Style: SS13 #1

Lately I've been ridiculously infatuated with maxi dresses/skirts as well as high-low skirts. A massive problem I face (pun intended) is that I'm practically a giant and I can't find a maxi dress to fit me in length for the life of me. That being said, my obsession has gone full on to skirts. Which leads us to this post: how I style maxi skirts for spring/summer! (Featuring a sneaky high low skirt because I couldn't resist!)

LOOK #1: 

Sunglasses | Bag | Earrings | Shoes | Top | Skirt | Floral Crown | Bangles | Bracelet

LOOK #2:

Skirt | Bag | Top | Shoes

LOOK #3:

Shoes #1 | Bag #1 | Top | Skirt | Bag #2 | Shoes #2

xLB

Paris Fashion Week || Elie Saab Spring 2013 Couture

As you may or may not know, Elie Saab is one of my absolute favourite designers, so I was definitely interested in this show most! For those of you unfamiliar, he just so happened to design my queen Blair Waldorf's wedding dress on the series finale of Gossip Girl (still can't believe it's over - tear, tear).

Be sure to click the pictures to make them bigger, the detailing on these dresses it too gorgeous not to!!

My favourite part about Elie Saabs designs is always the intricacy in the detailing. From the cutouts to the beading, it's all gorgeous. I also like how everything was sorted by colour, it just made it so easy to look at and was great for transitions.

xLB

Paris Fashion Week || Chanel Spring 2013 Couture

I find quite often that I like elements from Chanel, but never it in it's entirety. Mainly because I'm clearly not their target market, so it's very understandable. But I do love the timeless pieces Chanel has to offer, and I feel like once I get to a stage in my life where I meet the demographic I'll love it. That being said, definitely wasn't my favourite show of fashion week.. haha.. or my favourite Chanel show. I don't know.. I also found the show very repetitive. Cara looked great thought!!

My favourite was definitely the black dress Cara wore (7th dress). I also liked when things got more romantic and girly, likely because that's more my style. However I felt as thought the classic tweed suits were very repetitive and nothing innovative which I guess kind of started me in my rampage. A lot of the necklines and colours were repeated numerous times. Understandable a couple, but eh, I got bored.

I'm sorry if it seemed like I was bashing it a bit.. I just didn't think it was Chanel's best. I liked a bit of the later stuff however! Merely opinion, Karl Lagerfeld is still a God, no worries! 

xLB

Paris Fashion Week || Christian Dior Spring 2013 Couture

Some highlights from the SS13 Dior show that happened in Paris recently.. definitely one of my favourite shows of the year.

I loved how this show was very true  to Dior's roots. A lot of the silhouettes were very similar to the very silhouettes which made Dior the powerhouse it is now, with the nipped in waists and full skirts. Gorgeous. I also liked the iridescence, which I noticed to have been very trendy, so I can't wait for it to trickle down to fast fashion! 

xLB

Paris Fashion Week || Atelier Versace Spring 2013 Couture

This show to me had it's ups and downs.. there were definitely a few knockout pieces that I loved, but also some that I was wondering what was going on.. On the plus side, one of my favourite models Karlie Kloss was featured! 

There seemed to be a lot going on.. the neon glowstick type detailing, the feathers, the neon, the fur.. very bold, very Versace. Dare I say.. it worked! There were several pieces I really wanted for my own wardrobe. I reallyreallyreally liked the lustre of the fabrics in the first few outfits. 

xLB