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FASHION SHOWS: Haute Couture Fashion Week – Elie Saab, Jean Paul Gaultier & Valentino

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

The fabulous fashion shows of Paris haute couture fashion week continued today with the fashion elite seeing fashion shows from the world’s top designers. Fashion shows today were held by fashion designers Elie Saab, Jean Paul Gaultier and Valentino.

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Celebrity style red carpet favourite Elie Saab designed his haute couture collection this year to give his clients exactly what they wanted: an amazing array of dramatic gowns in all colours and styles. The Elie Saab fashion show was filled with luxurious gowns in reds, golds and greens to name a few of the colours featuring a number of different detailing. Intricate lace, beading and feather applications were all seen on the Elie Saab runway. His finale of a wedding gown with an eight foot train was a definite showstopper. You’ll be sure to see a number of these Elie Saab gowns on upcoming red carpets:

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Jean Paul Gaultier turned up the heat with his glamorous haute couture fashion show. The show opened with a strip tease from Dita Von Teese to reveal the first look in the show a sparkling black corset and stockings. Things stayed as hot for the whole fashion show with Jean Paul Gaultier showing a collection based on sex and glamour. His iconic cone bra from Madonna’s wardrobe made an appearance on the runway alongside sheer fabrics, furs and sequins. The collection had garments inspired by the scuba suit, meaning the brightly colours outfits were made of very tight fabrics. The fashion show was a mix of the high life that will have fans wanting pieces from the collection.

Valentino

Haute couture fashion shows wrapped up for the most part with the fashion show from Valentino.  The Valentino haute couture fashion show contained delicate and detailed gowns and dresses. There was a theme running through the line of sequins and flowers, but not like the Dior flowers we saw earlier. The Valentino floral gowns were more delicate and a little more wearable. For the most part these lace and tulle dresses and gowns are perfect for any red carpet (apart from a few structured looks worthy of Lady Gaga). See more photos from the Valentino haute couture fashion show here.

[photos via Now Fashion, Valium N Chanel, and Grazia Live]

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FASHION SHOWS: Haute Couture Fashion Week – Giorgio Armani Prive, Givenchy & Chanel

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

The fashion shows of haute couture fashion week continue in Paris with fashion shows from some of the world’s top designers. Today three of the most recognizable names in fashion all put on extravagant fashion shows for haute couture week: Armani, Givenchy and Chanel.

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Unlike some haute couture fashion shows, the Giorgio Armani Prive garments were very wearable. With a neutral colour palette of mainly shades of beige, the Giorgio Armani Prive fashion show had an air of elegance about it. The looks were many tailored suits with short jackets and oversized sparkling hardware. The collection had a professional air about it with knee length flared skirts and flowing overcoats.

Evening wear was all sequins and sparkle. Long gowns in the same muted nude and brown shades sparkled with sequins of all sizes. We are sure to see a few of these gowns on the red carpet this fall.

See the Giorgio Armani Prive fashion show video here:

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The Givenchy haute couture fashion show had intricate and detailed elements in all the garments shown. Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci put an incredible amount of detail into each of the 10 garments displayed in the fashion show. One crystal dress took 1,600 hours to create! That is dedication to your job.

There was a coat made of thin strips of leather, a dress detailed with delicate ostrich feathers, hand jeweled and embroidered gowns on display. With an inspiration from the Mexican Day of The Dead and religion the Givenchy haute couture fashion show is one to be viewed up close.

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Chanel closed the day of haute couture fashion shows with a celebration of the luxurious and rich. Real Style Network followed Canadian fashion icon Jeanne Beker as she tweeted live from the Chanel show. Jeanne described the Chanel haute couture collection as having “rich reds,” “exquisite embroidery” and “crystal encrusted coats.”

With a large gold lion in the centre of the stage and male models in lion heads, Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel collection dazzled the fashion show critics once again.

Watch the fashion show video here:

[photos via Bryan Boy, Jeanne Becker, Grazia Live and Simply Male Model]

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SARAH JESSICA PARKER Celebrity Style – Sex And The City 2 Premiere

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

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Sarah Jessica Parker’s celebrity style shone brighter than the sun yesterday in this stunning yellow Valentino couture gown at the Sex And The City 2 New York premiere. Last night our favorite ladies  Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon all walked the red carpet for the Premiere in their finest gowns, see more photos here.  

Sarah Jessica Parker chose to wear minimal accessories with this gown. She wore a sparkling silver cuff bracelet and a pair of silver shoes. We think Carrie from Sex And The City would approved of the outfit. 

[Sarah Jessica Parker photo via Andie Honey]

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FASHION NEWS: Gucci Launching Couture Gowns

Friday, May 14th, 2010

60423356There is good fashion news this week for elite fashionistas with a lot of money and the dream of wearing a one of a kind gown. Gucci is launching Gucci Premiere offering  one of a kind custom made couture gowns for special events. This may very well signal the return of couture.

Gucci announced the new fashion division by creating their couture dress which actress Salma Hayek wore to the premiere of Robin Hood at the Cannes Film Festival. Her dress ( in the photo) was a red Bordeaux silk one shoulder Gucci Premiere couture gown, fitted and slightly gathered at the waist with an embellished clasp and shoulder tie detail.

Prices are not being made public, but some fashion news sourcessay Salma’s dress could have cost up to $20,000.

Gucci Premiere will have two collections of haute couture red carpet gowns per year, as well as take custom orders from customers. According to fashion news source WWD, Gucci doesn’t currently have plans to show the collections during haute couture fashion week.

[image via Rachel Dodes]

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CELEBRITY STYLE OSCARS FASHION- Red Carpet Fashion WINNERS

Monday, March 8th, 2010

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At Real Style Network we loved the following Red Carpet Gowns at last night’s Academy Awards.

