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...In New York, Rodarte relished the exaggerated feminine — sweeping long black gowns with trailing sleeves veered between the vampiric and the academic; huge lace white collars were reminiscent of choristers...
...“I’m here to support the National Electoral Institute, so that it stays in place,” said Irving Arellano, 32, an accountant originally from the state of Guerrero carrying a Mexican flag....
...I’m not holding my breath....
...“And I was inspired to do a show; I’m like many other people and have been inside working remotely for a very long time....
...“Special pieces” are Rodarte’s bread and butter....
...They follow Rodarte and Proenza Schouler who are also heading across the Atlantic. Is Beckham considering a similar shift? “I’m keeping an eye on things,” said Beckham....
...I’m keen to see how their style translates in Europe. Back in New York, there are few names who could step into Proenza Schouler’s silver-tipped shoes....
...There were highly worked floral headpieces (Rodarte), twinkly starlet hairpins (Erdem) and beautifully abstract hair combs (Roksanda)....
...An observer replies: “I’m surprised you weren’t.” Which brings us to the age-old confusion of how a woman sees herself in her lingerie versus how others see her....
...Glastonbury, where she completed a tour of her 1975 album Horses (and presented the Dalai Lama with a birthday cake), inducted Lou Reed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and released a second memoir, M...
...“I’m very honest with women when I dress them,” he says. “I get it — it’s stressful....
...(I’m on my second tube already, it’s that good.) YSL’s new Fusion Ink foundation (£30.50) is another win – it provides even coverage that is lightweight and softly powdery....
...But I’m wary of such a cosy intimacy between critic and creative. Doesn’t it further compromise the judgement of an already compromised industry?...
...Because if M. le Président had popped north on Tuesday he might have been surprised by what he saw....
...Still, in this instance I’m just not convinced it’s a worthwhile endeavour, either in terms of publicity or profits....
...I just throw it on with a pair of cute plimsolls for friends’ parties, or heels for Ascot, and I’m done. I also wear tea dresses for work. They are smart but fun, so I don’t lose my personality....
...A Rodarte black panelled dress with a beige turtleneck collar. 4....
...so pleased to see you working the James Kaliardos interpretation of Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ as seen at Rodarte last season....
...“Mega-brands are much larger than their creative directors and – as inconvenient as this turn of event can be – I’m sure Dior should be fine either way,” he said....
...This I’m not convinced about....
...Indeed, says Kate Mulleavy, one half of the Rodarte design team, “I’m hard pressed to think of someone who works creatively and is not inspired by Tim Burton. Even if it’s subconscious.”...
...On the catwalk, leather was everywhere for autumn: ultra-modern at Galliano, with nipped-in waists at Temperley,in minor bondage form at Rodarte, and reworked as Brando biker jackets at Blumarine, Hussein...
...Yet, somehow, I’m not convinced....
...Then there’s the appearance of deconstructed, stringy, torn fabrics on dresses and tights (see Rodarte) à la 2008 Margiela....
...Rodarte meanwhile, applied loose-knit thick laces to dresses, leggings and cocktail jackets....
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