This is really old picture taking by photographer for SofiaStreetStyle. I wearing di+ shirt, Capsca pants and Kris Van Assche hi tops.

Hello friends, I hope to find you well. I’m so sorry that I don’t post last few months but I have so many other projects. I started other blog, Web-A-Porter, www.web-a-porter.co, it’s really nice and beautiful, the different is the designs and that the most post are in bulgarian. I statdet onother projects but i will write soon.

This is one peace of my new favorite label – Trosman.

Aritzia, a new retail boutique for young women, is opening its first Manhattan location in SoHo Summer 2011.

Aritzia has developed a large-scale Collage to mask the construction of the 10,000 square foot Aritzia Flagship location at the corner of Broadway and Spring. The Collage was created by New York based artist Monika Wyndham. Wyndham was inspired by the supernatural powers of nature and the beauty of the Northwest Coast.

Wyndham combined images of natural beauty with those inspired by Aritzia’s feminine aesthetic to create a fantastical landscape that challenges the viewer’s sense of reality and vantage point.

“The environment we’ve created can be seen as a reflection of the Aritzia girl’s character. She’s confident, adventurous and independent. She is unafraid of risks without being reckless and, in the midst of chaos, she’s collected and beautiful. She personifies grace under fire.” – Artist Monika Wyndham

In addition, Wyndham is collaborating with Aritzia to curate the collection of art on display within the Aritzia SoHo location.

For fall, the Gucci girl has porcelain skin and glossy lips reminiscent of an Edwardian lady, juxtaposed with a textured ponytail straight from a Seventies dance floor.

Pat McGrath applied Max Factor’s Experience foundation to add luminosity to the skin, paired with strong lashes courtesy of Max Factor’s Volumizing mascara before working mouths into glassy claret pouts with Elixir lipgloss by Max Factor. “It’s sensual and luxurious,” said McGrath. A bright red hue was used in the center of the lips to give definition and an exaggerated quality.

Hairstylist Luigi Mureno slicked back manes into low-slung ponytails that were accessorized with feathers. “It’s masculine, but sexy,” he said.

Hair was pulled into the nape before its length was crimped, backcombed and then straightened using a flat iron to achieve volume. Many heads were topped with fedoras in bright hues.

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Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana usually offer a pretty obvious thematic cue with their invitation. This time around, however, the playfully uneven font on the invite read more like a puzzle. Well, there was no need to read much into it — the collection revolved around one thing: letters. Could we buy a vowel, please?

The runway started out upbeat enough, set to a disco mash-up of Madonna’s “Vogue” and Duck Sauce’s “Barbra Streisand” tracks. And the first girls out did strike a rather fun tone in clothes covered in graphic black-and-white block lettering, which worked a casual street vibe, early Nineties-style. Sweaters, either cropped or oversize, were extra slouchy while jackets came generously cut and mannish, with big, broad shoulders. The designers sent out plenty of leggings and tight, bandeau skirts and dresses, too, and folded in a layering motif — sweatshirt over dress over swishy sheer skirt — that boosted the sporty urban feel. Ditto the heels du jour: wedge sneakers.

But Dolce and Gabbana also kept on (and on and on) with the alphabet theme and the lineup soon became one big typographical blur, especially when they switched from the two-tone graphics to a dizzying rainbow of florescent hues, done in sequins for evening. It was relentless. Ultimately, this was one collection that wasn’t exactly letter perfect.

Don’t you love it when fashion gets political? Even faux-political, serving up talk-worthy snippets beyond which clothes you love or hate? It hasn’t happened often as of late. Enter Miuccia Prada. At her preshow press conference on Thursday, Prada offered a sound bite that could trigger days of conversation. The intent behind her engaging school-girlish collection was to make “glamorous and sexy materials” (python, sequins, fur) “more innocent and fresh.” “The collection is not exactly childlike, but more ingénue….It’s fun, with a cartoon effect,” she said. “Women should look…more innocent, rather than making girls look like women.”

Come again on that last one? Even in this crazy industry, few people would take issue with the second half of the statement; what non-SVU episode type champions adolescents tarting themselves up before their time?

As for the first part: Women should look charming — check. Witty — if a gal’s got it in her. But more innocent? If Prada is proposing that women feign innocence and dress like overindulged majorettes, why? Because, just like injectable fillers and core-strengthening classes, a Peter Pan collar helps women deny the ultimately futile notion that we can turn back time? Or because said Peter Pan collar and its juvenile associations play to certain yearnings in men who may still be intimidated by strong women, and still carry a torch for the eighth-grade hottie?

Maybe. Or maybe Prada thinks women should look more innocent because change is core to fashion, and a year ago she showed an ultrawomanly collection that focused on the bust.

Whatever her reasoning, Prada keeps fashion interesting; she triggers conversation. Long lauded (and sometimes mocked) as a fashion intellectual, she’s also willing to risk high silliness in the name of style. (Spring banana skirts, anyone?) It works because behind all the provocation is a rare talent; season in, season out, Prada makes powerful statements with her clothes.

