Clutch 101

 The title is a lie.

Givenchy

Burberry Prosum

Givenchy

Givenchy

This is no 101. This is an advanced post on it. I'm not going to tell you what clutches to wear, and what goes with what , so on and so forth. I'm just going to show you my favorites this season, which I hope to perhaps own one day. Givenchy is the leader of the pack, I think I loved at least 6 clutches from the fall 2011 collection and by love I mean- the world HAS to appreciate what a great job Riccardo Tisci is doing at the label.

Giorgio Armani

Givenchy

 Featured below are my top 5 reasons to wear a clutch instead of a normal bag.

 1)  You get your priorities right.

Gucci

      A clutch, in most cases guarantees limited space. So you have to decide whether  its more important to keep your cellphone/ camera/ a pack of cigs. Whether you want to keep lip-gloss/ gum/breath mints, your keys or some cash.In the process of making such vital and key decisions you realize where your priorities lie and discover a little bit about who you are and where you wanna go. Life changing really.

2) All Night Fun
    A clutch is a great reason to not carry your keys, and go home with somebody else your best friend. You can braid each others hair all night.

3) You look cooler
If any of you have read The Unbearable Lightness of Being, you might remember how Tereza liked to walk with a book under her arm because it made her feel different. The clutch is the modern-day version of that.
Plus if you keep switching between arms its a great upper-body workout.

                                                                                                                
4) No bag, No baggage!
By carrying a clutch instead of your normal 7 pound bag, you might fool guys into thinking that you don't come with a lot of emotional baggage, making you infinitely more attractive-er.

Plus it might make them think your more easy going, since your not carrying all the burden of your own world on one shoulder.


5) Room for adventure
   Since your not carrying a bag that can fit every possible thing you might need in any possible situation- you  are more vulnerable ; which can be good or bad, and there is a better chance for a  possible adventure; which is always great.

DVF

Alexander Wang

Bulgari

Oscar de la Renta

Donna Karan

Alexander McQueen

Kate Middleton, the big deal and her tag along sister.

I just don't get what the big deal is with Kate, except that she is a real life princess. Okay, I take that back. I get what the big deal is  surrounding Kate Middleton. She is the princess after all, and people apparently die to watch the royal wedding. Great. Her wedding dress was designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen. Okay great- I guess that's quite an  honor although I do feel the label is way too cool for her, too avant-garde, too fun. The label deserves better.Like maybe designing Kate Moss's wedding dress. Anyway, so yeah Kate is decent. She is definitely cute, looks  a bit old for her age, has lost tons and tons of weight so is now pretty much a stick figure with really, no hips. That's fine. Oh and I also understand that she probably didn't want all this attention and doesn't think much of herself anyway. That's totally believable. Its the media and the people, who have made her into this fashion icon who annoy me.How???

She is attractive, tall, thin,tan (i.e-hot) , but come on she's an average dresser.Like yeah, she wears decent stuff and doesn't look like a clown - but that does not a Fashion Icon make. Really. It makes an average person.And maybe in her case an average rich person. Her style is basic, and if I may say so-boring at times. But I get that she cant be too risque and have too much fun with the clothes cos she has to maintain  public decorum and I dunno be all stiff and monarchical. You know? family values/ in-laws issues whatever.
Its like just cos she wore Sarah Burton she immediately became a style goddess, and hasn't had to work up to that name ever since.Its not like she's wearing what nobody could've ever thought of wearing. She keeps it simple and classic- and yes, that's a virtue on its own-but come on, you can't keep playing her up like this.

As a sign of goodwill, I'm putting up pictures where she really is looking great.

Then there's her sister Pippa. Like man, whats the big deal. She's not even the princess but still she's made out to be a fashion icon for her plain jane style. Does she have an ass that just won't quit? Yes. Does she have a beautiful tan? Yes. Does that make her the next Kate Moss? Hell no. Not in a million years.

 Really?

Sarah Burton and SS2012

In my last post about McQueen, I really didn't delve much in to Sarah Burton, and how she is doing as the Creative Director.Maybe cos she did the royal wedding,and there was so much hoopla surrounding it, that I just got put off by it.And then there is the issue of Kate Middleton wearing McQueen- well I'll come back to her at another time.
Okay coming back to Sarah Burton- she's just fabulous.  Its seems  McQueen's design ideology was best understood by Burton. Each collection she has given us after McQueen's untimely death has been a continuation of the same aesthetic sense. They all have been an homage to McQueen through her attention to detail, impeccable tailoring, and the magnificent corsetry. McQueen's pieces were always beautifully structured, and sometimes excessive in their execution which made them such a pleasure to watch. Burton's collection achieves the same effect. The Pastel/ Nude shades paired with chiffon give it this airy lightness, but the extraordinary shapes and silhouettes are awe-inspiring,breath taking and just plain wonderful.

Love the silhouette

Like bleeding roses.

How fun is this?

I love how it just flows.

I love this. I wanna wear it.

I want. So bad.

If that jacket isn't perfection what is?

Too cute. So sexy.Very 60s.

I love the sheernessof the train.

Hoe seamlessly the lace headpiece blends into the dress na?

The shoes, were a whole different story.  See the thing about the label is you really see a though process behind each creation. And that's exactly what each piece in the collection is , a 'creation'. Just like You and I are God's creation, McQueen/ Burton's pieces are all divine creations as well. They speak without words. They say so much.
The shoes are impossibly high, and, and...well you just have to see for yourself. I personally love their sense of humor.

sexy serves it right

I need to own these.

Tres romantique.