FASHION – Page 102 – Freak Deluxe

FASHION: THE RIGHT SHOE – HANNELI MUSTAPARTA

Cinderella and a wayward glass slipper gave us a little taste of it early on, Dorothy seconded with a ruby version while their modern-day counterpart, Carrie Bradshaw, and her amplified affinity for anything with a heel sealed the deal – a pair of shoes, especially the right ones, can truly change a woman’s life.

Marilyn Monroe immortalized the thought in her now famous quote, “Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.”

High end online shoe store Shoescribe.com took these as inspiration and traveled the world from London and Paris, NYC to Toronto to meet up with six female icons for their Holiday campaign; and asked them “What’s the right shoe for you?”. Each completely different with just a few things in common – success, style and a love for shoes. In each interview they give us a little career advice, their future goals, fondest shoe memories and style tips; in addition to their selections of the 4 styles they’ll be wearing to conquer their world!

It Girl/Blogger/Professional Fashionista Hanneli Mustaparta takes us on a photoshoot with her where she tells us what makes her favourite shoe; her dreams of becoming a photographer; and about her extensive shoe closet, she’s currently wearing 30-35 pairs at the moment – but also has an archive of shoes that she loves but doesn’t wear which include a pair of Alaia shoes. Watch the interview below.

FASHION: OASIS SPRING/SUMMER 2014 EDIT

The Oasis Spring/Summer 2014 collection is full of prints, patterns, and pops of colour, from flat florals, bold botanicals and tropical palms to marble effects, tribal motifs, graphic monochrome designs and snakeskin jacquards! Contrast patterns and reversible sister print separates herald an exciting new head-to-toe patched rather than matched look; encouraging everyone to go print crazy, whether it be a jumpsuit, and suit, or a mix and match top and bottom.

As well as the prints we were obsessed with the chambray denim, Broderie Anglaise, plush suedes, and laser cut leather pieces in an array of colours fit for the spring/summer months – from pistachio to lemon to peach offering a tasty highlight. Pastel shades contrasted with accents of sunny chartreuse, chilli red, Delftware blues, burnt oranges and monochromatic black and white.

Check out our edit below, and make sure you follow us on instagram for updates from the SS14 press days!

FASHION: LADY GAGA FOR VERSACE SPRING/SUMMER 2014

I’m sure most of you will have seen at least one of these pics of Lady Gaga for Versace floating around on your social media accounts this past weekend. The Italian fashion house have confirmed that Lady Gaga is the face of its Spring/Summer 2014 campaign, the first time that Lady Gaga has starred in any fashion advertising. Lady Gaga appears in a series of images shot in London by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, wearing pieces from the spring/summer 2014 ready-to-wear and accessories collections,including the new Palazzo bag, introduced at the Spring/Summer 2014 show.

In the images, Lady Gaga looks FIERCE ,reclining on luxurious furniture, with her long Versace platinum blonde locks. The campaign marks the latest stage of a continuing friendship between Donatella Versace and the artist. It began with Lady Gaga wearing archive Versace pieces in her video for Edge of Glory, with most recently Lady Gaga titling a track on her new Artpop album Donatella.

“I am honoured that my friend Lady Gaga is the face of our new Versace campaign. I wanted to capture her true beauty and spirit in images that are elegant and alluring. She is like family to me, the embodiment of the Versace DNA.” DV

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FASHION: H&M CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN IMAGES/VIDEO

Looks like a fun time doesn’t it? The H&M Christmas campaign features Christy Turlington, Cora Emmanuel, Liu Wen, and Doutzen Kroes; and was shot by Alexi Lubomirski. I love the sea of black, the very festive red, the sparkly embellishments and hint of animal print. I need to get that zebra print faux fur jacket, even if I only wear it on Christmas day it’ll be worth it! Check out the H&M Christmas campaign images below.