#barbaraberger

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Special night celebrating with our amazing model @babiberger starring her youtube cooking channel "A moda da Babi" 🍲💖🍜 Sucesso!!! #amodadababi #cooking #channel #youtube #barbaraberger #fordmodelsbrasil

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🌸⚡️You are the only one who’s inside you and who knows what it’s like to be you. You are the only one who knows what things feel like to you. Only you know what’s best for you, so you do what you like! - Barbara Berger. ⚡️🌸 #barbaraberger #innercompass #quoteoftheday #inspiration

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... y sigo festejando 😂😃💦💦💦 I 💘 #BarbaraBerger #Antibes #HotelDuCap #OscarMadrazo #2016 (at Hotel Du Cap, Antibes)

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#SyA50's #barbaraberger

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"Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautiful." — Coco Chanel

Fashion Jewelry: The Collection of Barbara Berger 

[eddini]

Fashion Jewelry", l'incroyable collection de Barbara Berger

Héritière d'une famille de diamantaires, Barbara Berger a voué toute sa vie un culte à l'art du faux semblant, amassant la plus grande collection privée de bijoux fantaisie. Au-delà de l'histoire de cette femme, c'est celle de la mode qui est aujourd'hui mise à l'honneur dans cet ouvrage, à paraître début mai aux éditions Assouline.

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spfw: animale

(images via ffw)

although since the beginning of days when opt first began covering são paulo fashion week, i've (say it with me) really liked animale's work (see s/s 2011, f/w 2011, s/s 2012), designer priscilla darolt (whose namesake collection, by the way, was rather curiously and noticeably absent from the spfw lineup) and her crew aren't ones to let a little thing like mere fashion do all the talking for them, and once again, as is their wont, packed their f/w 2012 catwalk with some of the hottest things modeling at the moment (also rather surprisingly, though, no raquel zimmerman, who'd been their longtime face), so we'll get it out of the way now, and say, yes, you did see rosie huntington-whiteley, ana beatriz barros, and izabel goulart joining the regular favoured brazilian crew like bruna tenorio, aline weber, and viviane orth.  so we can all relax. 

"The lavender fields of southern France - inspiration from Animale collection during the last summer - left the scene and gave way to aristocratic luxury of the tsars and the sophisticated atmosphere of Moscow, the Russian capital," (trans.) began elle, continuing on to say that "(t)ransparency was one of the most used elements in the new collection...The midi reigned in length. Another highlight was the apparent backing of some pieces with unfinished seam. Embroidery and prints that merged with the graphics featuring antique jewelry also scored points. The color palette was democratic and strolled along shades of red, moss green, champagne, pearl and gold. Oh, do not forget the beautiful sandals!"

brazilian site ffw pointed out that ms. darolt used such materials as wet-looking velvet, crochet, devore, leather, cotton, tweed, chiffon, and silk, while adding that (trans.) "(i)n conversation with FFW, Priscilla Darolt commented that the consumer of fashion today means more production processes and we can see, in parts, the larger presence of textile technology. 'There are special procedures that provide greater value to the piece,' she said when explaining that the uses of velvet worked in various ways, including manual [construction]. About those total pajama outfits, the designer believes that it refers to a female use of menswear. The general mood [is one] that wants Animale to shine asa retro-chic, elegant old label."  

pointing out that animale was leaning in towards the twenties trend we saw so strong (particularly in milan) for the spring, chic gloria kalil reflected that ms. darolt (trans.) "preferred to look at the Russian czars and Constructivist artists of those shores. The opulence of St. Petersburg was divided into embroidered with jewels that gave weight to silk dresses...But then the collection has changed direction on a path not so interesting, with the heavy velvet of the Kremlin halls, crochet dresses with transparencies, rigid shoulders with the military [styles] and the midi length dresses [that are] always extremely difficult...More interesting are the pieces like pajamas, which also appear... And the dresses in velvet devore (done manually, according to brand), with simpler forms, whose transparencies are good alternative to the...cuts of the pieces made with translucent organza."

