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Friday 29 April 2011

Wedding fever


I must tell you upfront: my irreverence towards tradition is immeasurable. This irreverence, however, does not mean I would prefer a chill-out session by the pool in a bikini, or the seaside romance of drawing circles in the sand, barefoot, in a crinkled white shirt, to a good ol' wedding do. Not this girl, sister. It only means I refuse to carry the weight of how people think things should be done. And even though I would happily escape much of the ceremony, I want to dress the part. I just want to do it my way.

It's not that I don't care what people will think. If that were the case, I might dress like a crazy granny, a 1920s flapper or Marie Antoinette. But that's not it. I want people to understand what I'm wearing (evoking something matrimonial, like, I don't know... a bit of white?), and then, be irreverent with it (shorts? trousers? leather? transparence? contrasts?), because I that's what I want, and because I can.

I have trawled my archives and my memory for images that have meant something special to me, so much that I was at some point truly inspired to add them to my virtual, ready-to-wear-ridden wedding moodboard.

Here's what I'm now tempted to wear on the big day... with a few coats or coloured numbers to change into for the party. You and me, we have the luxury of making it our very own special day. Why spoil it with somethig proper?


1. RETRO CUTE ONE: A-LINES IN LACE AND BRODERIE ANGLAISE

Andrew GN, 2004

Andrew GN, 2006                    Emilio Pucci, 2006

Chloé, 2006                                       Jasper Conran, 2011

Miu Miu, 2006

                   Ralph Lauren, 2011          Diane von Furstenberg, 2009       Miu Miu, 2008

Blugirl, 2010


2. RETRO CUTE TWO: PUFF SLEEVES AND SOFT SILHOUETTES

                    Luella, 2008                              Alexander Wang, 2010          Blugirl, 2010

                   Céline, 2005                             Jasper Conran, 2011           Philosophy, 2006


3. FUTURISTIC: RETRO OR MODERN, SIMPLE AND SCULPTED

                   Audrey Hepburn, 1969                 Calvin Klein, 2006           Calvin Klein, 2008
                                                                       Could someone make this in white please?

Todd Lynn, 2011

Balenciaga, 2009

                  Alexander McQueen, 2006           Balenciaga, 2008                Balenciaga, 2006

                   Bruno Pieters, 2010           Alexander McQueen, 2009               Byblos, 2010

Aquascutum, 2007


4. PRINCESS CHIC


Elie Saab, 2006


5. SPARKLE

Burberry Prorsum, 2006

Chanel, 2010

Elie Saab, 2006

                                                                  Bottega Veneta, 2009           


6. PURE: SLEEK MINIMALISM

Aquascutum, 2006                                              No 21, 2011

                                      Céline, 2010                                              Richard Nicoll       
                           Could someone make this in white please?    

            Aquascutum, 2009                                                                                Dsquared2, 2009           

                     Ralph Lauren, 2010                     No21, 2011                    Ralph Lauren, 2010           

Versace, 2008

Versace, 2008


7. BAROQUE OPULENCE

Balenciaga, 2006

Alexander McQueen, 2008

                        Boudicca, 2004                        Chanel, 2009            Ralph Lauren, 2008           

D & G, 2009

D & G, 2009

Dolce & Gabbana, 2008

                    Bora Aksu, 2010                                                                   Versace, 2005