The New Face of Diesel

Nicola Formichetti joined Diesel last year and just debuted his collection for Fall 2014.  Historically I have liked Diesel's look.  Somewhat edgy, contemporary, luxery.  However I'm not feeling this new direction which founder Renzo Rosso is quoted as saying, "This is not just a runway show; this is what we want to be in the next 10 years,” and on to “We want to be the contemporary alternative to the world of luxury— no more frivolous things. We want to deliver a very precise image.”

The very precise image reflected in the runway show, is more like looking at photos of the goth/punk subculture of the 1990s.  It's been done before and feels very dated.  At least in my opinion.  Judge for yourself:











My favorite pieces from the collection are what I believe Diesel has always done best; jeans:





Other than that, I have to say, I was quite underwhelmed.

What do you think?  Would you wear any of the pieces from their collection?  I think it will be interesting to see how their vision for the next decade plays out and if it stays in this direction or if the market takes it to a new vision.

PS. Are you following me on Pinterest?  If not, you should be!  I have boards for everything from children's fashion to street fashion to dream closets, etc.  User: UntradFashion (they limit your characters for your username).

Sales!!

I was hoping to post one of my creations in my 2nd post but life has been a bit hectic this past week, as it always is.  So, instead, I thought I'd share some sale information for sales I know that are going on at stores I love.

First, is Banana Republic (www.BananaRepublic.com), which I love dearly and probably half of my wardrobe is from (partially because I worked there for several years).  Today they are offering 30% off purchases of $150 or more online.  Just enter "BRTAKE30" at checkout.  If I were shopping with them today, I would be ordering the following:


I love this trench.  It's on clearance now for $145.99.  It is two things that I love; orange and a jacket.  I have an obsession with jackets.


I love a classic handbag.  I don't own many bags but I admire classic bags that will be appropriate for everyday life and stand the test of time.  This reminds me of Coach and one of their standby bags that are white leather with colored leather trim.  It seems like they have a version of that bag every year.  This one is canvas and runs at $198.


Boden (www.BodenUSA.com) is offering 15% off and free shipping & free returns.  I haven't ever ordered from Boden but I love their style.  They have simple designs but use fun fabric choices.  I am loving the following from them right now:

I think their Retro Pocket Dress is super cute.  It comes in different colors.  I'd probably go for the green and white print.  This one is $128.

The Selina Dress is classic and would be great to dress up or down depending on the occasion and accessories you use.  I, of course, am loving the rust color in this picture but it also comes in about a half a dozen colors.  This one is more spendy at $198.

This Notch Neck Shift dress is on clearance right now.  They actually have a pretty extensive clearance section at the moment making them much more affordable and there are a ton of cute things to choose from.  Especially with the 15% off of your purchase they have running right now.  I don't see it saying anywhere that the 15% is only good on full priced merchandise so I believe you can take it off of clearance as well but I'm not positive so don't take me to the bank on that one.

One of my favorite sites to shop from is Alloy (www.Alloy.com).  It's geared towards teenagers and it's hit and miss but I order pretty much all of my jeans from them.  I love Vigold brand and they cost around $30 through Alloy.  I have a hard time justifying spending $200 or more on designer jeans, even if I love how they look, because I've made jeans before and I know how inexpensive they are to make and how quick and easy they are to make.  So it's much easier for me mentally to order $30 jeans from them.  And now I have probably 15 pairs of jeans whereas if I were buying designer, I'd only have about 3 pairs at the same cost.  They are currently offering free shipping on orders of $75 or more.  You just have to type in "AGFW75" at checkout.  I have a shopping cart of things at the moment and with all of the below, my total is a whopping $71.78.  Not bad at all: