Costumes and Designer Clothes. Kinda the same thing...

A while ago I posted a video of Donatella Versace talking about her upcoming collection for H&M.  Well now that I've seen a few previews of the collection in magazines and the launch date is looming (November 19 peeps!), I have to tell you that I am beside myself with excitement! For inspiration for this collection, Donatella turned to the Versace archives. Good thinkin Girl! This collection is PURE 90s Classic GIANNI! My absolute FAVOURITE! Nineties Gianni Versace, for me, is the ideal in fashion design! I loved his bright ass colors, tacky and loud prints, the extravagance, the high-voltage oomph, the everything!!! After his death, Donatella in my opinion (as well as many others') struggled to maintain the image and aesthetic. She had tons of hits and misses over the years, and I wasn't really a huge fan of hers. But I can say that recently she has really come into her own as a designer and finally found her stride, because her last couple of collections have been completely on point. And using vintage Versace for a collection for H&M? Pure retail brilliance if you ask me. All I am hoping is that my baby doesn't come a couple of days early, because I am totally waiting in line before the store opens for this one!

I for sure want this skirt!! I am in LOVE with it!

Here are some other Gooders from the collection....

To preview the rest of the collection, click on this link for British Vogue, and then click on one of the clothing images and you can see a complete slideshow of the collection.  Enjoy!!!

And now with Halloween coming, a couple of weeks ago my sister Marn, and my girlfriend Jelena decided to finally get together to do a photo shoot inspired by Tim Burton. We had gotten together for dinner to talk about ideas for an upcoming shoot. So we browsed through old magazines (of course!) for inspiration. What we came across that served as our inspiration, was a Tim Burton inspired fashion spread in the October 2010 (I think....) Harper's Bazaar.  

Those are obviously from Harper's, and here are a few pictures of our version:

These are just a sampling of our awesome shoot... :). To see the whole she-bang, visit www.jelenization.blogspot.com.

Speaking of Halloween, check out these cute costumes I found on www.amiclubwear.com:

She's a Chinese Food Takeout Box! Isn't that cute?



This Raver Unicorn is kinda lame but kinda cute too...

This year I am not going to any halloween parties or anything. I feel too big and too uncomfortable physically to be restrained by any kind of uncomfortable costume and stand around and watch other people get drunk, etc. I will wear a half ass costume (ex: pirate hat, etc) when I take Po trick or treating but that's about it for me this year.

I will leave you with a picture of one of my all-time favourite costumes that I dressed up as approx a decade ago:

TEEN WOLF!!!!!!!!!!!