Having finally started the fashion journalism module on my degree (which is brilliant!) we were shown a video of the DVF fashion show that happened earlier this week at Mercedes Benz fashion week and asked to write a catwalk report on it. This, bearing in mind, would be my first one! This is what I ended up with, which for a first attempt isn't that bad I'
It was in the 1970's where
Diane Von Furstenberg first burst onto the fashion scene and won everyone over
with her iconic wrap dress. Now with her fall 2013 collection she has gone back
to her roots showcasing her original creation. Opening the show with the
pounding remix of the song 'Love to love you baby' by Donna Summer playing in
the background was a printed design on her iconic dress, paraded down the
catwalk by jaunty model of the moment, Cara Delevingne.
'She is the rock star and
muse of her own life; her clothes are her friends. Life is a party' was the
tagline for this show. With Furstenberg injecting a touch of glam rock to MB
fashion week. With pulsating disco on the soundtrack. DVF was filled with slinky jersey dresses, colour blocked
jumpsuits, halter dresses, skinny pants in "fetish pink", gold Lamé
jackets and more pieces that could have felt more at home at Studio 54 as they
will in the chicest hot spots of today.
Do the glam seventies have
anything to teach us about how to dress today? If the prints have anything to
go by then maybe. As bold, quite animalistic prints was a main theme within the
show, with a bold mix and match, DVF calling hers leopard bark in the show
notes for the way it combined fauna and flora.
Not forgetting the creations
that she is well known for, the brown suede wrap dress looks as good now as it
did 41 years ago. Although new ideas were not necessarily brought to the
catwalk with this collection she has recreated old classics to show they are
timeless pieces.
One of the best moments of
the show happened when DVF strutted out onto the catwalk to take a final spin
down the catwalk to the tune of Chaka Khan's 1978 classic "I'm Every
Woman". Singing and dancing showing to the crowd that life is one big
party.
Here are a few of my favourite creations from the collections. And it was also nice to see some of the models cracking a smile!
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