BITCH OUT: DSQUARED2 MFW 2010

Dean and Dan of Dsquared2 always manage to put on an amazing show, this one was no different. I liked their departure from sloppy college girl to hard ass bitch. This was kind of a return to classic shapes and traditional colors but styled with a modern twist. I didn't love the latex leggings (too Matrix) and the makeup wasn't amazing, but this collection definitely appeals to the Alexis Colby (from Dynasty) in me!

 

Meow! PS love the shoes

 

Leather with a twist

 

We will be seeing this on the red carpet

 

Love the zipper on the outside and it is sporting my favorite shape

The Cherry on Top

I have a small obsession with over the top hats. If they include feathers, bird cage veil, and bows all the better. There is something about wearing a head turning hat that says: "I am a woman of fashion-so deal with it!" Here are some of my current favorites and I hope to be making some of my own designs soon.

Idol Worship

When I was a kid in the eighties, I was mostly a tom boy, but I always had a crazy obsession with glamour and sparkle. It probably all started with the Lawrence Welk Show. I religiously watched this every week. What with the bubbles and the chiffon and the dancing, it probably set the wheels in motion. I also had two much older half sisters, one of whom resembled the back up singers in the Robert Palmer video "Addicted to Love". I quickly moved on to watching Dynasty. Alexis Colby became my instant favorite. She had all the best clothes and an attitude to match.

Next came Moonlighting. I had a terrible crush on David Addison and secretly wanted to be Maddy Hayes. It got so bad that on a family vacation I had a crying fit because I couldn't watch the season finale!

Around the same time we went to stay with my Grandma Johnson who lives in the Bay Area. She had cable at the time-something I had never heard of. The moment I was allowed to pick something I wanted to see I flipped it straight to MTV. And what happened to be on? Madonna in the Like A Virgin video. I remember being completely infatuated. I wanted her hair and her clothes. Looking back, it was a little sick.



When I was around 5 my Dad bought Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom on beta and I watched it over and over. The nightclub scene was my favorite. Sequins, tap dancing, diamonds, Harrison Ford, oh my!

Around this same time I discovered Marilyn Monroe, a bombshell to end all bombshells.

About 4 years later came Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Dick Tracy. That was a summer that sticks out in my mind. I loved those movies and couldn't wait to get them on video. And once I did, I got the songs and dance moves memorized. Jessica Rabbit was an over the top unattainable version of what I wanted to be. Basically, being a night club singer was on my list of career paths.

Above all Breathless Mahoney was my favorite. I loved, loved, loved Madonna in that role. In fact I won the 6th grade talent show singing "More" from the Dick Tracy soundtrack in a floor length evening gown and rhinestones!

And, well I guess all of that laid the foundation for my fascination with fashion, glamour, and the femme fatale.