Paris Fashion Week AW 2012/2013....Doina and Caroline

Doina from The Golden Diamonds blog, and Tank magazine's Caroline Issa, Paris, March 2012.

Two ways with furry boots and leather-trimmed black coats via the beautiful Doina and Caroline. Wear with jeans like Doina (Apres-ski anyone?) or team with leather trousers like Caroline. 

Recreate their looks (kind of):

Black leather-trimmed coat: Mackage side zip leather and fur coat with tie, Rag & Bone Scalpel shearling trimmed coat, Preen knife felt coat with leather sleeves, Helmut Lang Willow Shawl neck coat, Diane von Furstenberg Nadine luxe faux fur and leather coat, Mackage wool coat with leather sleeves,  ASOS PU biker coat (in black) or Ashley B Fur mix jacket

Leather pants: J Brand super skinny leather pants, Joseph Spark stretch-leather pants, Vince relaxed leather pants, Maison Martin Margiela tapered leather pants, Topshop leather look biker trousers or ASOS skinny leather biker pants

Fur-trimmed boots:Alexander McQueen shearling and leather boots, Max Kibardin Avalon fur booties, Walter Steiger fur panel ankle boots, Donna Karan shearling trimmed ankle boots, or Chinese Laundry faux fur trimmed suede boots

Paris Fashion Week AW 2012/13...Doina

Super sweet Doina from The Golden Diamonds blog, before Rick Owens, Paris, March 2012.

I wish I could shoot in this type of light every day.....it was a fleeting 5 minute moment before the show when the sun peeped out from behind the clouds.

Recreate Doina's beautiful winter look (kind of):

Vero Moda Very lace overlay top, Dolce & Gabbana lace and cashmere top, Juicy Couture leather detailed lace top, ASOS heavy lace top with peplum, Kaelen seamed lace top 

Add a shiny, happy skirt:

Creatures of The Wind brocade skirt, ASOS Premium trumpet mini skirt, Kenzo pleated brocade mini skirt, Marc Jacobs metallic boucle skirt

If you prefer a dress (I can't quite work out whether Doina's is a dress or a top and skirt), these two dresses have a similar feel and both incorporate lace: Catherine Deane Maria dress or Of Two Minds Dinorah dress


Ankle boots: Burberry Prorsum ankle boots, Michael Michael Kors ankle boots or River Island Ombro boots

Paris Fashion Week AW 2012...Doina

Doina, from The Golden Diamonds blog, wearing the peplum trend, Paris, March 2012.

The peplum: flirty, practical (nobody will ever know you have overindulged in cupcakes!), ladylike, dramatic. And sticking around for autumn/winter 2012 (as seen on the runway at Kenzo, Tory Burch, Lanvin, Christian Dior).

Recreate Doina's look (kind of):

Marc by Marc Jacobs Marfa peplum dress, Alice + Olivia peplum dress, Vero Moda lace peplum dress, Sandro Resonance crepe peplum dress, Marc by Marc Jacobs Ellsworth striped peplum dress, ASOS peplum dress or Julie Haus Novak peplum dress

Paris Fashion Week AW 2012...Doina

Doina Ciobanu from The Golden Diamonds blog, before Stella McCartney, Paris, March 2012.

Lemon + duck egg blue. The colours of Doina's outfit reminds me of ice-cold lemon gelato, small (the tinier the better of course ;) boxes from Tiffany & Co., a towering pyramid of pastel coloured macaroons, bars of lemon scented soap, bunches of forget-me-nots, a bottle of Elizabeth Arden's Blue Grass perfume, a robin's nest filled with tiny pale blue jewel like eggs....

Recreate Doina's look (kind of):

Free People Marl yarn pullover, ASOS two tone sweater, Sass & Bide The Driving Seat sweater or Vince sweater

J Brand aqua Luxe twill pants, Rebecca Minkoff turquoise Nicolas pants, Ellery Scuba Tux pants or Theory Yanette pants

Tibi Stella sandals

Paris Fashion Week AW 2012...Doina

Doina Ciobanu from The Golden Diamonds blog, Tuileries, Paris, March 2012.

Recreate Doina's Look (kind of):

All of these jackets are a little shorter and boxier than Doina's but I think they work well with jeans or shorts (denim or leather maybe?) for summer. Tory Burch Marion tweed jacket, Isabel Marant Wonda tie-dye jacket, DKNY fringed tweed jacket or ASOS boucle jacket

Mother The Curfew Prep bell jeans, MiH Marrakesh kick flare jeans or MiH Sugarland mid-rise bootcut jeans

Tory Burch Amanda pumps or Seven for Mankind Olivia wedges

Stella McCartney Falabella iPad sleeve

Paris Fashion Week AW 2012...Doina

Doina, from The Golden Diamonds Blog, before Anne Valérie Hash, Paris, March 2012.

Doina looked fabulous every day of PFW but this was one of my favourite looks. So pretty, colourful and fresh against the dull, grey Paris day.

Recreate Doina's look (kind of):

Add a soft printed top to a basic pencil skirt: Matthew Williamson Kyoto sheer print top or Graham & Spencer vintage floral top or Jil Stuart Inga Paloma print blouse or Antipodium daffodil print Freudian blouse

Christopher Kane yellow pencil skirt or Robert Rodriguez coated yellow pencil skirt or Topshop lemon yellow peplum skirt

YSL Y shoulder bag

Kors by Michael Kors Ruby t-strap wedge sandal or Belle by Sigerson Morrison Claire sandal

Paris Fashion Week AW 2012...Doina

Beautiful (both inside and out), Doina Ciobanu, before Chanel, Paris, March 2012.

I love this look on Doina. She is still a teenager but wears this sophisticated, grown-up look beautifully. In fact I think clean, crisp masculine tailoring like this would work on women of almost any age.....and it is entirely suitable to wear in a more conservative workplace.

Recreate Doina's look (kind of):

Stella McCartney grey tailored blazer and grey slim fit flared trousers  or Reiss royal blue jacket and tapered slim trousers

Theory Larissa classic white shirt

Christian Louboutin Décolleté 100 glossed-leather pumps or ASOS shine patent pumps