Alessandra Faccinetti debuted her collection this Fall when she took over for Valentino. I love her Haute Couture line with the beautifully cut chiffon, slightly space-age volumes, and embroideries influenced by
the art of van Dyck.

Elena Corchero is an experienced fashion and interaction designer with a fine arts background and specialist knowledge in smart textiles through work on wearable technologies as a research associate in MIT Media Lab Europe Human Connectedness. Recently graduated from MA Textile Futures at Central Saint Martins, Elena has developed new aesthetics for solar wearable technologies, inspired in tradition and antique embellishment techniques.

Take biker boots and jacket, add sweet summer dresses.
I love the styling by Kathy Chan {Guardian Weekend}.

* Dresses | Cacharel, Diane von Furstenberg, Miu Miu, Sonia Rykiel, Topshop | T-shirt | C&C California

I love the slouchy-oversized look, Punky b
(French fashion blogger does this look so well). {via for me, for you}

I also love the style of Abby, Bugheart, Gracia, Jenny, Mav, Risa

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Since its inception in 2001 at a humble weekend market stall, creative couple Susien Chong (fashion design) and Nic Briand (graphic design) have taken their label Lover and firmly established an influential brand. Self described as “same album, different songs”, their combination of romantic and ethereal with loud and irrevant makes this duo a winning formula.

Petra Borner, born in a small town in Sweden in the 70’s
now live and work in the east end of London.
“I like drawing, painting, some sewing (drawing with
a needle) & I enjoy making prints (studied fashion at St. Martin), patterns, paper-cuts…but I really love walking in the green, having tea or coffee time with someone special, looking at art & crafts, writing to friends, making & wrapping gifts, collecting china and finding cheap treasures at remote flea-markets!”

It’s the first day of spring, I couldn’t resist a pretty skirt…
Alison Willoughby is an established and innovative textile designer, selling and exhibiting her work both in Britain and abroad. For Alison, a skirt is more than just a garment – it is a work of art in it’s own right. Made without darts, they are flat, unaffected, timeless, classic and simple; they are the canvas on which she works. Much of the inspiration for her pieces comes from the depths of the inner city: lanes, alleys, passages, streets and terraces – places that are neglected, ever-changing, disintegrating and subsiding. Crumbling walls, fly posters laid one on top of the other, weathered peeling paint, marks and stains, the kaleidoscope of colour, texture, tone, scale, shape, proportion, pattern, line and placement.

The creative spark for Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s (Rodarte) fifth collection was inspired by a business trip to Japan, incorporating manga and the films of Yasujiro Ozu.
There were kawaii (cute) elements, like the almost comically fierce studded shoes and the colored hair extensions.

si:su {Swansea, UK}, womenswear,
accessories and interiors collections have been created using a mixture of recycled fabrics and sourced vintage materials.
The driving force behind si:su is to produce eco-friendly products from sustainable materials.