For fall she did indeed go girlish. But show us the chic woman who couldn’t find a winning coat in this lineup. Yes, one saw an Olive Oyl (or was it Orphan Annie?) waft to graphic, low-belted dresses, all mixed box plaids, outsized borders and giant buttons. But plain silk versions looked ageless; both stood up to inventive maryjane-python boots. As for those shimmery fish-scale paillette numbers, Prada seemed on the same wavelength as Marc Jacobs (it’s happened before). But while he went arch, she worked the gentle, sweet side of plastic adornment. And Prada’s cocktail dresses are descaled in back, for ease of sitting. What girl or woman could argue with that?

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NOWFASHION.COM

H.E. by Mango taps star athlete Gerard Piqué for two consecutive campaign seasons.

The Spanish footballer was chosen after his successful win at the 2010 World Cup. Looking to capture a carefree attitude with a touch of personal style, the label showcases Piqué in dapper ensembles put together with a special charm.

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The Versace’s Fall/Winter menswear collection present in Milan this week.

Preview of the new Prada Spring Summer 2011 womens accessories collection that will hit stores next year! Yes, fashion is so fast, we are way ahead of time to know what’s on offer even for the coming season. Good for consumers to plan their purchases

What do you think of Prada’s Spring Summer 2011 women’s accessories?

In my opinion, the pieces make a strong graphic statement. Bold use of pattern, in colourful stripes created a impactful visual language (Kinda reminds me of prisoner’s uniform from yesteryear.Colours are exciting, bold and loud (Especially the ultra bright blue which seemed to be the key colour for Spring Summer 2011). You cannot help but be noticed. The ultra thick wedge sole are key design traits for footwear. Applied on brogues, peep tops, heels… you name it, you got it. Woven leathers in multi-colours are also an interesting choice of material (although they feel very Bottega Veneta).

The bags also play heavily on graphic pattern, with almost every handbag created made from canvas and accented with leather buckles. The blue and white ones evoke a strong nautical holiday sensibility. Beyond bags and shoes, those colourful fur boas are a standout and looking incredibly seductive!

Having ’sing’ all the positive points of the collection, it’s time to get brutal. Sad to admit, the entire collection runs on the ‘NON-PREMIUM’ side, but more casual. Canvas material no matter how gorgeous, is still fabric. Devoid of any hardware, it looked even less expensive. Leather buckles may seem like a innovative alternative to metal, the way they have been crafted looked less polished.

Sorry, Prada. For the amounts these bags and shoes are going to fetch, I think there is a need to balance design and ‘looking the price’. I guess Prada fans will appreciate the design concept, but I will think twice in terms of idea vs. price. Call me practical and want my money’s worth.

Last month, i did a little feature on new store “ln-cc”, and featured one of the first bags from the raf simons x eastpak project. the bag was part of the raf simons archive series which ln-cc so amazingly curated. however i noted that some of the earlier pieces circa 2009, were still available for purchase at yoox.com. Similar to theoutnet.com, yoox stocks a mind boggling selection of past season items. as those are considered past season items, yoox discounted the prices, the raf simons pieces included.

ln-cc however took a different approach. As these items were from the past and archive series, it is difficult to get hold of, so prices were more expensive than it’s original retail prices. True to an extent, some of the pieces before 2008 were indeed difficult to track down now. But which pieces appeared in both online stores, and what were the huge disparities in prices?

The long wool tailored coat with neoprene (diving suit material) sleeves was one of the most prominent pieces from raf simons fall winter 2009. ln-cc has one piece available for £3,000, while yoox also has the exact same piece available at £569. ironically, both were of the same size and color.

The coat from ln-cc was ‘gently worn’, whereas the one on yoox is brand new with tags.

Another item that was a big feature in raf simons’ fall winter 2009 collection, were the neon striped trainers. These were quite an acquired taste, and i believed stocklists were pretty rare.

ln-cc has a pair in size 11 from their archive series, retailing for £500. yoox has the exact same shoes from sizes 7 through to 11, at £109.

The most expensive item within ln-cc’s raf simons archive series, is the above black parachute cotton jacket from spring summer 2003. the jacket is covered with multiple pockets, compartments, straps, fastenings and zips in varying sizes over the whole body and sleeves. This piece retails for a whopping £10,000.

While i couldn’t find the exact same black parachute jacket, i did see a rather similar brown zipped jacket, which prompted me to believe it is from the same collection or thereabouts. The raf simons brown cotton straps jacket from yoox retails for £372.

I really really like ln-cc’s concept, and their idea of curating the archive pieces from one of the most critically acclaimed designers. honestly i do find great joy going through each and very piece, and i urge you to have a look too. It’s like a really good raf simons retrospective, and maybe the prices were set really high so that the pieces can remain in the museum-like archives of ln-cc for us to enjoy. and it would be great for the buyers at ln-cc to perhaps pick up some of the pieces at yoox to add to their archive.