Charity Couture.

My most recent project for university was to explore how charity clothing and haute couture could combine. We first had to go and find garments from the charity shops within Liverpool and see what we could put together that would resemble 'Charity Couture'. I decided take a different route than the usual evening gown and went for a more tailored,structured suit type garment which is sometimes seen within haute couture collections. I found these pieces which are quite 1980's inspired with the bold colour and shoulder pads like some of garments seen in Chanel's and Givenchy's 1980's couture collections. I decided to taper the trousers legs in with a turn up for modern twist as well as making the jacket ever so slightly more shapely. We then went on to do a photoshoot which I styled 1980's inspired and located in a photographic studio using the lovely model Lottie Williams. So here's the final product!

Tommy Ton Photography.

After stalking Style.com for quite sometime now, I've come across some of Tommy Ton's amazing photography. I had seen his work previously on the Jak&Jil blog and loved it then but recently I have taken a real shine to all his work as each photograph is so stylistic. Streetstyle at its utter best!

Givenchy Spring 2011 Couture Collection

For my recent university project I have been researching haute couture. When I first think of haute couture, I imagine luxurious, extravagant evening gowns that are full of elegance and class perhaps even timeless. Here in Givenchy's collection they have put a completely new twist on this with bold colour injections in to the soft white fabric of the gowns. The architecture of the dress is also amazing with sharp lines and futuristic shapes aswell as some animalistic qualities with the horns and feathered skirts. This combined with the extravagance of the ivory and gold decorative walls maybe seen somewhere like a statley home, resumes the original thoughts of glamour and exhuberance of haute couture. This collection really gives a new direction in haute couture which frankly really excites me!