Top 10 Most Expensive Fashion Brands in The World For 2011

Here we are telling you guys about the top ten Expensive Fashion Brands,
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10. Herme`s

It is a French Brand which is known for its making of outstanding and stunning bags and scarves. There perfumes are lovely and the leather they use is so soft. This brand makes arounf 2 billion dollars annually.

9. Versace

Gianni Versace was founded in 1978, it is an Italian brand. This brand gained popularity after its boutique and now its among one of the top and expensive brands of the world.

8. Christian Louboutin

This designer brand makes shoes for women and the shoes are BREATH-TAKING! Their shoes are kind of unique because all of the shoes which they make have red soles. They say that there aim is to make women feel confident and needless to say that if she can afford these shoes, isn’t she on the top of the world?

7. PRADA

“DEVIL WEARS PRADA” seriously! This brand is a status symbol, a fashion icon. This has been manufacturing leather accessories, hats and shoes. It generates around 1.7 billion dollars a year.

6. Christian Dior

This brand shares in LVMH and was launched in 1946. It has 160 retail stores all over the world. It generates around 18 billion dollars a year.

5. Fendi

This is an Italian brand that is best known in making bags, it was started in 1925 but now it generates 338.5 million a year

4. Burberry

This is a British brand that manufactures almost everything from perfumes to clothing to accessories. They make around a billion dollars annually.

3. Chanel

This brand manufactures high-end luxury goods, perfumes, clothes, cosmetics and many other things . Chanel is one of the labels that is recognized all over the world.

2. Louis Vuitton

This is a French brand and it means Style and Panache. It makes sunglasses, leather stuff, watches, all types of shoes. They make 2.7 billion dollars annually.

1. GUCCI

This brand was founded in 1921, an Italian brand by Guccio Gucci. It makes excellent leather stuff. It is the best Italian brand and makes 1.2 billion dollars annually

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CHANEL-IPHANT

We've been hungrily devouring any and all images of the SS11 Couture showswhile oo-ing and ah-ing over the intricacies and splendour. Then we stumbled across this picture on Another Loves, which happily combines two of our favourite things. An elephant alone is enough to set off our cute-o-meter, but an elephant dressed in Chanel nearly tipped us over the edge! Those boucle jackets look amazing even when they're super-sized, but who wore it better - Nelly or Freja?

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Karl has raised the bar once more- Chanel Haute Couture Autumn Winter 2010/2011

Let us ignore the clothes (and the lack of black models) for a moment and just focus on the lion.
I saw this absolutely fabulous beast as a twitpic on Bryan Boy’s twitter and couldn’t believe the scale of the thing.
But after being confirmed on various fashion related website I realised thatKarl did indeed install a massive golden lion in the Grand Palais which pawed a gigantic pearl from which the models emerged from. Amazing. Forget the clothes, the set alone was incredible, it even topped the barn and ice themes from SS and AW 2010 collections.
Karl said that the inspiration for the lion motif- which also appeared on the Chanel invites, not that I was lucky enough to receive one-was because Coco Chanel’s star sign was a Leo but to be honest it was probably just an excuse to install an enormous 40 ft gold lion, not that he needed one.

Now onto the clothes. It was much more regal and back to Chanel’s roots than the Neo Romantic theme of Spring Summer 2010 with none of the Barbie/Flintstones hair and makeup and instead a simple look with red stained lips the only statement. The hemlines just above or below the knee, fur trims, golden embellishments and an abundance of darker colours which will be perfect hues come autumn/winter with shades of plum, charcoal and deep royal blue appearing. All of which came to a sartorial climax near the end when Karl sprinkled a little bit more sparkle onto the runway with my favourite looks here:

Then came the spectacular finale where a model emerged from the giant pearl, hand in hand with a man in a tux wearing a fierce lion mask. Then in a breathtaking Beauty and the Beast moment the mask was whipped off to reveal Karl’s muse; Baptiste Giabiconi.
What did you think of Karl's latest creation?

