Ahh…she should look happier than this. Is it because everyone assumes she’s the lost Fanning sister? 
ooh…its the shoes. They are hurting their feelings. They are giving this depressed girl the oddest stance- like she’s having balance issues. For the record, I would like to state that this may be too much animal print. I said, MAY BE…..
hmm…this is no longer working for me.
Ok, it’s taken me 3 pictures to realize that I was just sucked in by animal prints and am not really inspired by the shapes at all. Lets lose the color and see how we feel. Usually the cut and line of a designers work is my favorite part. Oh, that and the obviously suffering of the models. 
Ok, its all about the fabrics for me. There are some wonderful textural layers and such happening here, but the shapes are kind of basic. The white pairings sort of reminded me of Spiegel catalog in the 1980’s. 
Anyone for a little boho-age? This styling is quite limp.
The details are lovely- I want to touch these, but not the shoes- they look othopaedically torturous! 
The above skirt is like that Project Runway Dylans Candy Bar challenge- is it licorice? I hope so. I think I’d love to have some of these pieces to throw on with jeans and feel quite fancy- they’d definitely get some admiring stares, but all together, I feel like a bunch of quilts and doilies mated behind Grandmas back. Please people, spay and neuter your linens!!!
photo credits: Vogue UK, all photos remain the property of their original owners.
I have to agree, some workable shapes and lovely prints, but it all looks like someone went on a killing spree of Grandma’s antimacassars. Gosh, those models all look like hey could be in a commercial for dull lifeless hair and styling. I vote we send the lot of them to Clinton and Stacey.
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I miss Clinton and Stacey already!
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I am almost frothing at the sight of the black maxi – it’s quite fabulous – severe but beautiful
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The details are just lovely!
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Love me a good maxi dress… must sew more…
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We all need more maxis!
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Yes we need to maximise the maxi movement… I have one in the pipeline…
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Me too! If my repeat border lines up right!
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Exciting!
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I think there’s something wrong with me. I actually like the ma-in-law’s recycled
crochet creations. Is there a clinic you can recommend? Will they try aversion therapy by making me dive into a pool of doilies?
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I think for me its just too many at once. Maybe Im doiliphobic!
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I want to see the doily vat! It would be like a ball pit in a senior center!
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Lost Fanning sister. Spiegel catalog. You are a treasure trove of pop culture heaven.
Strangely and sadly enough, I think my favorite things about this collection are the torturous shoes. And the blue pants in the final photo. And that black dress. Hmm, maybe I do like this after all. 🙂
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Ok, but promise to hem those pants!!
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I love the shoes too. How cares about orthopedics anyway!
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They just look like they are so flung forward on the shoes- the toes seem sad!
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Take me back to 1968…black suede fringed leather jackets and Indian shisha mirrors on everything. The long black dress with the cut outs is just crying out for Nicole Kidman to come and fetch it for her next red carpet gig. The boho sheer nothing dress is what I wore through 4 pregnancies …yuck! But the little white denim jacket with sleeve embroidery is very cute. All in all Robert is inspired by Versace 1993 with swirls and over blown Rococo styles motifs and torturous shoes while the models all need a good shampooing and a milk shake to put a smile on their faces!
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Total agreeance! It all feels stuck, but not in a good themey way! I know Id like to pet each piece tho.
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I´ve never liked Cavalli. Gimme Armani! 😉
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Better shapes and tailoring most definitely!
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Black dress and first animal print one – nice, blue jeans and jacket – where the plain bits of jeans fall is unfortunate, everything else just save for patchwork and be done with it.
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A few nice pop pieces but some feelsoverworked and some feels underworked!
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Aaack, hem those pants! Love that maxi fabric, there’s lots of it. I could make a right cute fitted dress.
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The rolled hems are making my eyes twitch! No boyfriend jeans!!!!
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That first dress is almost enough to make me love animal print as much as you do. That’s quite cute. (BTW, are you doing Jungle January again? I actually have something to make for it.)
Also, I love the black dress and the blue outfit at the end but, as others have said, for goodness sake hem the pants! I love the shoes too. Not to wear, mind you, merely to fondle and admire.
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The shoes look uncomfortable…maybe in a cheetah print…..yes, we will teturn to the Jungle to ring in the new year!!!!
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I do like the black sheath dress w/ the cut-outs. I can picture Nicole Kidman rocking it. 🙂
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Sadly, she would probably force him to make it in the heinous blush color she loves so well!
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Oh, I do love some Cavalli…the fabrics are fab.
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Id love to see you use these fabrics Coco!
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Maybe be too much animal print! I was about to pass out until I saw the outfit and agreed with you. Such a waste of good animal print. That being said I love the first dress and the fancy black gown later. Suffer for me models, your pain sustains me.
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I like when thin people are in torment, is that bad?
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Teehee!
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It might be rude to point this out, but what the heck is that crotch business in the second photo?
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Im not even sure where her crotch is!? Its like Escher tailored it!
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I don’t know why, but the second one made me think of David Bowie. Could totally see him wearing that in the ’80s…
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Like a patchwork evil goblin!
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Can we talk about the models, please?…I was feeling pretty good today until all those depressed looking models crossed my path. Now I feel rather guilty since they are obviously in the throws of severe depression, angst or something! WHY do designers do that??? Pro tip: having your models look down and depressed drags your collection down. Really. Stop it.
That said, I’m with you on some of these pieces – that black and blue purse I WANT! So cute! There are a couple of jackets that would look great and more interesting paired with something that allows them to shine. Nix on the animal print – liked the tone on tone much more. LOL at your Speigel reference…can so remember that!
Another fun Wednesday!
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There’s some unfortunate business going on around the nether regions here. And have those models not heard of shampoo? Poor dears.
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I can’t help seeing Cavalli clothes as all over body tattoos.
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Oh thats so appropriate!
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I like most of these! Animal print sleeve vest, here I come!
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Oh this could be quite cool- do it!!
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“MAY BE” too much animal print, lol! Well, don’t tell anyone, but Roberto and I are tight and I like all of these duds (meaning clothing, not debacle).
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I can totslly see you and Kitty in these shoes!
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When I saw the first image flash by me I thought- “skeletal…” And I think I still think “skeletal…” ~Laurie
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They are like angry quily racks.
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You’re not wrong about the styling, although my problem is why they insist on pairing these combinations which in the real world are just not wearable. There’s actually quite a lot here to like but it’s difficult to pull it all apart & look at it objectively
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Very true- its overwhelming to see all of these pieces together- just textural overload!
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I really do like this collection. There are many details that I could incorporate into my sewing particular the embroidery on the sleeves. As to the models expression, well, ya know modeling is a really tough industry: the competition, all the traveling to exotic locations, the fabulous garments and the simple fact that those poor models have only eaten a cracker and a diet soda since yesterday to maintain their emaciated figures! No wonder they all have a sour expression!
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I still think we need a thelethon for these poor models! Only Zac Posens look happy about it!
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Ummm…the black dress with the thigh split maybe….MAYBE. Everything else needs to go back to that drug trip they came from. 😮
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Its a Marakesh bedding sale!!!!
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Oh, well then sign me up for that psychedelic blue then–I’d kill for some bedding in that color/pattern! 🙂
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Queen or king?
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Queen, of course. 😉
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I can see the black dress on La Kidman but those black and white outfits are pure Gaga.
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Its an awful lot of fabric for Gaga!
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