Dust off your copies of "The Great Gatsby" for this post's heading for the so-called Roaring Twenties (roaring in the sense for those that were white and rich).
I've been a fan of fashion for awhile but I never actively sought out the designers. I was content enough to browse photos of fashion photography or watch "America's Next Top Model." But reading fashion blogs got to me and forced me to now seek these artists out. I first glanced at Rodarte's ready to wear collection for fall but was left unimpressed, save two outfits. Maybe I'll go back and look at them again with an open mind. I was too critical of Rodarte because of the fact that blogs often wrote them as being the "darlings of the fashion world." Those sketches for "Black Swan," however, are awesome! I can't wait for that movie to come out on DVD!
But anyways, I left Rodarte alone and decided to check out Alice + Olivia, a brand I first heard about from "Top Model." Needless to say, I'm in love. The collection started off well before it temporarily went into a more hippie vibe with pant-suits, fur (?) jackets and high waist-ed pants. So I lost interest momentarily until I noticed the flapper appearances of some of the outfits. And I've been craving the flapper inspired style since... yesterday night when I was researching the sixties and then switched over to the Roaring Twenties for some reason. Actually, it was the above photo of a flapper from an old textbook that got me obsessing over the look, but I digress. Back to the collection.
Glitter, some plaids, sheer fabrics all going for the more modern look. I appreciate the brand going for pants, but I was only feeling the skirts and dresses (some of the boots should have never been worn, though).
Afterward, I read the review and apparently the photos were taken at the Plaza Hotel which only made me think of the "Eloise" books and the new Eloise suite that I really want to go to even though I was never a fan of the books.
[source]Anyways, here are my favorites, courtesy of style.com:
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