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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Resort 2014: Black and White Sachin + Babi


This Resort 2014 is really more about looking out for designers that I'm not familiar with. Starting with last week's Clover Canon's Resort 2014 Collection, I'm now heading in a direction that's slightly the opposite. 
India-born couple and designers Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia from Sachin + Babi's womenswear label made a collection that will certainly set a trend very soon. They combined two trends that I predicted in '2013, the Year of...?'. Those are the classic black and white effect and floral prints. Their collection is simply relaxed enough for a Resort collection with a modern twist.

Sachin + Babi's customer is a woman with the spirit of a world traveler, who is a downtown girl at heart and embodies the artistry of design with effortless confidence - said the designers. Totally recognizable in this collection is the world traveler and downtown girl at heart part that probably is the most wanted request from customers yet often not well executed.

Babi and Sachin Ahluwalia

My Favorite Look:

MY FAVORITE LOOK
My favorite look contains the trends that I was talking about earlier. Floral prints with black and white combined is certainly the best of both worlds. Considering that one world is the modern floral and one is the everlastingly classic black and white trend. Not only do I see myself wearing this - I love shorts - but this entire look is perfect for summer. The long-sleeve shirt with striped black and white and a huge spot of yellow and purple floral print make this look a bit more serious but the black alligator shoes and the floral short give it a summer feel. 


Here are my favorite looks:

Black and white clearly set the mood this season for Sachin + Babi's collection. The combination of these 2 contrasts is my favorite because you can do a lot with them even though they're so plain. They go great together but you can really make a statement when you use black and white in different fabrics. Sachin and Babi didn't add a lot of volume but you can add a lot of volume to both black and white because they are so plain.
The collection has dresses, maxi skirts, full skirts, knee-length shorts, crop tops, leather jackets and shorts. My favorite looks were the looks that had some kind of twist. Like the look with the white shorts with black stripes and the orange long-sleeve. It goes really well together and I love the vertical black stripe that both of the pieces have. The other look that is also one of my favorites, is the short-front-long-back black dress with a laced V-neck. The dress is perfectly fine by its self but the twist with the glitter metallic sequin skirt under it is truly clever. It's a great way to make an LBD more energetic.




Looks I didn't like:


I simply didn't like these looks because they don't fit in this collection and the separate pieces also don't go together.


I really felt like Sachin and Babi made each piece work within the collection, that makes it really difficult to pair it with another piece from another collection or designer. With that said who needs another designer when this collection holds a couple of soon-to-be-trends.
Much Love,


Thursday, January 24, 2013

Night and Day, Carolina Herrera Pre-Fall 2013


Starting with Carolina Herrera as one of my favorite Pre-Fall 2013 collections, there are many more to come. A collection is simply amazing when I do not know which one to pick as my favorite and this happened with Carolina Herrera's Pre-Fall 2013 collection. What's not to love? I felt like I was going back in time while looking at the future, never has a collection had that effect on me. This collection is filled with ultra feminine prints and fabrics that bring out the best features of a woman. Let's not forget the red lips that makes this collection ever more classic. One thing I also adore from this collection is the gold detail on the heels of the pumps which break down the busy prints and the red lips.

Carolina Herrera was inspired by a Christmas present from her husband which was a Verdura compact with a diamond crescent moon and stars against blue enamel on one side, a vibrant yellow sun in a turquoise sky on the other - also with her lyrics from her favorite song "Night and Day" by Ella Fitzgerald.

Here are a couple of my favorite looks:








My Favorite Look

Here is the rest of the collection:




The best thing about Fashion is the Runway where imagination gets a whole new meaning every season. Beacuase that's what designers do, they create the future by using their imagination! Award season has already started and you never know which dresses will make it to the red carpets, can't wait to find out, what about you?
Much Love,


Monday, December 24, 2012

Happy Christmas & a Merry New Year!


Dear loyal readers,
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the love and support through out this year. Your feedback on this blog and on other social networks gives me the opportunity to better the blog and really get to know my readers. I started this blog last July with the hopes of doing two of my favorite things and those are Fashion & writing. I've had a blast writing every article and I look forward to writing more next year and many years after that.

As this is my last article for 2012, I'd like to share with you the highlights of 2012:
- My Very First Article: "Introducing Me"

- Most read article on DiFashionista: "Oscar de la Renta RTW SS2013 Collection"

- 2nd Most read article on DiFashionista: "Gossip Girl: Fashion. Forward."

- My new favorite Designer: "Dion Lee"

- My Favorite Brand: "Burberry"

- Lana Del Rey, the face H&M's Autumn/Winter Collection: "Lana Del Rey for H&M"

- Vera Wang's LoveStruck Prequel: "LoveStruck by Vera Wang's LoveStruck Floral Rush"

- Summer Solemates: "Summer: Heel or No Heel?"

- Teen Choice Awards 2012: "Teen Choice Awards Red Carpet Looks"

- Comparing Models & Supermodels because the word Supermodel is overused: "Model Monday: Model or Supermodel?"

- Project Runway Season 10: "Project Runway: Meet the Designers!"

- British All-Star Supermodels at the Olympics held in the England: "All-Star Supermodels Go for Gold"

- The trend: Shorts on the Red Carpet: "The Short Story Part 1: Leather Shorts"

- My favorite Ready To Wear Spring/Summer 2013 Collections: "RTW SS2013"


Since this is my last chance for 2012 I'd like to wish you and your family Happy Holidays. I will be spending the Holidays quietly with my family enjoying the short vacation that I have and I will be back releasing new articles around January 7th 2013.
Until then a Happy Christmas & a Merry New Year!
Much Love,
& Family.