This Time Next Year: sONIA rYKIEL vs. cHLOE

Another two of my favorite collections for the fall/winter 2010. What I love about these collections?! The cute and playfull hair accesories - the ponpons and the worm, nude colors fron SR and the bows and lovely, simple and elegant shoes from Chloe.

[ sONIA rYKIEL ]

[ cHLOE ]

Sonia Rykiel for H&M

Sonia Rykiel joined forces with high street store H&M as guest designer. In the latest designer/high street collaboration, the French fashion house designed two collections for the Swedish-born store, set to debut in autumn 2009 and spring 2010.

For this spring, the collection features a series of knitwear designs for women and children, and was launched  in around 250 H&M stores on February 20th 2010.

Sonia Rykiel joins a whole host of other designers and artists who have also collaborated with the store, including Jimmy Choo, Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney and Madonna.

 

  

Battle of the great: Rykiel vs. Missoni

"The angora" and "the knitted". Let the battle begin!

Sonia Rykiel kept things from getting too Madonna in Music mode were lush, bone-colored angora coats as well as intarsia and ruffled knit dresses with an easy charm.

 

 

Missoni - Mining the house archives, Angela Missoni zeroed in on—what else?—knitwear, and there wasn't a simple twinset in the bunch. Instead, she whipped the signature flames and zigzags into crisscross dresses topping fine-gauge turtlenecks; matching sweaters and minis.

  

 

 

 

source: style.com

10 rules of style

Sonia Rykiel, a great fashion designer, icon and role model to young designers and women all over the world, has been crowned the “Queen of Knits” and named “Coco Rykiel” by the American press.

Asked in an interview if her dream when she was very young was to be a fashion designer, she replyed: '' Never! --my only ambition was to have 10 children. I knew nothing about fashion, it was an accident. I married a man who was in fashion. I began to work when my daughter Nathalie was about eight or 10 years old. Then one day I began to make a sweater, and eventually the sweater was on the front page of Elle magazine. And the day after I was the queen of knit in America.''

She recently shared her '10 rules of style' in Elle Magazine

1. know yourself
"what counts is how you look at yourself ~ what you should show and what you should hide. You have to spend time in front of a mirror. Very few women pay attention to that."

2. use your head
"my style corresponds to the image i have of the left bank woman who pays attention to what's going on in the streets, in politics, in the world. clothing is also something that happens in your head."




3. remember the power of black
"black is a magnificent color ~ it gives you an outline like a pencil stroke."




4. add a little sparkle
"i love accessories ~ bags, shoes, brooches, necklaces. i even like to have a crystal comb or a flower in my hair. if you're wearing a little black dress, a sparkling detail adds a simple and pretty touch."

5. have a fail-safe outfit
"it's important to have an outfit that always works for you ~ one that you know looks good when you are in a rush."

6. learn the art of packing
"i always travel with lots of long jackets, in black, brown, or navy blue, and matching trousers. then i mix and match the jackets and the trousers."

7. let your feet do the talking
"i love eccentric, quirky shoes with colors and very high heels that are gilded or extravagantly embellished with crystals. A pretty foot underlines a look. It's a way of defining a style."

8. dress for yourself
"Of course fashion is important, but i think the way you live counts for more. A woman should be herself and dress according to who she is."

9. seduce with your style
"It's very natural to be sexy, to be seductive ~ it's a way of being. you can do much by paying careful attention to your clothes, by knowing a length or a certain color that suits you."

10. ignore other people's advice
"You shouldn't ask for other people's advice, and certainly not your partner's. It's useless. You need to know yourself ~ that's enough."