Designer Spy

Confessions of a fashion addict. Stylist/pelican by profession. 

[kim-krempien]

Gorgeous saturated colours at Sies Marjan for AW18 during NYFW. The shapes are still simple, but totally wearable, though it’s the colours and the combinations therein that make Marjan stand out. 

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Match #406

Hat by Philip Treacy for Valentino Haute Couture Spring 2018 | Jellyfish

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[kim-krempien]

Extraordinary, that’s @craiggreenuk AW18. Just let the layers and references and sensory pleasure wash over you while viewing this collection. 

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Wishlist for @toitvolant‘s sample sale this Saturday. 11am - 3pm on December 9th, at 824 S Los Angeles Street, suite 501. Come say hi! May goodies to be scored. 

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Imperial Yellow 18th Century Fashion

I know, I’ve already made a yellow post before (you can check it HERE) but this very shade of yellow that came into fashion because of the Chinese influence became popular is just beautiful.

BTW I found a cotton velvet in this very shade and I think it would make a gorgeous riding habit!

Images from top:

Back detail of a robe à l’anglaise (check out the buttons to wear it retroussée à la polonaise!!), ca. 1770s-1780s, Victoria & Albert Museum.

French Brunswick jacket, 1765 - 1775, Victoria & Albert Museum.

Dress, 1770s; men’s coat, 1790s, Fashion Institute of Technology.

Dress made of 1740s Spitalfields fabric, 1770s, The Kyoto Costume Institute.

Caitriona Balfe as Claire in Outlander, costume design by Terry Dresbach.

French mitt, late 18th century-early 19th century, Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Floral robe á la polonaise, American, 1780-85, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Robe à la française, England, ca. 1760, LACMA.

Embroidered vest, Norway, Nasjonalmuseet.

Maternity outfit, mid 18th century, Sweden, Nordiskamuseet.

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John Galliano F/W 1994 Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss, Debbie Deitering, Helena Christensen, Naomi Campbell, Lucie de la Falaise & Nadja Auermann, Shalom Harlow & Christy Turlington

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Visited the Stahl House today and it was the one of the best homes I have ever seen in person. 👌🏼

[kim-krempien]

UMM take me here. 

[kim-krempien]

Incredible details from @maisonmargiela SS18 by John Galliano and his team. Imagine starting with airport travel as your inspiration and landing on these looks...? It takes such an incredible imagination to make that leap, and to execute it like this. I feel so lucky to live in the age of Galliano and his genius. 

[kim-krempien]

@matthewadamsdolan SS18 at New York Fashion Week. The proportion play, always a signature for MAD, is shrunken somewhat. Which means, of course, that everything becomes that much more wearable. The cable knits feel super fresh, and my god, I’d die for a monogramed button down like the one worn by the scruffy ginger model. Swoon. 

[kim-krempien]

Fall wardrobe wishlist from @TELA, by Federica Mora. 

[kim-krempien]

Just the best. @mollygoddardxox ‘resort’ 18 from her recent show at V&A last month. 

[kim-krempien]

Exhilarating. 

Balenciaga FW17 

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coat from spring - summer 2014 stylist K. Krempien

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Throwback to styling in Milan! 

[kim-krempien]

It was a moment to behold. HARDEMAN brought the early 2000′s glamour back to life for her FW17 presentation at Plaza in LA. The best kind of alchemy brought this show to life- music, models, space, and vibe were A++. 

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Waiting in Fashion, 2016

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This is what it’s like. 

[kim-krempien]

Best dressed at this year’s Met Gala honoring Rei Kawakubo of Comme Des Garcons. Anna Cleveland, Julien D’ys, and Stella Tennant (Anna and Stella in CdG); Rick Owens and Michelle Lamy (in Cdg); Grace Hartzel and the incomparable Rami Malek (both in Dior). What I wish they ALL wore? Pieces from the ‘body meets dress, dress meets body’ collection of 1997. Alas. These six at least brought the quirk, the odd proportions, and the color that Kawakubo is renowned for. 

[kim-krempien]

STAR ANGEL 

Reprise at the W Los Angeles, March 30, 2017. 

Photo by Emrey Ozcan, styling by Iggy Soliven. Model: Chimere Washington.