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WonderBear by Walter van Beirendonck

Our corespondent from Paris, Giovanni Di Nunzio, has sent us some exclusive shots backstage from a very interesting fashion show during the Paris Fashion Week. Walter van Beirendonck put twenty clones of himself down the catwalk, in a collection entitled WonderBear.



Many have tried to put none models on stage but we find this experiment very interesting. We wish clothes looked less like uniform but definitely see the market for it...



NYTimes: The trademark of the hirsute Walter Van Beirendonck is a not-so-cuddly bear. Make the final letter of “bear” into an “R” for “registered” symbol and you have the essence of the Belgian designer’s show. He showed all the copyright and trademark signs on a pair of socks and pointed out in program notes that basic words, from “earth” to “moon,” are trademarked. All this was the background to Walter look-a-like models parading in quilted bubble fabrics, bright colors and swimsuits for the grand finale.

Yoko Devereaux - Spring Summer 2009

The East Village meets East Hampton for coming season by this Williamsbourg based brand. We have been following this great brand for 3 years now, and with the new S/S collection for 2009 we are amazed to see evolution from a little brand to a serous one. With more and more stores carrying the collections and this particular fashion show presenting amazing collection, we believe that Yoko Devereaux is already influencing and not following the trends.

Pal Zileri in Belgradeby Marko Ckonjevic

Pal Zileri opens the fashion season in Belgrade! And what an opening it was!!? If there is a both prestigeous and traditional male fashion event in Serbia, than we are talking about Pal Zileri fashion shows. A Pal Zileri man, this spring, is a very hot one, indeed!!! It has never been just a fashion show, but a social event of a great importance. Always a spectacle!!

Belgrade Fashion Weekby Marko Ckonjevic

Belgrade has a tendency of being a fashion center in the region. Two different and very ambitious agences are organizing a fashion week, each of them, a one of their own, under a separate brand name. So Belgrade has a FASHION WEEK and a FASHION SELECTION. This late October, early November has been very busy for fashion addicts.

Fashion stuidio Click is a founder of BELGRADE FASHION WEEK . It was the 22nd Belgrade Fashion Week this year and it is it’s 11th year. Bravo for “Click”.

It was opened with the collection done by the most famoust painter here, Olja Ivanjicki.

She was insipred by the 19th Century Monetenegrian poet and philosofer. This is her second fashion collection. Both done for the famous local house „MONA”

This Fashion Week was rich in authors’ collections. There were so many and that’s just great!!! It is very good for Belgrade that it has so many domestic designers and gifted designers I must add!! Those talents have their own faithful audience.

Bata Spasojevic / Slobodan Mihajlovic

"Route 66: California or Bust" by Heatherette

The designers behind Heatherette brought their funky all-American road trip from New York to L.A. Fashion Week, a whimsical collection of bedazzled Speedo-style swim trunks, dresses dripping with lace, sequins and fringe and swingy skirts in bold graphic prints. (AP)

Heatherette designers Richie Rich and Traver Rains did an amazing job with 2008 Spring collection.

OK we loved the show too, and were happy to cover the Backstage happenings for Ohlala.

+ You can find some celebrity buzz from this event on HotInHollywood.tv
+ And some backstage photos on OhLaLaBlog

London Fashion Week @ Fashion156by Aleksandar Tomovic

Coat by J.W. Anderson, further information @ and to order @ two see, London, WC2, store information @ www.twoseelife.com . Grey suit trousers by Carolyn Massey, further information and stockists @ www.carolynmassey.com

Hey guys, if like us you haven't got time to got to London, you will miss nothing if you go to Fashion 156 blog. They have daily reports, and extensive coverage...

+ Photo by: David Ellis

Hanging Well With 429 in Milan Italyby Luis Fernandez

429 premiered a new and full line for SPRING/SUMMER-08 in Florence,Italy at the PITTI UOMO show last week. The brand, known for the perfect-fitting and super-soft pima cotton tee, showed a newly expanded line which will include shorts, bathing suits, pants, light-weight sweaters and jacket. All following the original 429 formula of combining super soft and performing fabrics with a great fit, and subtle details.

Luis and Greg shared their experience at PITTI, and picked some of their favorite new brands that will hang well with the 429 brand, and that will soon be on every must-have brand list.

Michael Teperson leather bags and accessories + meMINE fun and witty athletic wear + Z-Brand rugged casual wear + Marchand Drapier tailored classics with an ‘sexy’ edge + TOSSY MIURA classic tailored clothes with a Japanese zen modern aesthetic.

+ 429 Life

Marc Antoine BARROIS

2 weeks ago we went to Lille for the fashion show presenting the new collection of Marc Antoine BARROIS. This is not his first collection, and it is possible to see the maturity in cut, and easy in working with new materials.

Our favorites are the sweaters, but the cape was what left us speechless (we love the idea of having it instead of jacket). Love the back pockets that have original like inverted "V" line. Here you can see some of our favorite pieces, but for more you will have to see designers Official site.

Alessandro Dell'Acqua S/S 2007

Next spring summer for Alessandro Dell'Acqua has a military feel, (in form of gigolo army types). Milan is all about shrunken suits for coming season, and Dell'Acque brought it to an entirely another level with amazing prints of tigers and stripes...

Men's Fashion Comes Out Of The Closet

After years of stifling conservatism, men face a dizzying array of clothing options ranging from cutting-edge sportswear to unisex collections that blur the distinctions between the genders. French designer Jean Paul Gaultier is largely to thank for these advances. He was the first to show men in skirts and continues to promote an androgynous approach to dressing with his Gaultier To The Power of Two collection, inspired by the perfume of the same name. As reported by: CNN