 2014 collection was one of my favourite collections in a long time, because even now it still gives me bouts of wonder and awe whenever I chance upon a piece from the collection. Sure, it wasn't exactly ground-breaking, but it was so fresh, unique and unconventional that I had to feature it even one season after the show. The Alexander Wang girl has always been the epitome of street-cool, and for Spring she becomes a spunky high school girl, possessing a fierce type of beauty and confidence, and just too cool for school.

Inspired by the '90s, the collection was full of contrasts : feminine slip dresses juxtaposed with masculine boxer shorts, as well as "perversity against innocence", unabashly displayed in the iconic Parental Advisory blouse, arguably the most talked about piece that has quickly achieved cult status in fashion circles. And being ever the purveyor of all things cool, he did away with the norm of monograms and printed logos, and instead chose to put his name on his pieces in the form of cut-outs and weavings {which turned out to be very clever because the logos were obvious yet inconspicuous at the same time}.

we'll always have paris.

Like the avant-garde and out of this world collections of Fall 2014 {cue Moschino and their logo-maniac pieces}, the streets at the recent Fashion Week were filled with outfits from almost every part of the style spectrum : quirky, bold, conservative, chic; you name it, the streets had it. But of course, street style shutterbugs would not be content for the season without a few snaps of fashion’s It in the undisputed style capital of the world, Paris. Captured in these gorgeous sun-drenched shots are the quaint rues of Paris, abuzz with top models, editors and new faces alike posing in what were by far the most unique and original looks at fashion week.

French or not, the crowd at Paris Fashion Week sure knew how to make a statement: elegant chic displayed in muted tones, pairing subtle essentials with vibrant accessories, or straight-out bold outfits that were clearly from luxury brands top to toe. Whatever the look, they all had a certain Parisian panache, a sense of sophistication that could only come from someone who was secretly Parisienne at heart….