Rag & Bone Goes Rock & Roll for Spring 2009

fashionologie — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:46:18 PDT

>> Take working-class fashion, add a pinch of Joy Division, and you've got the inspiration David Neville and Marcus Wainwright were drawing on for their Spring 2009 collection. The Rag & Bone show changed venues this season from the upscale Cipriani to the more hard-edged Pier 94 - a change from polished to slightly edgy that you could also say was reflected in the clothes.

Black wraparound leather belts with threateningly sharp silver spikes accented so many of the looks, and are sure to be a must-have - but even the typical Rag & Bone tweedy suits were rock-n-rolled up with a leather mini, like Julia Dunstall's closing look, or a silvery silk sheen, like Jessica Stam's blazer.

The model cast was full of high notes - stalwarts like opener Sasha Pivovarova or Coco Rocha - and the coveted new girls like Aline Weber and Liu Wen. Arlenis Pena was there too: she's had a big day, between being named as the new face of Lancome and slipping up at BCBG this morning.

To get the full experience, check out the runway video at Elle.com.
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'allo, ginger

philleif — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:02:00 PST

>> She's been a brunette, and a blonde, but now Julia Dunstall has pulled a reverse-Stam on us, and gone from blonde to red. The new color first showed up at Miss Sixty a couple of days ago, and it's not just a one-show fluke — it's since been spotted at Thakoon and Karen Walker. The brilliant shade definitely gives her an edge; I'll be glad to see an auburn head bobbing along among the sea of less vivid hair colors.

Before: Elie Saab Spring 2008; After: Miss Sixty Fall 2008
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