"Many pieces had metallic crystals, sequins, and embroidery," (trans.) recounted terra.  "A combination that gained prominence in the collection was the velvet devore-cut tailored pants combined with silk shirts with applications of the same fabric of the pants and cut [asymmetrically]. Leather, cotton and chiffon also formed parts glamorous flowing straight shape and, ranging from the hand of pieces that resemble luxury pajamas, which has been touted as the trend in international fashion weeks. The midi length dresses had low waist, the fashion designer's response to the coldest season of the year. The prints were inspired by the crowns, jewelry and antique crucifixes, and drawings were combined with more graphics." and harper's bazaar informed us that lead makeup artist max weber explained he sought a rocker look (trans.) "for women without fear of makeup."  

meanwhile, vogue reflected on the constructionist moments (see?  as i was just saying with the gaia show in copenhagen, i'm predicting this to be a strong upcoming trend, and as per the norm, we can look for it to surface in the major fashion weeks maybe this time, or definitely next season, once they've had time to re-digest it and process it as their own.  yes, i'm cynical about mainstream fashion), while adding that the collection was (trans.) "commercial, but very well prepared."  i tend to agree.  it was wearable and lovely, and if not the most original thing we've seen all week, still very flattering with charming colours and the kind of opulence the elite like to see in their luxury fashion.  though, to be sure, i wonder how the soviets would have taken all that. 

on a final note, summing things up in their thoughtful manner, portais da moda added that the models' sported sixties-eque hairstyles, which were maybe a little at odds with the c. 1917-1925 styles of the clothes.  and given that both were major periods for women's liberation in fashion (and politics, of course), it leads me to wonder if we'll be seeing something of the sort emerge soon.  we've been so long trapped in these cycles of bandage-y dresses and torturous shoes, that i wonder if some less body-conforming pieces, flats, and generally more comfortable fashion will be underway for a resurgence.  animale made a pretty good argument for it today, and i wouldn't mind seeing it on this front, but i think we're ready for something different from all the skintight, flesh on display, and weaponous 'i can't walk in these'-type shoes that have been reigning supreme in fashion weeks these last few years. 

(watch the full fashion show video here)

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spfw: adriana degreas

(images via ffw)

while i certainly know the prospect of us standing around the water cooler that is our rss readers and gossiping about the travesties and triumphs heaped upon us at the paris couture week is probably more pressing to most than my slow-ass slog through the remainders of são paulo fashion week, as always, we'll still have bitchin' designs to the end, and, if you bear with me, we'll have seen it through in a couple of days.  so then...

we haven't been yet introduced to the work of adriana degreas, but her spring 2012 range, titled "tropical chique" had some of the more fetching swimwear and coverups to be seen during the week.  there was some discrepancy with the show's inspiration, ffw calling it (trans.) "(t)he way to be a chic Brazilian" and portais da moda claiming there was an element of (trans.) "tigress" in the mix, but i guess we can say they concur in their southern hemisphere jungle love and move forward. 

the show's colours were quite earthy, with pops of sparkle and metallic found in the sequined embellishments throughout.  shades of forest green, black, bronze, cobalt, white, yellow, beige, and sand were paired with, as pdm explains (trans.), "images of foliage, jaguars, cockatoos and tribal graphics" and alongside beads, fringe, feathers, and big metallic leaf broaches. 

ffw mentions that the presentation was rife with 1970s references, and so it was: billowing robes and kaftans were found alongside tiny hotpants, scores of bikinis, v-necked tops, disco-y one-shouldered dresses, and plenty of glam sparkle.  sexuality was played to an extreme, with skin exposed at all turns, and, when covered, swathed in soft and slinky (and often shiny) fabrics such as viscose, silk, spandex, satin, and lace.

beauty looks were provided by robert estevão and straddled a nice line between the natural appearance many of the week's shows have been going for and something a little more special and party-like.  giving the lips a slight gloss in a subtle pinkish tone, he made eyes and skin the focus--the former were shaded in a deep green, to match one of the collection's main tones, while the latter was covered with a sparkly powder, to help each girl look quite radiant. 

in their final analysis, ffw commends the designer for creating a range for (trans.) "beach fashion-oriented women, not girls."  to be sure, this was one of the great pleasures of the show, as well as beholding something that knew how to channel the sensuality, to be unafraid to shy from it, but always kept things within the limits of what might be defined as 'classy'--a rare feat indeed in these fashion days.  a bikini may not be for all of us, but ms. degreas knew how to offer one up to her fellow women, making them appear just as desirable as they want to look, rather than some fetishized cartoon character. 

(watch the full runway video here)

updated: with new images