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Alberta Ferretti creates clothing for fairy princesses, elves, nymphs and all magical creatures. For Spring Summer 2011, Ferretti had woodland fairies and nymphs walk down her runway.

Each model had streaks of bright emerald green eye shadow, wispy long hair and fair skin. One of my favorite colors is Ferretti’s featured shade of light forest green.

I also love the comfortable, non form fitting looks.

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Long translucent skirts with leaf patterns look extremely nice for warm weather.

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White lace dresses–on the same wavelength as D&G.

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For a typical cocktail, these dresses are outstanding:

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Alberta Ferretti’s business woman:

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Beautiful long dresses:

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Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.com

A renaissance dress:

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A collection fit for Galadriel (Lord of the Rings)!

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“There were some big fashion moments last week in Italy, like when you go to Prada, and wonder what’s she going to do this time, or at Dolce & Gabbana, and you are almost ready to cry.” – Carine Roitfeld in her interview with the NYTimes

Posted on A Shaded View on Fashion by Maria Videl are photos from Punto. Part of the International Designers Mexico, some unforgettable looks:

Delicious plastic breads in a fake bakery:

Beautiful. Self serve botox.

Flight attendent.

A Shaded View on Fashion

I’ve always considered BCBG a wannabe design house. There’s always something not quite right–the angles of each cut, the fabric colors, textures…there’s something missing that doesn’t make them an actual design house. The clothing is at most 60-70% as impressive as real design houses. It just feels cheaper for some reason.

There was quite a bit of repetition. I liked the layered sheer fabrics for the latest collection. I would say the collection looks 65% fresh–something is missing to make the collection look impressive.

Here are my 2 favorite looks:

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Everything else in the collection is a variation of these two dresses.

Neat video featuring Daria Werbowy. She wears a revealing swim suit that exposes much of her crotch area. I like the subliminal YSL logo that flashes for a half a second between shots.

Directed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Electronic music is pretty nondescript like all electronic music that plays in fashion videos. The beginning sounds like breathing made with some sort of digital noise.

2,000 YSL lookbooks in neat little YSL labeled bags will be given out in NYC. Wish I could get one.

It’s the end of summer and the beginning of NYFW!

Lyn Devon opens up the week with her classy designs:

Don’t know what the front looks like, but the back is pretty.

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I like the large grid print. Looks like a dress a tennis pro would wear.

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Black beaded shirt.

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Monarch butterfly print.

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Admiring this look on StyleBubble:

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I really love the gray comfy pants + blazer + hot pink top.

The lapels are what really drew me to this blazer. Krystof Strozyna, Spring Summer 2010.

I wouldn’t have picked the blazer out if I had seen the collection on the runway:

The yellow pants + yellow brown design create too much of a distraction. Feel the same about most runway ensembles–with so many pieces within one collection, it’s hard to pick out what’s beautiful.

Absolutely loved this collection. Where the boots went thigh high and the dresses with long torsos and a mini skirts…

Unforgettable.

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Since injecting her brand into mtv’s the City, DVF has made a huge push from selling 30+ women’s apparel to a much younger generation. However, visages of the older, less energetic woman still prevails–for Resort 2010, in the frumpy bow! Wow, who ever thought this was a great idea? It’s not even ugly beautiful, it’s ugly ugly. Comes in many patterns. Get yours today!

I tried to find the closest pieces of clothing from the H&M collection that resembled the Matthew Williamson Spring or Summer 2009 collection. Here are the closest items:

The blue is much more florescent in the H&M version. The volume is there but not much else.

The peasant shirt is much closer in comparison. The “mosaic sequin peasant blouse cream” is much more off white than the H&M version. At $99.90 you can get something close.

The dress, however, is miles away from being close. At $99.90, you’re better off getting the peasant shirt.

Overall, the Matthew Williamson for H&M collection is not that close to the Matthew Williamson collection. The color pallet is reminiscent of Matthew Williamson, however, the silhouettes and fabric prints definitely do not resemble anything Matthew Williamson-esque. It’s like they took basic H&M dresses, tops, bottoms, and painted H&M clothing with colors and vague shapes that somewhat resemble Matthew Williamson from afar. Besides the peasant shirt, the collection as a whole is not worth the extra dollars you would spend per item at H&M.