Formichetti Leaving Mugler

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

THE APOCALYPSE IS NIGH!!

Mugler announced earlier today that Nicola Formichetti, the Creative Director, was leaving the label.

I know. Take a moment. No more Nicola x Mugler designs.

As you can see from the fact that I named my blog after Nicola, I'm in love with his work and his personality. I know this isn't the end of Formichetti's work, I just really loved the Mugler line and where it seemed to be headed. It's bittersweet because I know this is what's best for him, but I also want more Mugler designs. It's still unsure if the designers, Romain Kremer & Sebastien Peigné, will stay at Mugler after Formichetti's departure. I could tell that he probably wasn't going to stay with the label for very long after his first season where he seemed very burnt out and I just hoped that maybe it was a false observation.

I wanted to commemorate his time at Mugler and look back at highlights:

click on them to enlarge

Happy Birthday Carolina Herrera!

So if you can't tell by the title, it's Carolina Herrera's birthday!

She's turning 74 today (and she still looks so good)!

Moving from Venezuela and having designed for notable people like Jackie O and Michelle Obama, Carolina is one powerful woman.

the woman, herself

For this reason, I wanted to take a look back at some of her designs throughout her career...

Balenciaga Breakup

Today some shocking news got released to the public:

Nicolas Ghesquière is parting ways with Balenciaga and his last day will be November 30th, 2012.

Ghesquière has been designing for Balenciaga since 1997, that's fifteen years, and has brought the fashion house from struggling to striving.

I'll miss his brilliant collections but I also look forward to see what he'll do next....

Below are some favorites from his time with the Balenciaga label:

Spring 2008

Fall 2012

Fall 2012

Spring 2012

Spring 2008

Pre-Fall 2009

Spring 2000

Fall 2003

Fall 2003

Pre-Fall 2010

What did you think about this announcement? Will you miss Nicolas Ghesquière's shows too? Leave a comment down below.
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Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2013

This show summed up into 2 words was imitation & sex.

Jean Paul Gaultier was on point this season; he gave looks from Annie Lennox to David Bowie to Madonna to Boy George. That's a lot for one fashion show and his runway was the same darker visual scheme we've seen so many times before. 

Annie Lennox eurythimic'ing out

FAAAAMMMEEE