Showing posts with label Nathan Jenden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nathan Jenden. Show all posts

Monday, August 10, 2009

Power shoulders: my Costume National jacket

Power shoulders seem to have crept back into fashion for the last year or two, starting with Martin Margiela sending out sharp and very wide shoulders for his Fall/Winter 2007 collection, and most noticeably, Christopher Decarnin's amazing SS09 & FW09 collections.

Spring/Summer 2009


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Fall/Winter 2009
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I love my Costume National jacket, from Ennio Capasa's Fall/Winter 2001 collection, which has worn so well in the last 7 or so years. I love its beautifully tailored thick wool, and it's nice to see that the design does not seem to have dated:



I dug up these pictures after I wore my outfit, and laughed when I saw the lace top worn on the runway looked so similar to the top I picked to wear under my Nathan Jenden dress, which in turn was worn under the same Costume National jacket above, haha...great minds think alike?



Alannah Hill 'I like it I'll take it' French Lace top
Nathan Jenden Suejogi black wool pleated dress (better pics HERE)
Costume National black wool jacket
Leona Edmiston Pins leggings in Onyx
Gucci patent studded stiletto heels (I took THESE close-up pics last year)


Shame black is so hard to photograph...oh, and please excuse my solemn face, someone walked past my driveway and I froze, haha...

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Nathan Jenden - Prince of Pleats


I have been a huge fan of British designer Nathan Jenden since his first solo show in 2006. His work displays amazing attention to detail, sharp tailoring, bold shapes & clean lines, intricate pleats, ruffles & folds, high-necks, rich colour palettes, heavy embellishments; and in every piece, a beautiful celebration of the female form...

Fall/Winter 2006
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Spring/Summer 2007

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Fall/Winter 2007

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Spring/Summer 2008



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Fall/Winter 2008

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Spring/Summer 2009




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Fall/Winter 2009


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I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the pleated design of my Nathan Jenden wool dress from Fall 2007 reinterpreted the following year, as it is what made me fall in love with the dress, along with its cute crystal buttons. I have been flogging this dress this Winter, it makes a perfect LBD...


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