The Fashion Time Magazine

‘The Bigger the Better’ motto continues its invasion into the fall ’08 jewelry territory with super massive cuffs, dramatic necklaces and bejeweled belts.

Edgy, dramatic, and romantic – it’s all about fedoras. Named from the title of an 1882 play by Victorien Sardou, Fédora, these hats are worn not only by men, but they are women’s wardrobe staple too. Fedoras give a suave look for fluid trouser suits and a simple outfit like jeans and a t-shirt.

It was all about sophisticated sexiness at the Christian Dior Fall 2008 Couture.

The first part of collection showcased a fetishistic edge: structured black crocodile jackets and sheer skirts with silk boy-shorts, corset-laced bodices accessorized with black leather cloche hats, wide corset-belts in studded black patent, and sadomasochistic platforms in metals chains.

In S/S ‘08 many designers told us a bedtime story and dressed up their models in sheer seductive fabrics. As part of the chic boudoir trend, it became clear that lace is not the old fashioned fabric from your grandmother’s wardrobe anymore.

He reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed. By gifting women with a man’s tuxedo, he changed fashion forever, in a style that never dated. “Chanel gave liberation of the body to women,” said Pierre Berge, Laurent’s longtime business partner, “and Saint Laurent gave power to women with the men’s clothes.”