We were blown away by Mary Katrantzou’s Spring 2011 Collection. Her dresses make it appear as if you are wearing a mural! They really are like nothing we have ever seen before! The colors are vibrant and the various styles and fits are plentiful. Many of the digital print designs on the dresses look like the interiors of exquisite homes and hotels. You really have to see it for yourself to appreciate the uniqueness of Mary Katrontzou. All the dresses are printed with images of lavish hotel and stateroom interiors—and embellished with interior-decorator braid, tassels, and fringe trimmings. She’d digitalized photos from vintage copies of Architectural Digest and The World of Interiors while enhancing the color and taking advantage of the intricacies of home furnishings. Her dresses in the Spring 2011 collection are a bit pricey ($900+) but they are certainly beautiful to look at!
From Kanye West’s riveting performance on SNL surrounded by a bevy of ballet beauties, to Lanvin for H&M’s tutu dresses, to Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Wynona Ryder in The Black Swan, ballerinas are the height of fashion. Hair buns, tutus, leggings, stirrup pants, ballet slippers and demure camisoles are all over the place, from the mean streets of the Upper Eastside to the gritty streets of Williamsburg. There is something quite captivating about the chic, feminine, demure style of ballerinas that has taken the fashion world by storm.