| Tom Ford women's: no less than glamorous Tom Ford doesn't do anything by halves. His women's look book for autumn /fall 2011 is as far from casual, as far from the basics, as it gets. Instead collars are framed with lavish furs. Dresses encase the body in delicate lace, from high lace necks down to a flared skirt silhouette. Suiting is masculine and wholly tuxedo-inspired, while more than one outfit is constructed entirely of plush, eye-popping velvet. Some ensembles have a rather soft and classic basis but others are taken by a Gothic underpinning, a vampish quality that manifests in crucifix pendants - the kind that might be inspired by Victorian jet mourning necklaces - black lace, and blood red lips. But while there's no single reigning theme, one thing is certainly clear: Tom Ford's no shorts or flip-flops mantra applies equally to men and women. 
Picture Gallery Preview Click To View Full Gallery Click to read 'Tom Ford women's: no less than glamorous' A projection through time Jewellery and horological photo shoots seem like the bastard children in fashion magazines. Often feeling like a last minute arrangement, they usually involve close-up beauty photos of one of the day's leading models, parts of her body layered with an uncomfortable quantity of whatever product it is the publisher wants to please their advertisers with highlight to their readers. Time and time again (not a pun, honestly) that's the extent of it. Photographer Charles Guo, however, brings something new to the concept of the accessories photo shoot. And at the same time he doesn't. After all, the commonalities for these kinds of photo shoots are all there: the watches, the model, and the nudity. Yet the overt simplicity that normally plagues such photo shoots is gone, replaced instead with dramatic lighting, heady, and (technically) no jewellery at all. 
Picture Gallery Preview Click To View Full Gallery Click to read 'A projection through time' Dior teaches you how to dress classically for Fall Much will be said about the House of Dior over coming months. A lot of the chatter will include talk of its former designer John Galliano. He's currently before the French courts because of that incident with a verdict on whether he is guilty as accused expected in September. Until then the man and the fashion house will undoubtedly be tied. And that's probably a fair thing. It's unlikely that we'll ever know the true extent of the hand he had in the formation of Dior's next autumn / winter collection, but what we do know is the impact he had on the fashion house's couture and ready-to-wear lines. To the couture he brought a true mastery of the extravagant, to the ready-to-wear he brought something far subtler but still no less strong as a story. That story for Christian Dior's fall 2011 ready-to-wear collection begins with femininity as its foundation and continues with Britishness as its motif. Some may misidentify it as thoroughly English in its application, and in a Victorian sense of England's appropriation of so many foreign icons it is. But in reality this is a collection that is more a tour-de-force of the British Isles, one that interprets so many of fall 2011's fashion statements from the perspective of the classics. 
Picture Gallery Preview Click To View Full Gallery Click to read 'Dior teaches you how to dress classically for Fall' Sheer maxi dress wafts into Fall 2011 Months ago when we first predicted that the sheer maxi dress would become a women's statement trend, there were many naysayers. Those people thought it implausible that something both see-through and floor-length would enter the everyday wardrobe. But before long the fall 2011 runways joined the party and then more and more sheer dresses and skirts were spotted on the street. No longer just for models and those with Herculean courage, this fusion of sheer clothing and the maxi skirt stays on trend for fall 2011. And beyond that? Read on for how to wear it right now, into autumn / fall, and the pieces you're looking for if you want to wear the look into 2012. If you like this trend let us know by clicking the 'Like' button below. And don't forget that if you'd like to keep up to date with all the latest trends, and how to wear them, you can subscribe to Fashionising.com's newsletter or RSS feed. 
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Click to read 'Sheer maxi dress wafts into Fall 2011' Men's military trend comes full circle Has it actually come full circle, rising from the ashes instead of settling into the dust of the battlefields where it was shot down? It certainly seems that way. After being a dominant trend for the better part of the past decade men's military fashion is back to exactly where it started. You need only take a look over the street style photos to come out of Europe over the past weeks to see that men's military fashion continues as a dominant theme amongst summer 2011's trends. The thing is, it's a great deal different from the last time we indulged in this style. 
