stella mccartney: bringin back the faith

I think a lot of us can agree that the Fall 2009 has been all around disappointing, especially compared to some of the phenomenal Pre-Fall collections that were presented by the same designers that have failed to impress me this season. Only a few of my faves have managed to keep that title, and Stella McCartney is one of them.

I've gotten into a few discussions with people about Stella McCartney, and how she can be considered sort of boring and not progressive. Yes, she can be a bit predictable, sky high heels, lots of legs and tuxedos and of course her signature colors, blue, army green, grey and black. But what she does best are great basics with her signature twist that look awesome on, and never does anything but her own thing. She has been quoted multiple times saying that she designs only clothes she would wear, and that gives her work a certain amount of integrity that I totally respect. And her vegan shoes. Don't even get me started.

I would have paired some of those killer, super-hero, stripper shoes with the peak-a-boo dresses, no?

(style.com)

is this non-fat?

I am laughing my ass off right now. I just looked through the Dsquared2 show and I think it is genius - other than the fact that it is a straight up reference (copy) of the Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia shoot Hollywood Style 2005, which was probably one of the most genius and hilarious shoots ever.

Let us compare them. We will start with the Vogue Italia shoot.

(Vogue Italia)

Note the blatant references of certain young celebrities, including but not limited to MK and Ashley Olsen, Nicole Richie Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, etc. and their love of hot young boys, personal assistants, and of course, their one true love, Starbucks. When this was published, I spent a good few hours analyzing who was supposed to be who. It was too much fun.

(wwd.com)

All that's missing from the runway show are the extras. Note the hats, sunglasses, over sized bags, and the Starbucks. As much as I laughed when I saw this, there are a few styling details that are pretty awesome, once you get past the glorified Abercrombie & Fitch look that Dan and Dean tend to go for. They are probably the weirdest/grossest designers, ever. With their matching plastic surgery, I bet they have sex with each other. And that is wrong. Because they are brothers.