Put on a Chic face

A bit of catching up before I talk about the lookbook? Yeah? Let's do it. What a couple of weeks! I'm honestly so tired, it stopped being funny days ago. I've been going to matches (as usual), to weddings, to tv shows, ...crazy times. I was at the taping of the Late Late Show the other day and it was exhausting. Awesome, but exhausting. I can't complain because I was extremely lucky and got to sit on the third row, which means I was super close to where the guests and James were sitting. And also, I got a little unexpected souvenir when Caleb, Kings of Leon's singer, threw his pick to the audience and I got it.  Then I did a lot of running around various tube stations, which was a great workout. Now my entire body hurts but, oh well... And tomorrow, I'm super lucky as well because I'm going to Birmingham for the England-Australia match. CANNOT WAIT! So all of that means that I didn't have time to prepare the blog post that was supposed to ...

Second and final review for NYFW. It has been quite a good week, if I'm honest. I feel like I'm more into fashion than I was last season, and that makes me happy. I hope LFW doesn't kill my vibe ;)  Shows that are worth a mention are ODLR and Proenza Schouler. De la Renta because they have new designers, who I think did a great job. This felt more like the classic ODLR than Copping's ODLR ever did. And Proenza because this was their last show in NY. They're moving to Paris, which is always exciting. I adore this brand and if I could purchase all their clothes, I won't hesitate for a second. This collection was supposed to be all about NY, which is a concept that I fail to understand. But I know I liked it, so it's all good. I also really enjoyed Narciso Rodriguez's show, as usual, and Ralph Lauren's. You can argue that Ralph does the same thing over and over again, but...it's SO pretty! How can I not like it? Segunda y última reseñ...

  -Oscar de la Renta: While everyone raved about Peter's collections for the brand, I judged them all. And I feel like that worked, because now what I hear about this show sounds more like what I think. Not trying to say that I'm the only one who can be right, though. When you start designing for a brand, you have two options: a) Continue doing what the original designer did; b) Change the style of the brand completely, à la Slimane. Peter did a bit of both. He continued doing dresses for princesses, like she was doing at Nina Ricci, but tried to adapt those dresses to what de la Renta used to do. It wasn't a smooth transition, but it wasn't the worst I have seen. What bothered me was that people raved about it and said that it was like de la Renta never left. Well, excuse me?  Oscar didn't use to cast too young looking models, because he designed clothes for women, strong women. So doing dresses for princesses that seem to be made of cotton candy is not ...

  -Oscar de la Renta: I usually dislike collections inspired by Spain. Mainly because, as a Spaniard, I hate seeing how everyone thinks that Spain is just flamenco and sun. It drives me insane because that part of Spain doesn't represent me at all.  You may remember that, a year ago, I got really angry when I saw Dolce&Gabbana's collection, because of those same reasons. This collection is way better, and it looks more than your classic ODLR than the previous one. However, I still don't like it. I actually hated it when I first saw it, and now I just dislike it.  Bittersweet. Suelo detestar las colecciones inspiradas en España. Básicamente porque mi nacionalidad española me hace odiar los tópicos que resumen a los españoles como flamencos que toman el sol. Me desquicia porque esa parte de España no me representa. Puede que recordéis lo mucho que me enfadé el año pasado con la colección de Dolce&Gabbana. Los motivos eran los mismos. Esta colección ...