Kiss, Kiss...Bang, Bang

The wild, wild, west trend is huge right now. 

Orange Crush

It all began with a certain Jil Sander skirt...sashaying its way down the runway, and in that moment it was obvious. Orange is the new black. For this season at least. 

During the september shows orange slowly started to drench the runways like a tasty, bubbly, refreshingly cold orange crush. It was everywhere! And from poppy to fluorescent orange...

Prada 

Calvin Klein

Hermés

Christopher Kane

Alexander McQueen

Or from a pink-ish tangerine to the orange of the monarch butterflies forming a McQueen dress...orange  quietly escaped during the cold winter months from the showrooms and rushed into stores, fashion blogs, and our wardrobes. 

Chiara from The Blonde Salad 

Fashion Guitar

Atlantic-Pacific

Head-to-toe, color blocking or just a little touch of orange to brighten an outfit, orange is the color to wear, making this season, one of the most colorful seasons in year, even brighter. 

How are you wearing the Orange Crush?

xx, em. 

Current Obsession: Maxi Skirts

This spring, it's the Maxi Skirt invasion. They're everywhere...in every fashion blog, on every fashion blogger, editorials, models, lookbook.nu... And with everything....with t-shirts, with blazers, with shirts, tanks, sweaters, jackets...and I'm loving it!

Unfortunately I haven't been able to find one I like, so I guess I'll end up doing one myself, it can't be that hard, can it?

from Tumblr

No body rocks a Maxi Skirt like Andy

Zina from Fashion Vibe

and Blaire from Atlantic Pacific

What trends are you loving this season??

xx, em. 

Spring Illustrated.

During the first days of the year, the people of Refinery29 were all about looking forward into 2011, and still clad in winter clothes they caught the spring-fever (we all have!) and started daydreaming about Spring. Six color Trends you can't miss this 2011 as written by Refinery 29, translated into illustration, by me. 

From left to right...

Pink. 

(Jil Sander in the illustration)

Pantone chose pink as the color of 2011 (Honeysuckle), so expect lots of it this year.

Pink invaded the Spring/Summer collections, now it's taking over the red carpets (Claire Danes, anyone?), next our wardrobes, and then who knows...maybe even the world. 

Earth Tones.

(3.1 Phillip Lim in the illustration)

Spring is coming with a a lot of bright, cheerful hues. But muted, earth tones are here to stay. At least for one more season.

Yellow.

(Proenza Schouler in the illustration)

A bright almost sheer yellow was seen all over the runways. My favorite? Proenza's see through yellow.

Orange.

(Prada in the illustration)

Orange in Prada was ge-nius. Word. 

Blue.

(DVF in the illustration)

Also, there will be plenty of blue. I say go with blue pants, shoes or accessories. I'm looking for a pair of turquoise sandals myself. 

White.

(Derek Lam in the illustration)

Head-to-toe white this spring. Careful with that soda. 

Also, starring in this series of illustrations are 3 of the 5 spring hair trends also chosen by Refinery29 (YES! I'm a big fan!). In pink, the low-bun; in Earth Tones, the swoop and in white, the Jane-Birkin-Bangs.

What colors are you looking forward to this spring?

xx, em. 

Ps. Illustrations made with pen, oil pastels + watercolours. Sorry for the weird lightning but due to a lack of scanner...I had to photograph them.