// FALL/WINTER 2010/11 TREND \\

The Lace Dress

Dare to bare this winter with this seasons cute & romantic new lace trend; in either 'Dark Romantic' bad girl black lace or in white or nude for the more romantic/angelic version.

Below Anna De La Russo wears the trend only as Anna De La Russo could, working the goth glam in black lace & looking fabulous in angelic white.
This hit boudoir-dressing trend continues to cast its spell of feminine mystique throughout the runways editorials & fashionistas alike. 

How To Wear It

My very first memory of lace was probably the table cloth on my grand mothers dining room table when I was a little girl, oh how my perspective of this delicate material has changed.

This time round the lace isn't a table covering, doily or even an added detail of a garment, it IS the garment and thus we have the Fall/Winter 2010/11 lace dress.

The ultimate balance of lace in 2010 / 2011 is to be romantic but not over-girly; sensual but not over-suggestive. 
Dare to wear them without a slip underneath like my fave fashionista Anna De La Russo (in Ireland I think not) but in a warmer more fashion forward city perhaps.
Just keep the hem a little longer to maintain that aforementioned balance.

Catwalk

Editorial

Images courtesy of Style.com, Canadian Elle, Fashionising

// BEST OF: COUTURE LOOKS FALL 2010 \\

Here are my Top looks from Chanel, Armani Privé & Givenchy Fall 2010 couture catwalk shows. 

My Top looks from Jean Paul Gaultier - Valentino - Christian Dior - Elle Saab - Bouchra Jarrar & Alexis Mabille will follow tomorrow xoxo

Givenchy

Chanel

Armani Privé

// WISHLIST \\

If I had a wish list that I could afford, these Balenciaga Fall 2010 shoes would be right on Top!

...... & as Jane so perfectly put it on her blog Sea of Shoes , " Plastic aquamarine, mahogany crocodile, stacks of colorful marbley prints, orthopedic looking platform attachment & foam pads...its a shoe of the future! Beautiful."

Not much more you can say after that!!!

Now check out the alternative styles & colours that you can also get these prodigious Balenciaga shoes in.

Images courtesy of Sea of Shoes & fashionindie

This fantastic fashion illustration of the Balenciaga shoe was done by a girl called Jannelle Burger from Paris whom describes herself quite humorously as, "a girl that draws in her apartment most days & enjoys taking photos of men outside my window with baguettes in their hands while riding a bike, if they're wearing a beret thats a bonus."

You can check out more of her gorgeous fashion illustration drawings here at her cute self-titled blog, Janelle Burger

Róisín xoxo