Dior tribal earrings & more – 2014 in review!

Christmas is officially behind us and I feel that its time to sum up the year 2014. About a year ago I started writing my blog and I really have to admit that it enriches my life enormously. Despite of that, 2014 marks the end of the blog in its present structure. Considering advise of several friends I am going to discontinue the „beauty“, „interior“, „food“ and „travel“ sections to concentrate solely on fashion! However, the content from the discontinued sections will continue to be available on the page! Ok, but what I really want to do today is reflect on what happened in fashion in 2014!

Dior tribal earrings 2015

Dior tribal earrings caught our attention like no other piece of jewelry in 2014. They are simple, basically a preppy pearl stud! However, removing the slightly ugly back closure of the classic pearl stud and substituting it by an oversized pearl they are not only really modern looking but also incredibly creative (basic double pearl version is EUR 280 in the European Union)! Due to the popularity of the item mid market „inspired by“ pieces as well as „knock offs“ really flooded the market in the second half of 2014. So lets see whether „Dior tribal earrings 2015“ will be the next hot topic!

What about trends? In the field of jewelry earrings have been the center of attention. Double stud’s, lots of pearls, assymmetric styles, mix and match are just a few trends of 2014. The ultimate icon of the year – of course Dior tribal earrings! Lets see whether “Dior tribal earrings 2015 – The icon” or “Dior tribal earrings 2015 – the fall of an icon” will become a hot topic!

Stan Smith 2014

My favorite Stan Smith moments in 2014 – French Vogue editor Geraldine Saglio, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kate Moss.

2014 has been the year of active wear as ready to wear. This tendency became most obvious in the shoe department. The hot topic was sneakers, in particular Adidas Stan Smith.

Le Petite Malle 2015

Nicolas Ghesquiere, one of my favourite designers whose fashion I had missed so terribly since his departure from Balenciaga after the spring 2013 collection, has returned to the fashion stage this year as creative director of Louis Vuitton womans wear (pic herworldplus.com). Besides the most incredible high waist skinny and flared pants 2014 will be remembered as the year in which he shrunk the trunk according to Harrods journal! In other words 2014 marked the introduction of „La petite malle“! Love it or hate it the little bag was first launched for fall 2014 on a waitinglist base, but very sadly it came with a bulky strap and a top closure – so different from the elegant witty runway piece (EUR 3,500.00 in Europe). With the cruise 2015 collection a new version with bicolored hardwear, a chevron pattern as well as a clochette key bell holder has been released (EUR 3,700.00 in Europe). However, the closure stays where it is at the top. For spring 2015 things look promising exotic bags will arrive and yes they are adorable little trunks (pic style.com)!
Louis Vuitton might be the brand that received the most press in 2014 with one of the biggest successes being Gisele Buendchen wearing a LV cruise 2015 dress while presenting the soccer world championship trophy in Brazil (pic gettyimage.com).

2014 marks the year of the return of one of my favourite fashion designers – Nicolas Ghesquière. At the beginning of March he presented his incredible fall 2014 collection for Louis Vuitton in Paris, in May there was a beautiful cruise in Monaco and in September the incredible spring 2015 collection staged inside the newly opened Frank Ghery designed Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. All of these collections featured the coolest skinny and fllared high waist pants on earth as well as the trunk turned bag „La petite malle“.

While one great designer returned another was announced to depart. In December 2014 Gucci officially revealed that fall 2015 will be the last collection by Frida Giannini. Riccardo Tisci, the Givenchy designer and long term Kim Kardashian friend, as well as Joseph Altazurra are discussed to be hot candidates to take over Gianninis function at the helm of Gucci in 2015.

Regarding shopping the „digital revolution“ and the rise of e-commerce continued. According the daily telegraph about 1/3 of UK consumers make at least 1 purchase via mobile each month.

So what about fashion economy? 2014 was a very difficult year. Major brands including Gucci, Prada and Louis Vuitton were hit hard triple fold according to the Financial Times. A shift in the taste of European and US consumers away from the ultra obvious logo towards more rarified products, governmental changes and a slower growing Chinese economy as well as heavy competition from the mid market resulted in reduced growth in the sector.

With this review on 2014 in fashion I want to thank all my readers for visiting my blog. I wish you all the best for the new year and hope to welcome you again January 7th 2015!