Kisses from Paris : Slimane's tribute to Yves Saint Laurent

Saint Laurent spring 2014 pic via Style.com

Saint Laurent spring 2014 pic via Style.com

The Saint Laurent collection that just walked the Paris runway is very Heidi Slimane and  little Yves Saint Laurent. Love him or hate him he's continuing on the way mapped out since his arrival to the french house: deliver dresses that youth generations want to wear inspired by the world of rock music. For many Slimane is making dresses that sell and he's choosing business over innovation. And what is a fashion show without pure creativity? As fashion enthusiastic we want to see collections that push the limits of creativity a little further, we want to fall in love with clothes we have never seen before and from that moment on we cannot live without, but that's not always easy or profitable for a fashion house to do that.  Let's forget for a second the name of the label  and watch the collection. It's youthful and very wearable with a lot of short dresses for party girls, a lot of black and leather for the dark lady and a few polite suits made sexy is worn with see through shirts (watch the full collection here). It might not being innovative, but maybe it's just what young (rich) girls want to wear now. For Slimane his line is a start over. Forget Yves Saint Laurent, this is Heidi (Saint Laurent). And while we try to find answers to questions like: what should be the difference between a clothing line and a fashion collection? Why can't Slimane have his own line? How hard is it to collect the heritage of a brand and make up-to-date collections? Look at the tribute to Yves Saint Laurent that Slimane put in his latest collection: the dress with the "lips print". Originally designed by Yves Saint Laurent in 1971 the "lips print" becomes a short dress for  2014 and even shiny on the top decorated with sequined lips appliques.

The easiest way to decorate a top with the funny lips print is to buy iron on lips sequin appliques and iron them on  or you can glue a trim of sequins giving them the shape of lips. If sequins are too flashy for you can just draw lips over a t-shirt with fabric markers.
Below you'll find more "lips print" inspiration.

Saint Laurent spring 2014 pic via Style.com

YSL  dress  1971 pic via Artfact

Lulu Guinness purse pic via Vintage&Couture

Prada spring 2010 pic via Searching for Style

Prada Smoking lips shoes pic via Gotham Magazine

Alice & Olivia resort 2014 pic via dusty burrito

Alice & Olivia resort 2014 pic via dusty burrito

How to make an embroidered top without embroider

Stella McCartney - Dolce&Gabbana fall 2012

Rich embroideries as seen on fall collections require hundreds of hours of work and miles of thread (although most of the embroideries on industrial clothes are made with machines). The more elaborate the embroidery, the higher the price. Is there a way to make embroidered piece of cloth without knowing how to embroider? Here's 4 ideas to make your customized top easily and inexpensively.

Un top riccamente ricamato richiede ore di lavoro e chilometri di filo. Più elaborato sarà il ricamo più alto sarà il prezzo! E se esistesse un modo per realizzare un top ricamato senza saper ricamare?
Ecco quattro idee per personalizzare i vostri top molto velocemente.

iron on appliques - yellow rose

 Use iron on appliques. There are many iron on or sew on embroidered appliques you can find at your local haberdashery or online. Buy several ones and then compose them as you like. Iron everything on and your custom embroidery is done in a few minutes!

Utilizzate patch ricamate Le trovate in merceria di molte forme e colori, compratene più di una e componete il ricamo a vostro piacimento sul top. Stirate le patch sul top ed avete già finito!

pink flowers - purple flowers

 Use embroidered trims. This is another kind of embroidered product you can find often on tulle or organza so the background is almost transparent and only your embroidery will show. You can sew them on your top for example at the bottom.

Usate trine ricamate  Si vendono al metro. Le trovate su tulle o organza così lo sfondo è quasi del tutto trasparente ed emergerà solo il bel ricamo. Cucitele sul bordo inferiore del vostro top.

embroidered fabrics

Use embroidered fabrics. If you know how to sew, buy an embroidered fabric to make your top.

Usate stoffe ricamate Se sapete cucire potete acquistare una stoffa già ricamata e realizzare il vostro top!

embroidery machine

Use a  embroidery machine. You don't have to own one to make a beautiful embroidery. Look for a haberdashery that has one and offers the service.  Take a picture with you and they'll make a beautiful embroidery out of it!



Usate una macchina ricamatrice. Non dovete possederne una! Basterà cercare una merceria offra il servizio di ricamo. Portate con voi un'immagine che vi piace e ve la trasformeranno in un ricamo!




My granma used to embroider the collar of her shirts and her handmade sweaters. Personalize your clothes and they'll be special and unique.
So what about embroideries? Do you like this fall trend?