If Michel Gondry Made Clothes...

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I'd imagine Maison Martin is somewhere smiling to himself at this new SS11 collection... well, at least I was. Sure, some of the outfits from the collection will only appeal to a handful of people and the other half is practically unwearable but you can't help but smile. Seriously.

(And also: doesn't some of the clothes look like the MMM team let Michel Gondry take a stab at designing? Or that they were watching a lot of Gondry videos and movies. Straight-up dream sequence.)



We all know the Nicole Phelps from Style.com was not a fan. But some things are wearable and I'm a total sucker for huge clutches. Yeah. Total. Sucker.

Is there such a thing as fashion week overload?

Perhaps.

It doesn't actually stop me from being excited. I was excited about Paris Fashion week namely for Dries Van Noten. It was... okay. But then I saw the "Carven" link and I clicked on it. I never really paid attention or thought about Carven mostly because it's not really a brand I'm familiar with... until recenty. I was flipping through my Japanese magazine and they featured this beautiful Carven spread. Anyhow, back to the Paris Fashion Week offering by Carven:

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First it was the shoes with it's whimsical bow that caught my eye but then the outfits were easily just as cute. They're nothing new but the good ol' basics well-put together.

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According to Nicole Phelps the designer was going for "Bourgeois, but with a nasty side"... I'm not sure about that but Guillaume Henry (the designer) definitely borrowed from the boys to create these looks. Certainly not a new trick but works in his favor.