what inspires you!

As Oscar De La Renta showed his 2012 spring rtw wear line at this years fashion week in New York, one would say his pieces were.....UNIQUE to say the least. As we all know designers as well as any one in the world look out and seek inspiration for ideas.

In this photo you can get a feel of a historical inspiration from Mr.Oscar. The two photos on the left show Moroccan tiles with historical and traditional Moroccan prints on them. Then with the attention shifting to the photo on the right with Oscar De La Rentas' dress that he displayed in his line the intricate details resemble the ones in the tiles. Can we say his inspiration? I think so.

 

 

In this runway piece there were little images that are little hard to make out until you get a little closer to the garment. They turn out to look like the significant Japanese flowers. These flowers are a cultural symbol in japan. Maybe Oscar has done some traveling recently and spotted his eyes on these beautiful flowers and said to himself they had to be in his design. The details in the dress match the ones in the photo directly under it.

 

 

 

 

Did someone Jingle the bell? No its just the bells that went off in Oscars head when he got inspiration from the classic crystal hand bell. When you think of these bells you think of a wealthy person jingling the bell to get their maids attention. It could be possible that he was getting his maids attention (if he even has them, we'll just pretend like he does so my story can make sense), looked down and said "hmm this shape is magnificent! Its my inspiration for my new dress". Shown in the photo on the right the bottom of the dress takes on the shape of the photo in the left. Even in the dress it appears to have some type material that has a reflection as the lights bounce off of it just like crystal does.

 

Cant you just feel the spring sensation? I know I can. With this top the print and surface decoration just POP literally. It looks like the top piece is a bed of pink flowers that the designer picked out the garden and sewed together. It its beautiful just like the Photo directly under it. Who doesn't love flowers. As you can see Oscar does because he let the flowers inspire him to form the piece in his rtw line for spring 2013.

 

 

oscar de la renta

Recently at New fashion week Oscar de la renta showed his ready to wear 2013 spring collection. It was somewhat a refreshing new look for oscar but some pieces were a little questionable. Starting off with the models in the runway show, they all had hair dos that resembled beehives with color strips of pink,blue and red, No No! but who am I to tell Oscar what to do. Now on to the clothes. his first few pieces had more of a business look to them. They had a modern twist on them with the latex form top and skirt.Theres a traditional ivory linen pantsuit with a blazer and slacks. Now here comes the fun pieces. A walking doily!(picture 1) Not a very well concept for a piece that your trying to sell to buyers in MY OPINION. His next set goes in to a playful patterned skirts and dresses that resemble a school girls uniform or even a teacher. Im not a huge fan of pink but the way oscar executed this piece makes me love it. Theres a balance with the lace top and the solid colored skirt. (picture 2) As the show goes on the pieces get more questionable. I feel with this piece he just took a doily got bored, took a sharpie marker and drew all over it and called it fashion. (picture 3)As the more pieces are shown it becomes more modern looks with fun spring colors. Which brings me to another wonderful creation tha i would like to call the modern day christmas tree. makes you tilt your head and say hmm..(picture 4) The little dangling ornaments or whatever you want to call them are a "unique" way to look at fashion in Oscars eyes im guessing because this wasnt the only piece that displaye these new accessories. Oscar de la rentas new collection for spring  2013 was unique in its own way. Not all the pieces were outstanding but they were all unique in their own way and thats what Oscar was going for. You can say some of his pieces were inspired but different decades, You can see the 70's, the 20's and even somewhat of the 1800's.

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allow me to introduce myself

My name is Amanda offley. I am a 20 year old from Brockton massachusetts. Im just a simple girl trying to make it in a big world and so far im succeeding. I love music and i love writing my own lyrics. Besides music fashion is my second passion. catch me with a shopping bag in my hand 9 times out of ten! Im outgoing and outspoken and love being with my friends and family. couldnt ask for more. Im doing this blog to communicate fashion. To display things that are in my eyes eye catching and breath taken. Im doing this at Johnson & Wales univeristy in providence Rhode Island. It all takes place in my fashion forecasting class.Im not doing this because my teacher is making me but because i feel it is exciting and a chance for me to be creativr and explore new things. I will be posting  on sundays so keep your eyes open.