Friday Findings: Designer Dries Van Noten

I came upon Dries Van Noten while looking at pictures from Paris Fashion Week Spring 2013 for school and fell madly, deeply, head-over-heels in love. The designs incorporate femininity, grunge, quirkiness and sophistication into one garment. Pair them together in a fierce, unconventional but elegant way? I may faint.

photo source:  Vogue and Dries Van Noten

Plaid tends to run in my blood since at the ripe age of five, my mom was dressing me in plaid skirts, plaid pants, and flannels. The fresh use of plaids, prints, muted colors mixed with reds, pastels and metallics along with the outstanding texture makes me one very happy girl. My five-year-old self is beaming.

Devon

An Ode to Lilly Pulizter

Fashion icon Lilly Pulizter and guru of bright colors, whimsical designs, and garments that scream happiness sadly died today at age 81. 

 photo source: http://savannahcake.tumblr.com/post/44065468043

Ms. Pulizter started her career like any successful fashion designer—with passion. Although her passion didn't start with clothing, it did start with a little orange juice stand that she opened in 1959.  Several spills and a few outfit changes later, Lilly asked her seamstress to make dresses in bright prints to camouflage stains. Soon, customers were asking for more than just orange juice.

And the rest is history.

Here's to Lilly Pulizter and what her amazing designs have become in the past 54 years.

Devon