SHE LOOKS AMAZING AND I HOPE THAT VERSACE ARE INVESTING IN HER MUSIC VIDEOS LOL
Associated Press
J-Lo, Versace Lead Paris' Haute Couture Revival
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer
PARIS — Jul 6, 2014, 2:32 PM ET
Just a few years ago it was on the brink of extinction. Now, haute couture — the 150-year-old Parisian tradition of making unique, astronomically-priced handmade gowns — is back.
The fall-winter 2014/15 collections started with brio Sunday with the Atelier Versace show, graced by Jennifer Lopez. The calendar has expanded to five days from three this season to make room for 12 major houses as well as a whole swath of up-and-coming names. Additions in recent seasons include the return of big-hitters Donatella Versace, Giorgio Armani and Maison Schiaparelli.
So why did the tide turn?
"With so much focus from fashion's powerhouses on heritage and traditions, couture has returned to center stage as it is the embodiment of savoir-faire," suggested Long Nguyen, co-founder and style director of Flaunt magazine.
"There is also a resurgence of clients coming from new markets — Asia Pacific, Middle East, Russia — that supplanted the dwindling traditional European-based customers," he added.
Lebanese socialite and famed couture buyer Mouna Ayoub says word of mouth has driven large numbers of rich Middle Eastern women to couture houses in the last decade.
"It's all so secret and they deny it, because spending more is frowned upon. But I personally know at least 100 Arab women who in the last few years have started buying couture. They love it," says Ayoub, who says she spent nearly 300,000 euros ($409,000) on one Chanel couture dress.
Haute couture — a protected name — is an artisanal tradition invented by Englishman Charles Frederick Worth in the 1870s. It involves intricate, time-consuming sewing, unusual fabrics and luxurious embellishments such as rare feathers or semi-precious stone beading. For a century it defined the essence of French fashion, turning houses such Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent into the envy of the world.
Then in 2002, the death knell sounded when YSL held his last couture show and the number of houses and clients started to shrink. Critics called couture old-fashioned and irrelevant.
Now, designers like 30-year-old Dutch abstract designer Iris Van Herpen, who won the prestigious ANDAM fashion award this week, have helped reshape perceptions about the age-old tradition and made it fresh again.
VERSACE BRINGS J-LO TO PARIS
One reason for the couture revival is the return of the top fashion houses and their A-list celebrities — one of fashion's most effective marketing tools.
Jennifer Lopez caused a media frenzy as she entered Donatella Versace's show near the Champs Elysees wearing a shoulder-less white Versace hourglass dress and tightly pulled-back hair.
This isn't the first time Versace and the American singer have been linked. Lopez wore an unforgettable plunging exotic green Versace silk chiffon dress to the 42nd Grammy Awards ceremony in 2000 that critics have said represented the turning point in Donatella Versace's career following the murder of her brother, Gianni.
VERSACE'S SILICON PRINCESS
Donatella Versace injected a little bad-girl attitude for Atelier Versace's fall-winter show Sunday, which showcased a voluminous ball gown in double duchesse silk coated with black silicon.
Elsewhere, it was all about revealing slits — and a couple of over-the-top blue fur coats with a dazzling organza and mink patchwork.
Some of the asymmetrical looks worked well — like a column dress slashed at the front with one leg covered like a hybrid pant.
J-Lo, Versace Lead Paris' Haute Couture Revival
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer
PARIS — Jul 6, 2014, 2:32 PM ET
Just a few years ago it was on the brink of extinction. Now, haute couture — the 150-year-old Parisian tradition of making unique, astronomically-priced handmade gowns — is back.
The fall-winter 2014/15 collections started with brio Sunday with the Atelier Versace show, graced by Jennifer Lopez. The calendar has expanded to five days from three this season to make room for 12 major houses as well as a whole swath of up-and-coming names. Additions in recent seasons include the return of big-hitters Donatella Versace, Giorgio Armani and Maison Schiaparelli.
So why did the tide turn?
"With so much focus from fashion's powerhouses on heritage and traditions, couture has returned to center stage as it is the embodiment of savoir-faire," suggested Long Nguyen, co-founder and style director of Flaunt magazine.
"There is also a resurgence of clients coming from new markets — Asia Pacific, Middle East, Russia — that supplanted the dwindling traditional European-based customers," he added.
Lebanese socialite and famed couture buyer Mouna Ayoub says word of mouth has driven large numbers of rich Middle Eastern women to couture houses in the last decade.
"It's all so secret and they deny it, because spending more is frowned upon. But I personally know at least 100 Arab women who in the last few years have started buying couture. They love it," says Ayoub, who says she spent nearly 300,000 euros ($409,000) on one Chanel couture dress.
Haute couture — a protected name — is an artisanal tradition invented by Englishman Charles Frederick Worth in the 1870s. It involves intricate, time-consuming sewing, unusual fabrics and luxurious embellishments such as rare feathers or semi-precious stone beading. For a century it defined the essence of French fashion, turning houses such Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent into the envy of the world.
Then in 2002, the death knell sounded when YSL held his last couture show and the number of houses and clients started to shrink. Critics called couture old-fashioned and irrelevant.
Now, designers like 30-year-old Dutch abstract designer Iris Van Herpen, who won the prestigious ANDAM fashion award this week, have helped reshape perceptions about the age-old tradition and made it fresh again.
VERSACE BRINGS J-LO TO PARIS
One reason for the couture revival is the return of the top fashion houses and their A-list celebrities — one of fashion's most effective marketing tools.
