Jennifer Connelly in Prada Spring 2009

Jennifer Connelly is one of those actresses who look chic and fashionable no matter what you dress her in. She has a very unique approach to red-carpet-dressing and is not afraid of wearing Balenciaga pieces that various critics deem 'unwearable', 'unmarketable' and not 'realistic'. Jennifer is BOLD and daring with both her film roles and her fashion choices. Here we dressed her in Prada Spring 2009. The crumpled imperfection set against Connelly's clean and sophisticated demeanor really work for us, don't you think?

Chloe Sevigny in Balenciaga Spring 2009

So the Balenciaga collection by Ghesquiere was GENIUS. I loved it loved it loved it. And what a profound statement Nicolas made when someone asked him "Is this the future?" and he responded with "No, for me this is Balenciaga for today.". Of course I'm paraphrasing a little but he was completely and utterly right.

How many times can we look into the past and reach for the distant future? We need fashion for TODAY.

Now, I've seen Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Connelly wearing the metallic dresses from the collection and honestly - they looked like boring party dresses. To make it interesting one needs to either keep the jersey-tops worn underneath OR the leggings and shoes combo. Not both. One or the other.

So without further ado - Chloe Sevigny in Balenciaga Spring 2009. So avant-garde yet soooo chic, no?

We're BACK !!!

Summer is here and we're ready to create NEW looks with the brilliance that was Spring 2009.

I won't bother reviewing any of the collections since everyone is entitled to their own opinions and the subjectivity of fashion means that we shouldn't force our reviews/opinions/frustrations on the free world *cough* STYLE.COM *cough* :)

But heres my highlights from Spring 2009...

TOP 5 Collections according to Yves Yves
1. Balenciaga
2. Jil Sander
3. Burberry
4. Calvin Klein
5. Prada

Disappointments of the Season
1. Yves Saint-Laurent
2. Lanvin
3. Nina Ricci

Model of the Season
Sigrid Argen

Suprise of the Season
Dolce & Gabbana

Shoes of the Season

Those, potentially iconic Prada shoes. They will go down in history as both some of the most intriguingly beautiful shoes but also the most dangerous shoes, no?


Bag of the Season

Nothing particularly unique on the runway this season. Although, I must say those metallic-alligator-crocodile clutches from Balenciaga are seriously damn COOL.



They're the perfect accessory for Spring/Summer. I can see Ashley Olsen wearing one with her uniform of The Row t-shirt and ksubi jeans, no?

STYLE Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett wears Givenchy Fall 2008 blouse, pants and shoes.

We don't know WHY Cate won't wear more of Givenchy. Shes more or less a modern day Audrey Hepburn. Yes, we said it! And we don't care if you turn on us!

:P

Cate would wear Givenchy like no other. She looks perfect in their mix of feminine and masculine, no?

STYLE Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger wears Lanvin Spring 2008 dress, earrings and heels.

Stunning, isn't she?

She also makes it look much less party and much more quirky.

STYLE Chloe Sevigny

Chloe Sevigny wears Givenchy Fall 2008 dress and coat.

Brilliant isn't it?

STYLE Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett is possibly one of THE most striking beauties of our generation.

She exudes class which is something that not every actress has the ability to do.

We love her fashion choices [most of the time] but wonder why Cate never wears Lanvin.

She suits the relaxed elegance of Alber's aesthetic, no?

Cate + Lanvin = FASHION HEAVEN :)

STYLE Chloe Sevigny

Yesterday we talked about
Hussein Chalayan.

Today, we decided to take our love further, and decked out our muse, Chloe Sevigny, in another one of his Fall 2008 dresses.

She suits the quirky minimalism that he showed for Fall 2008.

Simple classic black pieces but with 3 giant boulders slung around the neck. Quirky. Cool. SO Chloe.

She wears it better than Irina, no?

STYLE Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton wears Hussein Chalayan Fall 2008 dress and booties.

He is seriously one of the most underrated designers. Chalayan dresses are beyond beautiful but also combine architectual motif's.

For Spring 2007, he created those technical dresses that changed shape with one click. Genius.

This season he played the theatrics down. And the result was pretty fantastic.

We think Mischa looks cool without being overly trendy, no?

STYLE Chloe Sevigny

The Fall 2008 YSL collection was styled so intensely that at times we thought we were watching the sequel to Aeon Flux.

It was intimidating. And futuristic. Chic. But intimidating nonetheless.

HOWEVER. The pieces were incredibly luxurious and pretty vintage if you take another look. Thats why Chloe suits this collection PERFECTLY. It's that perfect mixture of the old and the new, so naturally she looks cool as f*ck.

:)

STYLE Chloe Sevigny

Chloe Sevigny wears Viktor & Rolf Fall 2008 dress and shoes.

She suits the mood of the collection perfectly, don't you guys think?

It was about liberty and being outspoken etc etc which sort of reminds us of Chloe. Thats why we dressed her in it! :)

Perfect dress, even though its 'stapled' together on a girl with a libertine sensibility.

Hope she wears this for real sometime...

STYLE Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton in a Chloe Fall 2008 dress, with Burberry Fall 2008 heels.

She is perfection in Chloe, time and time again.

We ditched the blouse to give it a lighter feel.

And the shoes were a bit too much too with this dress.

What do you think?

STYLE Nicole Kidman

Nicole in Balenciaga Fall 2008 dress, costume jewellery and heels.

Chic isn't she??

The collection was made to be worn by women of a certain class. The strictness of the dresses are perfect for Nicole.

What do you think?

STYLE Chloe Sevigny

Chloe and Lanvin is of course the perfect pairing. How incredibly insane would Chloe look in this Fall 2008 dress?? She wears it better than the model we think, and she exudes so much cool even though it was a pretty bourgeoisie kind of collection.

Chloe en Lanvin est tres jolie, non?

STYLE Kate Bosworth

Kate Bosworth wears Proenza Schouler Fall 2008. Adorable, no?

Its the perfect mix of rock and roll and grandma. And she works it.

:)