Les Ballets Russes

First, press play so you can listen to this music while looking at the beautiful garments to follow:

You may have already seen a taste of this collection if you follow my tumblr, but I had to post because after New York, London and Milan, Erdem easily remains one of my favourites out of all of the spring collections that I have seen so far.

The feeling I got looking at these clothes from Erdem Moralioglu was exactly the feeling I was missing from a lot of the New York shows.  I was just looking for things that said, quintessentially, "Spring".  A shout-out to Erdem for finally supplying me with exactly what I was hoping for in spring fashion loveliness.

You could see the inspiration of the Ballet Russes costumes in the shapes and sometime prints in this collection. But what I loved most? The details. Lace over lace, beautiful contrasting embroidery, perfect prints.

I will note that while the garments themselves were absolutely lovely, I was very much drawn to these beautiful, feminine shoes (Thanks Nicholas Kirkwood!). I wanted to post more of them but some of the other detail shots included awkwardly-sticking-out-model-toes.  I've always been a sucker for shoes that lace up the leg. There is just something so feminine and inherently pretty about that. Maybe it's not for everyone, but definitely for me.