Jennifer Lopez caused a media frenzy as she entered Donatella Versace's show near the Champs Elysees wearing a shoulder-less white Versace hourglass dress and tightly pulled-back hair.
This isn't the first time Versace and the American singer have been linked. Lopez wore an unforgettable plunging exotic green Versace silk chiffon dress to the 42nd Grammy Awards ceremony in 2000 that critics have said represented the turning point in Donatella Versace's career following the murder of her brother, Gianni.
VERSACE'S SILICON PRINCESS
Donatella Versace injected a little bad-girl attitude for Atelier Versace's fall-winter show Sunday, which showcased a voluminous ball gown in double duchesse silk coated with black silicon.
Elsewhere, it was all about revealing slits — and a couple of over-the-top blue fur coats with a dazzling organza and mink patchwork.
Some of the asymmetrical looks worked well — like a column dress slashed at the front with one leg covered like a hybrid pant.
she looks stunning
the fur wrap is everything <3, girl posing for a picture with her is so lucky. gosh I'd love a picture like that with her, wearing a beautiful fur piece
hope they discussed tour outfits
the fur wrap is everything <3, girl posing for a picture with her is so lucky. gosh I'd love a picture like that with her, wearing a beautiful fur piece
hope they discussed tour outfits
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Not enough words can express how much I ABSOLUTELY MISSED Jen going to these fashion events! OMG. She looks STUNNING! That dress is everything and I'm loving the fur wrap. Love her hair slicked back into a ponytail and those eyelashes are to die for! Here I am, have to wake up super early, in two hours to go to the beach, and I'm supposed to be sleeping but these pictures have left me in awe.
:love2
:love2
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WOWWWWW! OMG she looks so fab :) love the whole look!!! Ugh and Donatella had to do something with her face hahaha lol
And thanks for all the pics and videos ;)
And thanks for all the pics and videos ;)
I told you guys before that So good is perfect for a fashion show :love2
http://web.stagram.com/p/759206739475627192_209250446
http://web.stagram.com/p/759206739475627192_209250446
adriana and lopezlove do you have an HQ of this image? please and thank you :)
If you have adblock, some might be blocked because some of the file names have "ad" in them. Just disable it and you'll see them all. :D
She is so beautiful, so fabulous, its beauty is unsurpassed. She is sexy and classy, I really love it !
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Fashion
Sunday 13 June 2014
Columnist - BY BIBBY SOWRAY
Jennifer Lopez Meets Her Style Vampire
It was a case of spot the difference as Jennifer Lopez and her lookalike Claudia Leitte took to the World Cup opening ceremony stage
Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte and the World Cup opening ceremony Photo: AP
We've all been there, that awkward situation when one of your friends starts to copy you. It begins subtly, then all of a sudden it starts to get a little bit creepy.
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Spare a thought for Jennifer Lopez then, who had to put up with it on the world's stage. Literally.
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Performing at the opening ceremony of the World Cup last night, Jenny from the block took to the stage in a spangly green leotard with her mane of hair lightly tousled and blonde-tipped. She was joined by Brazilian popstar Claudia Leitte, who was wearing a spangly blue leotard with her mane of hair lightly tousled and blonde-tipped. Awkward.
The pair were joined by Pitbull, who was thankfully not in a spangly leotard, but did offend our eyes with his high-waisted, mankle-bearing white trousers.
Jennifer Lopez with Claudia Leitte. Photo: EPA
Earlier in the day, Lopez had asked her Instagram followers to help her chose which outfit she was going to wear for the performance - the choice being the spangly green one, a spangly silver dress or a spangly flesh-coloured catsuit. Bet she's wishing they'd chosen differently now.
^ ^ We know who's prettier, and smarter! ; )
Fashion
Sunday 13 June 2014
Columnist - BY BIBBY SOWRAY
Jennifer Lopez Meets Her Style Vampire
It was a case of spot the difference as Jennifer Lopez and her lookalike Claudia Leitte took to the World Cup opening ceremony stage
Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte and the World Cup opening ceremony Photo: AP
We've all been there, that awkward situation when one of your friends starts to copy you. It begins subtly, then all of a sudden it starts to get a little bit creepy.
Related articles:
Talking point: When does style appreciation become impersonation?
Seven things Brazil gave the fashion and beauty world
Brazil's best models
My Brazil: native fashion designers share their best places to shop, drink and do
Spare a thought for Jennifer Lopez then, who had to put up with it on the world's stage. Literally.
IN PICTURES: Fashion fantasy football first 11
Performing at the opening ceremony of the World Cup last night, Jenny from the block took to the stage in a spangly green leotard with her mane of hair lightly tousled and blonde-tipped. She was joined by Brazilian popstar Claudia Leitte, who was wearing a spangly blue leotard with her mane of hair lightly tousled and blonde-tipped. Awkward.
The pair were joined by Pitbull, who was thankfully not in a spangly leotard, but did offend our eyes with his high-waisted, mankle-bearing white trousers.
Jennifer Lopez with Claudia Leitte. Photo: EPA
Earlier in the day, Lopez had asked her Instagram followers to help her chose which outfit she was going to wear for the performance - the choice being the spangly green one, a spangly silver dress or a spangly flesh-coloured catsuit. Bet she's wishing they'd chosen differently now.
^ ^ We know who's prettier, and smarter! ; )
Sure. :lmaoemiliano06 wrote:Is that feaux fur???? I hope it is!!!
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