The New Trouser Suit

The New Trouser Suit

fashion style    1:14 PM   

September is always an exciting month - the new season collections hit the stores and the new trends filter down on to the high street. The September and October issues are packed full of the new campaigns and it always feels so refreshing to see something new again. (Admittedly, perhaps always a little too soon). When the collections are first shown, I love to place bets with myself as to what the new trends (both big hitters and micro trends) will be. For autumn/winter 2012, the trouser suit has stepped into the limelight, pushing the dress into the wings. 

As a lover of fashion, I am always keen to try a new trend on for size, mostly by incorporating it into my own wardrobe and style. However, the new season trouser suit has a twist - it comes in bold, geometric prints - so it is difficult to work into your existing wardrobe, as it is a statement all of its own. The new season suit cut is modern and minimalistic, while the prints are retro, retro, retro. Not for the faint-hearted, but also a trend to be careful considered - you don't want to end up looking like Granny's old carpet as you sashay up the high street this autumn.

If you need inspiration, look to the runway shows; Miuccia Prada featured geometric printed trouser suits in both her Prada and Miu Miu collections for AW12, while other versions of the printed trousers suit were seen at Etro, Paul & Joe, Rochas, Giambattista Valli and DKNY, to name just a few. 

 Miu Miu AW12

 Prada AW12

 Giambattista Valli AW12

 DKNY AW12

 Erdem AW12

Rochas AW12

 Mary Katrantzou AW12

 Prabal Gurung AW12

I did try on a printed trouser suit in Matalan (albeit, a floral suit, not geometric), however, I left it behind. I think I'll stick to my staple dresses this season, despite knowing I'm committing a sartorial sin. 

Will you try the new trouser suit for the new season?

Runway images courtesy of Style.com, with thanks.

Head Over Heels

Head Over Heels

fashion style    2:29 AM   

I am head-over-heels in love with these Prada kitten heel slingbacks with glossy patent bow. The funny thing is, I hate kitten heels. Prada Prada Prada, how do you do it?

Look out for my trend report on the low heel coming soon on Vogue.com UK.

Image courtesy of Prada.

Mrs Prada - A Woman's Woman

Mrs Prada - A Woman's Woman

fashion style    12:47 PM   

When I sat down to watch the AW10 shows last February I was delighted to find that Prada had embraced the natural female form, curves and all. As regular readers of The Daydreamer will know, I have T&A, so you can imagine how pleased I was to see that Mrs Prada had sent fashion's "curvy" girls (Miranda Kerr, Lara Stone, Catherine McNeil, Doutzen Kroes) down the runway in a flirty array of dresses that encouraged a well endowed rack. The Laras and the Catherines among us will have no trouble filling out the Fifties inspired dresses, while more modest chests have been given a helping hand with ruffles galore around the bust. 

What makes this collection stand out from the other designers who tapped into AW10's womanly trend? Mrs Prada has a sense of humour. With these sexy, impossible-not-to-stare-at bosoms, she teamed woolly socks, enormous buns, and spectacles - not quite the standard sexy of the 21st century, but hot nonetheless.

So, as a self-conscious curvy girl, I squealed with delight when I discovered Prada's Fall 2010 collection dedicated to women as women, not girls. (Everyone loves a Prada trend, no? Even the skinny girls will want to be hourglass this season). So, imagine my excitement to find a near-identical Prada dress on the great British high street! 

Ah, adoro!

Above: Doutzen Kroes on the Prada AW10 runway

Image courtesy of Prada

 

  

Above: Me working the AW10 trend for summer's end. Next on the shopping list? Socks and sandals! Will re-post this dress come the winter time.

Dress by Tesco, sunglasses by Prada, sandals by New Look, watch by Accurist.