Dale Mag 06, September 2006

Yep, September is only a day away and September is a special month in the year of fashion. It's the month wear all boutiques and shops throw out their Spring-Summer collection and bring in the Fall-Winter collection. At the same time it's the month in which magazine go all out in trying to be the issue to buy. And perhaps more importantly, it's the month where the fashion weeks for Spring-Summer 2007 take place! So, to sum it all up, in September you are wearing S/S 2006, shopping F/W 0607 and watching S/S 07! This can cause immediate Wardrobe Anxiety, thus that is the theme of Dale Magazine 6. With Anna Mariya Urazhevskaya gracing it's cover, this issue let's you know that you are not alone!

More Dutch Supremacy

As the Dutch invasion is about to start, this will be it's biggest new star for the Spring-Summer 2007 fashion weeks. With her highly unusual, yet gorgeous bonestructure, Iekeliene Stange is going to turn some heads coming month. Not only a unique bonestructure, but also beautifully shaped blue eyes and a perfect skin will take this girl around the world. She has already been in the Spring- Summer 2006 ads for Albert Feretti, together with the very lovely Ekaterina Kashyntseva. I am positively sure that with her recent appearances in V Magazine, Vogue Paris and one girl ed in Vogue Italia, Iekeliene is gonna steal the show in all major fashion capitals of the world.

Showstoppers S/S 06: Christian Dior

Now that Summer is coming to an end and the shops are filling up with the Fall collections, I thought it was time to conclude the season with my favourite collection of this Spring: Christian Dior.


The show introduced the nude colour and nude fabrics that we saw all throughout the Summer. John Galliano took the theme from his F/W 05.06 haute couture collection where he payed a tribute to Christian Dior and the atelier by showing everything in tulle, making it possible for us to see how a dress is constructed. For the ready-to-wear follow-up this resluted in a sexy and fresh look.

Hihghlights of the collection are the fantastic knotted dye-down dresses. These two pieces above are very couture like in there quality and price, might I add. But that's ok, because it gives you beautiful and wearble dresses.

John Galliano also experimented with trompe l'ouil. Showing some dye-down, fitted dresses with glittery indications of seamlines and pockets. This was not always executed that well, but it does seem to work on this top. The broken colours of the top and the skirt really work well too.

Other than a great collection of clothes and technique, this is also a collection that marks Galliano's most wearable Dior collection of at least the past 4 years, as far as I am concerned. There were no crazy shapes this time. No dramatic hair and make-up, just a natural look. Wearablity is best expressed in this look above. The coat is just beautiful and embellished with appliques that do not take away any of it's wearability. Same with the pants. Absolutely stunning.

I had to show the above look because the model in question, Dal Girl Marta Berzkalna, delivered that look so incredibly well. It looks really great on her and it makes the clothes she wears very powerful. The dress with the appliques is again, nothing dramatic but still so superb. As is the black jacket she wears. Anyone could wear that and look great in it.

The piece that set the tone for the collection is this little number. It was exit number two and I think it should've been exit number one. The double layer of tulle of chiffon with the black embellisments translate the theme of the couture collection best, in my opinion. Also, not the great shoes and the new Dior Gaucho bag! Fall-Winter 2006-2007 was only so-so, which makes me hope that Spring-Summer s007 will be just as great or even better than Spring-Summer 2006!

Showstoppers F/W 06.07: Jean-Paul Gaultier

With the Spring-Summer 2007 shows just around the corner, it's time for one more Showstopper of the Fall-Winter 2006-2007 fashion weeks. The honor goes to Jean-Paul Gaultier and his sinister and romantic collection of furs, layers, goth and animals!


The show featured not only amazingly dramatic clothes but also a theme of people that start looking like their pets and how that could transcend into an animalistic kind of personal style. Therefor, some models were accompanied by cast, dogs and even an owl.

The above dress is my personal highlight from the show. It is layered in chiffon and finished with bits of fur. The Victorian goth it exudes is wonderful as well. One of the most dramatic and couture like pieces of the entire show. The dress below is a more wearable interpretation of the theme. Note how the dress resembles the dog.

Below is a great example of the increbible furs in this show. It's very sinister and makes me think of this Dietrich like woman, alone in some bar smoking cigarettes in the fifties. I love this look.

I had to show the dress below because there is something about it that makes it so romantic yet very goth. Perhaps it's the deep brown colour or perhaps it is the texture and cut of the fabric. Either way, it is a great dress.

Aside from animals, some models also carried around dolls, wearing what the girls were wearing. This was the opening dress to the show. I love the shape and how Gaultier played with the fabric. Also the blue colour is really great. Let's see what he shows next month!

Cute With Cheekbones

I usually go nuts when I see a girl with beautiful cheekbones, so I went berserk when I saw South-African Heidi Verster. She has a very cute face, meaning that she has lovely pouty lips and a broad nose. Combine that with her superb cheekbones and her new bob-like haircut ans you have a beautiful model! She's done runway for brands such as Givenchy and Akris and is currently in the Benetton ads, which she is totally working. Look out for her in the S/S 07 runways!

Highlight: Rest In Peace, Audrey Lindvall

It's a sad time in the modeling world, because shortly after the unexpected death of Heather Bratton two weeks ago, Audrey Lindvall - sister to Angela Lindvall - died in a cycling accident last Wednesday. She was cycling to meet some friends as she was overrun by a gastank semi. My condolences go out to Angela and the rest of her family and friends.

Audrey was signed at IMG and was turning 24 next week. She has been in magazines such as Glamour and was a full-time model, about to move to New York to live with her sister.

May you rest in peace, Audrey....