The European Situation

I will say what I say time after time, again...amazing! The European fashion and street style around the time of mens and haute couture shows, actually any sort of fashion show, always manages to impress me more and more each time. This time being that its Summer in Europe excites me even more because the fashion is so bright, bold and beautiful, not to mention the fabulous accessories along with it! I have selected some of my favourite snaps (some, meaning many) to not only show you the amazing streetstyle fashion is but to give you some ideas of things that may be h-o-t for summer! Ill let the pictures do the rest of the talking but I just can't go past not mentioning the Giuseppe's, I know they are old news now but they are amaze! 

XX BMH

Pictures: style.com, jak&jil

Christian Dior || Fall Couture 2012

Christian Dior Fall Couture 2012, or what I like to call an amazingly elegant opening to the Paris Haute Couture fashion shows. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term Haute Couture, (even I was surprised when I looked it up) it is an artisan based method of making clothes that dates back over 150 years. The highly expensive garments are bought by a core group of no more than 100 rich women around the world. Wow!

This collection showed it certainly was a new day at Dior as it was Raf Simons' debut of the collection, but he certainly did not disappoint. Opening with a series of crisp tuxedo suiting, that was appropriately glamourous the show moved on to a clear juxtaposition of meticulous separates paired with decorative peplum tops. The overall clean direction Simons had intended was evident in the symmetrically placed bead work which often resembled a grid and the confident nature and timeless appeal of the silhouettes.

XX BMH

Milan Men's Fashion Week || Street Style

Colours, prints, pastels and tailoring are all the main re-occurring trends I am seeing from the street style at Milan Men's Fashion Week. Although this week celebrates the menswear collections, there is much attention towards the women's street style as they dictate the current and upcoming trends. Brights colours and pastels have been reoccurring in a few of these amazing style images but also print and beautiful tailoring, whether it be in shorts, blazers or pants. I hope you enjoy some of the images I have picked out for you!

XX BMH

Roberto Cavalli Resort 2013

Fresh masculine tailoring, ornate placement prints and intricate beading details, pretty much sums up the very current Resort 2013 collection by Roberto Cavalli. His prints were created from a mixture of inspirations such as tropical rain forests to regal blue and white ornate designs. Cavalli's full-on extravaganza is bright, detailed and original, and his eye for style is very clear and precise.

XX BMH

Cherry Peaks for Future Retro || Original Designs

Firstly I want to say, I'm back and I've missed you! Back with lots of things to show and tell you. I want to start off by showing you what has kept me away from "baremyheart" for the last few weeks and what I've been working on and who I've been working with. 

The major thing I have dedicated my time on in the last few weeks is my second year, semester one original designs which was a two body collection of four to six garments with a compulsory design of a dress and soft jacket. The brief was named "Future Retro" and was basically to choose a decade between the 50's to the 90's and follow your chosen decades signature silhouette in your designs, it also stated that there must be two or more prints incorporated and the use of colour blocking or be sports wear inspired. For my my six designs i chose the 50's which follows the silhouette of a cinched in waist, so very feminine and defining. My two bodies consisted of a dress, shirt, tights, top, skirt and jacket which follow similar fabric combinations. My key colours were berry and jade and used the zigzag print as a signature element throughout my designs. My inspiration behind this two body collection was the european culture particularly in Italy and Paris and the fashion and style in these cities. I was also inspired by architecture such as the Eiffel Tower and the Cinque Terre which is were my idea for colour palettes came in and lastly Margherita Missoni and Miroslava Duma were a huge inspiration as they present such chic and immaculate style, which is what i aimed to embody.  Hope you enjoy and if you have any question feel free to post. 

XX BMH

Designer/Stylist: Samantha Aravopoulos

Models: Jade Evans and Laura Menzies

MUA: Bobbi Brown Cosmetics