Posts tagged with 'dresses':

This gorgeous Peter Pilotto red satin Galaxy-print dress channels celestial beauty. The unique red, black and white number radiates with sophisticated galactic chic, boasting beautiful draping details and a streamlined silhouette. Buy it for $1,309 at www.farfetch.com.

A hugely talented artist, designer, and stylist, Aimee McWilliams is one of the new breed of designer/artists seeking to rework our concept of the fashion genre. Scottish, but based in London since her teens, McWilliams' possesses a softer sensibility than many of her contemporaries. She fuses fur, wool, and chiffon to create outfits that are engaging and earnestly beautiful, while her use of metallic leather and soft knits gives McWilliams' collections a sexy, kittenish vibe.  read more »

Luxury power players, like Chanel, Gucci, and Versace, dominate celebrity red-carpet dressing. But newcomer Vicente Villarin, founded by 27-year-old designer Joanne Cordero Reyes, is poised to challenge the establishment with its incredibly focused line of sumptuous, paparazzi-friendly pieces.
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As jeans get replaced by livable, easy dresses that function just as well as a pair of your favorite pair of Habituals, ISSA of London, designed by the Brazilian beauty Danielle Issa Helayel, is gaining ground on the international fashion scene. Seen on It girls Scarlett Johanssen, Jasmine Guinness, and Lily Cole, and icons like Madonna, this four-year-old line was conceived on a beach in Rio and a studio in Paddington. ISSA is now pumping out 6,500 dresses a year and  read more »

In Australia, where there tends to be a set dictum for design, the three-year-old womenswear label Toni Maticevski is subverting the standard. Eschewing the image of scantily clad pre-pubescent girls in sun and surf wear, Maticevski instead dresses grown-up ladies with a little vamp to them.
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