Ralph Lauren Spring 2012

1920s pastel glamour. Enough said.

Beyond stunning. Camilla Belle wore this to the Met Ball this year. 

All I can say is...Ralph Lauren, why so amazing?

- Pips x

MBFWCT 2012 - Part 2.

So this was the Gavin Rajah show.
Basically the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
I was in my heaven for that brief period of time - Gavino improves every year!
According to Rajah, the show was inspired by Boccaccio's love poems and the Victorian concept of 'The Language of Flowers'.
I was, however, most impressed and enchanted with his incredible choice of hair and make up - the flowers in the models' hair were so beautiful that I wanted to run backstage and demand my own flower-child look.

GAVIN RAJAH

The show began with a gorgeous little girl tiptoeing and twirling down the runway in a pretty little custom Rajah dress. She opened the show with an air of enchantment.

The screens opened to reveal a stunningly beautiful girl dressed in a beeautiful Rajah couture gown. She was standing inside one of those awesome hamster balls and she played the cello beautifully throughout the show. It was awesome.

Yeah...you kind of can't see anything in this photo but it's COOL.

So prettyyyy. Lace and florals.

This was also stunning.

This was actually really cute and was a bright Barbie pink.

This was actually one of my favourites because of the delicate, intricate detail on the front.

I cannot explain how beautiful this dress was. It looked like it had come straight out of an Elie Saab show. It was light and floaty, with bronze(ish) lace; it was also amazingly tailored. Good job Gavino.

This one and the one below were SO PRETTYY. Cream tulle skirts with elaborately beaded flowers on the tops. And of course the flowers in the hair.

That big red bird on the far side was the final dress; that big red tulle thing was worn as a cape over a really pretty long red dress (which I didn't get an acceptable photo of).

Of course...if you want to see decent photos, I recommend Elle SA - I saw the Elle team and their editor Jackie Burger at both shows I attended!

MBFWCT 2012 - Part 1

So I went to Cape Town Fashion Week on the 26th of July.
It was my second year going, and it was just as splendid as last year, if not even better.
I went to two shows (the EXACT two I went to least year).
They were both lovely.
I apologize for the consistently shocking quality of my photos :/

HABITS

The show started off with some 20's themed outfits which really were lovely.

This reminded me a lot of D&G.

The was actually a deeper red than it came out here, and my picture does no justice
to how stunning it was!

This skirt was such a beautiful colour and had such a lovely flow.

This was pretty cool - 4 dresses came out at the same time.

This one was my favourite of the 4, mostly because of the back...which you can't see.

Kind of love this.

Will post about Gavin Rajah asap!

Couture Dreams

Elie Saab.
Yes, quite a well-known brand now but because I'm a super girly-girl, the super feminine, flowing dresses always seem to make me feel all warm and mushy inside.

Well...take me now and send me to couture heaven. 

I think an Elie Saab gown would be my dream matric dance dress. By far.

- Pips x