Milan Fashion Week AW 12 - Blumarine

Many autumn winter collections tend to be quite dark, but the one Anna Molinari prepared for Blumarine was anything but, yet it represented many big trends for the next season. First of all fur is going to be huge and I love the colourful options. Also a big furry bag has been seen on many catwalks including this one.
But what I loved the most are all the metallic pieces. Get ready to shine an wear metallic in any shape and form. The dresses that closed this show were exquisite. Some were very mermaid like in the best possible way. The attention to detail and finishing touches were abolutely amazing. What do you think?
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London Fashion Week AW 12/13

Can you believe tha fashion month is over? It always goes so quick.. Over the upcoming weeks I'll be looking over my favourite shows, emerging trends, the best on catwalk for AW 12/13.
Starting with London of course. We saw some amazing collections over the five days, but I have to say I was a bit disappointed with few designers. But ever the optimist, I'd rather concentrate on the positive. So here are my two absolutely favourite shows.
Marios Schwab's (above) designs are simply stunning. The exquisite finishing and attention to detail is breath taking. The clothes were jaw dropping. So feminine and beautiful. I want everything.
Antonio Berardi's (below) show was one of my favourite last season and again, he didn't disappoint. He used a lot of peplum, which is going to be massive come autumn, and created pretty womany silhouettes. Metallics and colour blocking also featured heavily, everything done in a perfect original way. I'm Antonio's biggest fan.
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(photo: Style.com)

Vintage Sunday - Karolina Kurkova

I am very excited to announce that from tomorrow I'll be a new regular contributor to Czech fashion website and shopping platform FASHIONSPOT.CZ. I'll be writing about latest trends, style, celebrity outfits, fashion events and much more on a weekly basis.
To celebrate this, I think that I kind of have to dedicate today's Vintage Sunday to Czech republic. So I am bringing you few pictures of my favourite Czech model Karolina Kurkova. She started her career in the nineties and shot straight into global stardom. She was the youngest model to appear on the cover of American Vogue back in 2000. 2002 and 2003 were major years, when she appeared on numerous world covers of all top magazines. I picked few from back then, that stood out for me for one reason or another.
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Party feet - by Christian Louboutin

My latest obsession (alongside pink) is python print. I can't get enough of it, and I've been buying it on anything. From handbags, to clothes and of course shoes. My latest discovery is this absolutely gorgeous pair by Christian Louboutin from Net-a-porter. I love how the splashes of colour add an interesting twist to the design. They are on top of my birthday wish list (coming later this month). You can buy them here.
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Stylish answers - by model Katerina Smutok

opening Corrie Nielsen

My stylish readers, I have a new regular feature for you (yes another one) and this you can expect every Friday, giving you something interesting/insightful to read just before or over the weekend. By working in fashion industry I have met many incredible people and here I'll be bringing you their knowledge of the industry and their particular field. There will be different areas every week.
Starting off with a Russian born model Katerina Smutok, whom I met couple of years ago, whilst working backstage at Ascot, where we put on a daily fashion show for the people in the Royal enclosure part. Katerina has had her first experience of London Fashion Week this season and has working with Karl Lagerfeld on her portfolio. Read all about it here.

1.) I spotted you at quite a lot of shows during London Fashion Week, including Corrie Nielsen and Jasper Garvida. What others did you walk and what was your favourite and why?
That was my first fashion week in London and it started quite well. My first show was for Corrie Nielsen and it was an honor to open it. I did other shows as well like Central St.Martins show full of young creative designers, Dans la Vie, Francesca Marotta, Ji Cheng, Prose, Dion Lee and also Jasper Garvida. I won't hide that the favourite was for Corrie: beautiful looks, make-up, great organisation and feedbacks after the show.

2.) What other fashion weeks did you work at recently?
I always do Berlin Fashion Week and work for the best designers there like Michalsky, Streness, Unrath und Strano, Lala Berlin, Kaviar Gauche, Dimitri, Marcel Ostertag, C'est Tout and many others.

3.) What has been your best modelling job/career highlight?
I think it was Chanel Haute Couture in Paris. But the most impressive was again with Karl Lagerfeld on Fendi show held at Great Wall in Beijing, China. That was massive!

4.) How did you start as a model/ what do you enjoy about the job?
I was born a model. My mother is a designer in Russia and she always dreamt about long-legged daughter with blonde curly hair... Well, long legs I have, blonde curls has my brother))) The best part of my job is... Meeting new people, I enjoy the company of creative people; I love traveling, learning about new cultures and customs; and I love every moment when I walk out on the catwalk - the preparation, rehearsals and dressing for only 20sec of fame!

5.) You must travel a lot, what is your favourite country/city?
London is my favourite with Berlin close second. And the 3rd is Moscow - I still believe it's the most impressive and grand city.

6. How do you keep in shape/look after yourself?
I can't start a day without nice breakfast, I always have lunch and light dinner. I'm a model, but I do eat! I have to walk a lot on castings and sometimes during fashion week you have to see about 20 different clients in opposite sides of the city, so I need proper food to give me energy to make all these appointments. Plus I take classes at Central school of Ballet and I do yoga at home when I have time.

7. What are your dreams/goals?
I'm sure I won't leave fashion when I finish modeling. I was thinking about opening a shop and have actually started working on it already.

8. What's next for you? Any exciting campaigns you can share?
This month I am planning to go to New York to meet my new agency Muse. I am very exited as it is a new market for me. So please wish me luck ;)

We'll cross our fingers for you! Thank you for the stylish answers and let us know how you get on.

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at Jasper Garvida

The perfect print dress - by Carven

I keep saying this and it is still the case - it's all about the prints! If there is one trend that has been on the fashion forefront for quite some time, and keeps going strong, it's prints in any shape and form.
This print dress by Carven is currently on top of my shopping list. It's so versatile that you can easily dress it up or down. You can buy it here. I have been a fan of Carven and Guillaume Henry for a while now and am happy to find out, that from this season on, they'll be stocked at My-wardrobe.com. Lately I've been shopping more and more online as I don't always have time to go to the shops, so it's good to get a wider variety of stock at different sites.
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Stylish homes

As I promised last week, I really want to make the feature Stylish homes a regular one. I am so nosy and always want to know how other people live and love getting myself lost in interior style magazines. Here are this week's inspirations.
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(Images: Vogue Interiors)