Here are our winners for the fashion Oscars:

Sandra Bullock in a stunning silver form fitting Marchesa gown. We also loved her with darker hair and red lipstick, her skin was flawless as well. The Best Actress also wins the best dressed.

Jennifer Lopez took a chance on this pale pink/mauve Armani Prive dress. We loved it, but it definitely had its fashion critics.

Kate Winslet looks elegant and fit in a gray corseted Yves Saint Laurent and finally we loved what Helen Mirren wore, the light gray crystal adorned dress suited her perfectly and was very elegant. Finally a very slim, Demi Moore looked stunning in her Atelier Versace nude colored strapless fitted bodice dress with ruffled bottom.

Huffington Post added Charlize Theron in a purple strapless Christian Dior gown and Diane Kruger in a nude and black ruffle Chanel dress to their best dress list. Elle Magazine loved Avatar star Zoe Saldaga’s sparkling purple Givenchy Couture gown. People Magazine included Cameron Diaz’s gold Oscar de la Renta and Rachel McAdams’ pastel Elie Saab haute couture gown on their best dressed list.

[photos via Dawn DelRusso and Prestige Mag]

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FASHION SHOWS:Valentino Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Video

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

For the final show of Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, the house of Valentino showed a fashion collection with hopes to attract a younger audience.

Sheer chiffon dresses and leggings in pale nudes and bright neon colours dazzled on the runway. There were lots of ruffles and the line had a dream like quality with many of the models being blindfolded while walking.

With short hemlines and asymmetrical tops, don’t be surprised to see young Hollywood in these gowns on the red carpet soon.

While many critics are commenting on how far from the original vision of Valentino the collection is, Marie Claire reports that the Valentino designers wanted to “create a sense of ‘magic and fantasy’ in a ‘virtual Eden’.”

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FASHION SHOWS: Jean Paul Gaultier – Paris Haute Couture Fashion Show

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

jean-paul-gaultier-haute-coutureOn the final day of Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, lucky viewers got to see one of the wildest show of the event as Jean Paul Gaultier got inspired by Mexico.

This year, Jean Paul Gaultier showed what ABC News is calling his strongest collection in several seasons. Many blogs are comparing the line to a scene straight out of Avatar. Mariachi music played and sombreros were worn in the line that Jean Paul Gaultier says was inspired by the Mayans. The clothes feel native with rich blues and turquoises contrasting the armor and long braids worn by the models.

His haute couture fashion line consisted of pant suits, gowns made of armor and “Aztec princess cocktail dresses made from woven palm fronds.” (ABC News).

Fashion Television’s Jeanne Becker was tweeting live from the Jean Paul Gaultier show saying:

As wild as JPG sometimes gets, he has a knack for being wonderfully realistic too. First wearability, then fantasy. Ole!!!

JPG’s riff on exoticism and romance have been captured perfectly. Jungle looks coming at us now. Lush, tribal, stellar!

See photos of the Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show here.  Photo courtesy Dariovander twicpic.

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FASHION SHOWS:Elie Saab-Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Video

Friday, January 29th, 2010

As Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week continued, the Elie Saab haute couture fashion show contained some gorgeous gowns made for the red carpet. The fashion designer is a celebrity favorite, having had everyone from Beyonce, Heidi Klum to Marion Cotillard wear his gowns at the major award ceremonies.

Beautifully draped floor length gowns floated down the runway in light airy fabrics.  The colour pallet was mainly nudes with some pastels in the mix. The show ended with a large white wedding gown complete with sparkles, a train and a long flowing veil.

See the luxurious Elie Saab fashion show here.

While some of the designs are wild, this is haute couture week. These outfits are for the ultra-elite who have $20,000 to spend on a dress. For the rest of us, this is art.

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FASHION SHOWS:Givenchy Paris Haute Couture Fashion Show Video

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week continued with more dazzling shows.

Givenchy haute couture fashion collection was reflective of the spring fashion trends we are seeing now, only more exagerated. Ruffles, sequins and feathers adorned almost every look. The clothes were light and airy with a agreat deal of sheer fabrics.

Some commentators called the Givenchy fashion show underwhelming. We at Real Style thought it was lovely.  Also making the news was the singer Ciara who was scheduled to perform at the show and arrived 40 minutes late for her performance. When she finally did make it WWD reports that the photographers booed her.

See the Givenchy fashion show for yourself.

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FASHION SHOWS: Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week With Dior, Armani & Chanel

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

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Dior Haute Couture Fashion Show

Haute Couture week has begun in Paris. This is the week fashionistas dream of. When the biggest names in fashion show you their most extravagant designs.

Christian Dior started the show off in Paris on Monday in a salon filled with roses according to Canadian fashion maven Jeanne Becker from Fashion Television. According to reports, John Galliano’s Dior line was inspired by the women of the 1900’s with tiny waists, big skirts, and even bigger hair.

We have been following Jeanne’s tweets from Paris. She said from the Dior show: Seeing these garments up close like this is dizzying. Crystal-embroidered tulle skirt, made of petals, is eye-popping.

Watch highlights from the Dior show here:


Later last night, Giorgio Armani Prive held their Haute Couture fashion show. The Armani show had a crescent moon theme throughout. There were business suits with moon shaped adornments and beautiful strapless gowns with ruffles and moon shaped handbags. See more from the Giorgio Armani Prive show here:

This morning began with the Chanel fashion show. The Chanel collection consisted of cocktail dresses with ruffles and sequins, boucle suits and pale pastel colours. We looked to Jeanne Becker for the review. This morning Jeanne tweeted: Genius of Karl is that no matter how many confections he whips up, there are always subtle new twists to his vision…

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Chanel Haute Couture Fashion Show

Check back here for more videos and photos of Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week as it progresses.

[photos via Grazia Live]

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