Beth Ruby xoxo

Chanel Fashion Show - Fall/Winter 2011

Chanel by Karl Lagerfield Ready to Wear show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 in. A 265tonne Swedish Iceberg was imported for the Show

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Style Inheritance - Chic fashion at its best!

It all comes full circle!! 

Channel chic Seventies mums in high-waisted denim, blouses and maxi dresses. What trend do you look back on and love?

Take a look at these designers on the catwalk. Wounder what style trends will be taken from this day and age?!?

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DESIGNER ENVY- My soft spot for gimmicky heels

It has been awhile since I have had a full on designer shoe envy (probably due to being locked up revising in my room and spending less time on Style.com and Sea of Shoes if anything else)

But once I laid eyes on these DSqaured shoes which have a SPINE FOR THE HEEL (!!!) I fell a little bit in love.

"It's just such a genius idea!" I cried.
And then after getting a major deja vu I got thinking about the sheer amount of times I have said that after seeing a rather cool pair of heels.
After trawling the extensive albums of photos of shoes which are knacking up my computer hard drive I realised just how many gimmicky heels there are out there.
Shoe designers love a good novelty idea to get people talking and buying. (If this was a power point I would add the cheesy *KERCHING* sound effect here)
It makes sense really, I mean I know a girl can own a lot of shoes but there are only so many plain black sling-backs someone can have before they crave the crazy.

And I know I would rather have a pair of fierce, eye catching, compliment attracting, fabulous shoes than a pair of plain. fabulous shoes (remember my rant at the beige schmeige and boring ol' Celine's "Wardrobe Staples" ?)

So here are some more gimmicky heels I found.
I'll shut up now and let them do the talking:

Dolce and Gabbana 'Face' shoes- photo from Sea of Shoes

The Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte 'Melted Wax' heels (which I thought looked like the Wicked Witch of the West melting...) Source unknown

The legendary Chanel 'light bulb' shoes (source unknown)

And the lovely new 'Chandelier' heels from the Prada collection.

Can you think of any more shoe gimmicks?

I could go on but I really must go back to revising Vietnam and Womens rights for my exam tomorrow. Exciting I know.

Ciao!

Beth Ruby xoxo

ps) Happy fathers day!

And this is just some of what i brought at the airport!!!!

I love this pallet of colors cant get enough of it

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To clog or not to clog? That is the question...

So clogs have apparently "made a come back." Not that I ever thought they were "in" in the first place, but still.
Ever since they were seen at the Spring Summer 2010 Chanel collection and then on the front cover of British Vogue in the Alexa Chung photo shoot (see above and last photo) they have been gradually seeping down from the high end to the high street and infiltrating normal peoples wardrobes. And I really don't know how to feel about this.
Pictured below are my mum's old pair of clogs-which fit me so I could theoretically wear them- but I really don't think I will be making a public appearance in them any time soon.
To start with what do you wear with them? (I am not going to kid myself that I can pull off the double-denim look like Alexa below)
Anyone got any ideas?
Has anyone seen clogs EVER pulled off well?
And more importantly has anyone seen them be pulled off on a mere mortal, not just on a supermodel?
What a tricky trend. Lets just send them back to the Chanel runway where they came from, hmm?

Beth Ruby xoxo

ps) Thanks to everyone who wished my blog a happy one year birthday! They really made my day.

"I don't believe in avant-garde clothes for a future that will never happen. Fashion is always now"- Karl Lagerfeld on the new Chanel Couture

Of course it goes without saying that the clothes were absolutely amazing but at the Chanel Paris Haute Couture Show 2010 entitled the "Neon Baroque Collection" but what really stood out for me was the beauty side and in particular the wonderful heart shaped hair.
I am in love with the over the top, sickly sweet styling which is part Barbie princess and part cartoonish Flintstones wigs.
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Finally I wanted to share the details I read here on how much work is put into these Haute Couture Collections:
-500 people worked on the project.
-Certain dresses are adorned with 80 buttons and there were 13,000 satin flowers used in the collection.
-One cape took 800 hours of work and bearing in mind that 65 looks were sent down the runway it is a massive understatement to say that there is alot of time put into these clothes.

By golly I love Couture week.

Beth Ruby xoxo