Fashion gets real

Hold the press, start eating again girls because curves are soooo in! It's what we have all been waiting for: Fashion is finally getting real. Milan banned models from the catwalk who had a BMI less then 18 (That would have been a short show) and last year Louis V was the first to kick it off by using curvier models (really meaning they actually eat) for his Autumn Winter 09 collection.

Now Giles Deacon has used Kelly Brook and Abby Clancy for his Spring/Summer 2011 catwalk show. What better way to endorse a healthy figure then the lovely Miss Brook (can't say much about Ms Clancy, apart from are they real- see Marie Claire website for pictures of the show and you will know what I mean!). Kelly has done some work for New Look before, same as Giles Deacon who has a fashion line with them so the combination of the two was perfect: 'Real' woman and 'Real' clothing designs that can make women feel unique without looking a bit Lady Gaga.

The Lady Gaga phenomena has seemed to left the catwalks too. Looking at Moschino's srping/Summer 2011 line has got my fashion senses tingling at the thought of 'real' clothes coming back in. No more will we be trying to pull off unrealistic styles (cone shaped skirts anyone- Mr Deacon unfortunately is guilty for this, see his Paris Spring/summer show 2010), squeezing into clothes that were clearly made for a small child & trying to convince ourselves that we can pull of something that looks like an experiment gone wrong in a lab. "But thats only for inspiration, it gets filtered through as noral on our high street shops" I hear you cry but honestly how many of us really truly understand that side of fashion, particulary young girls?

I mean honestly would any of us really dare pull off a Lady Gaga without feeling like we are going to a fancy dress party?

Its nice Mr Moschino is starting to show clothes that we wear everyday, OK so most of us would have to sell a kidney to buy them but we can all look at them and say we could wear them, beacuse we have, i.e. everyone has a shirt or skirt in their wardrobes. I don't like the clashing prints on some of the collection though, that still for me is a fashion no-no, but real fashion? Yes- Yes, definately Yes please.