Click to read 'Men's military trend comes full circle' Workwear as a trend for men in autumn / fall To say that workwear - the non-suited kind that takes its wearer to places where furnaces are fuelled, wrenches are turned, and paint, grease and sweat are just as much applied daily as is a splash of aftershave - has become for men a sartorial look to be aspired to would be something of an exaggeration. A pair of rugged, industrial coveralls may have a certain manly appeal, but when such a cut takes to the runways of Milan or Paris they're not quite what you expect to see. In 2011 none the less this type of attire did enter the designer realm. A far smaller subset than the polished tailoring and casual weekend looks that more than dominate, it's a shared inspiration still prominent enough to be dubbed a men's trend. One that we saw amongst fall 2011's fashions and one with potential to carry into spring 2012. Read on for full details on including details on the designers and labels behind it. And don't forget to subscribe to Fashionising.com's newsletter or RSS feed if you'd like to keep up to date with all the latest men's and women's trends and how to wear them. 
Industrial coveralls at G-star RAW A/W '11
Click to read 'Workwear as a trend for men in autumn / fall' Fashion Trend Inspiration Fashionising.com not only brings you all the latest fashion trends, we constantly bring you inspiration on how they can be worn and styled too. Here's the most recent inspiration: Current Fashion Sales If you'd like to advertise a fashion sale follow the link. Featured Editorial Recent Reviews Dolce & Gabbana put the chic in men's summer 2012 When you take in the first look of Dolce & Gabbana latest men's collection, you're likely to think that their offering of spring 2012 fashion is 'same same'. After all, it's a look made up of of a slim cut black suit sitting over a white shirt and skinny tie. Delve deeper, however, and you'll encounter the foundation looks and elements for men's wardrobes in spring / summer 2012, each interpreted through chic Italian lens that designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are perhaps best loved for. That interpretation starts with the very first look, what looks to be a standard take on the modern men's suit is in fact cut without any lapels, and continues on. 
Picture Gallery Preview Click To View Full Gallery Click to read 'Dolce & Gabbana put the chic in men's summer 2012' Louis Vuitton menswear reborn for Spring 2012 The aesthetics of Louis Vuitton's menswear past offerings have often sat uneasy with me. They've had their place, but that place seldom felt like it should have been under the moniker of a luxury fashion house with such pedigree. To be certain the quality was there, but the overall look could come off a little too rough-and-ready, a little too casual for my liking. For spring 2012 Louis Vuitton promised something new, not the least because designer Kim Jones would taking the reigns as the house's menswear Style Director. Young and well travelled, Jones has a good background having previously been the Creative Director for Alfred Dunhill; a directorship that saw Dunhill reborn. It would appear that he's done it again. 
Picture Gallery Preview Click To View Full Gallery Click to read 'Louis Vuitton menswear reborn for Spring 2012' Stella McCartney's resort classics While most of the fashion world is busy occupying itself with what redefining the silhouette of women's pants for the coming seasons, designer Stella McCartney has mostly steered clear of the concept. Instead she's stuck to classic shapes; shapes which are classic for women but more so for her. Peruse her Resort 2012 collection and you'll find that part of McCartney's vision vision for 2012's fashion retains that same relaxed-meets-masculine vibe that the designer has made her signature. For the most it's a signature overlaid with elements that a resort collection ought to have. But its also not. 
Picture Gallery Preview Click To View Full Gallery Click to read 'Stella McCartney's resort classics' John Varvatos: it's rock & roll and we like it I touched on it our review of Burberry's spring / summer 2012 catwalk: the skill that a select group of fashion designers have that enables them to see not just where the fashion forwards' tastes lie but where they're likely to end up. These designers put before us collections that are undoubtedly ahead of the pack, but collections that are also firmly rooted in any given season's fashion trends. Take John Varvatos' spring 2012 offering as another perfect example. Men's and women's fashion right now is all about a 70s fashion revival, a revival that Varvatos plays to. Yet for the season in concern he doesn't do so with the strictness of cut that dominates the trend at present, instead its relaxed, slouchy, and breathy. It's where the 70s itself ended up and certainly one of the destinations for its current reincarnation. 
Picture Gallery Preview Click To View Full Gallery Click to read 'John Varvatos: it's rock & roll and we like it' Dolce & Gabbana put the chic in men's summer 2012 When you take in the first look of Dolce & Gabbana latest men's collection, you're likely to think that their offering of spring 2012 fashion is 'same same'. After all, it's a look made up of of a slim cut black suit sitting over a white shirt and skinny tie. Delve deeper, however, and you'll encounter the foundation looks and elements for men's wardrobes in spring / summer 2012, each interpreted through chic Italian lens that designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are perhaps best loved for. That interpretation starts with the very first look, what looks to be a standard take on the modern men's suit is in fact cut without any lapels, and continues on.
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