Zuhair Murad Haute Couture FW 09/10

Ah Zuhair Murad. He became established in 1995 and in my opinion he keeps growing every year and will easily one day be known as an icon. His latest collection is beautiful. Think snow princesses visiting desert princesses at an annual convention.

Now the next two are also stunning, yet I definitely have a Dolce & Gabbana FW 07 vibe from them.

The Dolce & Gabbana below

While yes, there are some vibes from others collections (Eli Saab, Gaultier, D&G) but honestly, for a designer who still isn't widely known yet, I'm still impressed. He takes the influences of designers he probably can't help to admire and still puts his own aesthetic spin on them. His fabrics are beautiful and silhouettes are utterly flattering.

I can't wait to see him evolve further and always look forward to a new collection.

Hussein Chalayan Fall 2007

This image is called Heel and is by photographer Albert Watson, taken in 2000. I think I found it a few years ago and it's been saved on my hard drive ever since. I love the super shiny legging and high heel. Infact I just love the image.

Now I came across a 2007 collection by Hussein Chalayan. It incorporates the high shine and high heel beautifully into the collection. I wonder if there was any inspiration from the Albert Watson photo?

Love the structure on these dresses. I'd probably wear the last pic the most.

Harry Potter - Indulgent Dot Pointed Review

Well it's been over a week since my last blog. I blame uni, it's always time consuming in the first few weeks when everyone pretends they will get all the readings done and turn up to every single lecture and study group.

As a reward for being so dilligent I went and saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince on Sunday. Spoilers ahead. Though I doubt any of you are like me and only saw it 2 days ago.

Picture from google. Don't sue me if it's yours.

So here are my non eloquent thoughts on the movie.

• I cried for the lack of Lucius Malfoy (or should I say Luscious). Seriously, couldn't they at least weave him into a few scenes here and there?
• Narcissa Malfoy could've been a bit more MILF-y... and more forceful.
• Draco Malfoy's acting wasn't too bad at all. Quite emotional at times.
• I realised just how short Harry Potter really is. Doesn't affect the movie really, but for the purposes of these bullet points, worth noting.
• Hermione is growing on me - less annoying and I like her outfits. Preppy with appropriate dresses here and there.
• I liked Luna's Slughorn Christmas Party ensemble. She pulled the silver leggings off quite well.
• Bellatrix could not have been cast better.
• Snape was the glue holding the movie together. Love him.
• I found the movie to be fairly disjointed. Some parts were left out, others were over emphasised. Plus the horcrux bit wasn't really explained too well. It was like *poof* we're now in the middle of the black black ocean.
• But overall since I am quite the Harry Potter fan, I still loved it and will no doubt buy it on dvd.
  

Anyway that's all from me. Hopefully I'll get some more fashion posts up here soon.