Popping your collar: Just give up, seriously, its better in the long run

There is a new trend re-emerging, thanks to the television show Revenge. 


That trend is popping your collar. No, I am not joking - that thing we did in the 80s - yes, its back.


Witness the heavy hitter in the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi...

Trust me, its the new accessory, especially when J Lo is doing it.

Whilst it may make her look taller, it also makes he look like a jackass! Agree!

and Miranda Kerr....even she looks like a try-hard in this trend...

 

Maybe we can blame Ralph for it?
 

and Cheryl Cole...

Even our pets are taking to it......

& look at Amanda Seyfried's pup...

Probably the only one who suits the look and looks cool is Paul Newman.....

Hello dear, I pop my collar too!!

So who resurrected this ridiculous trend?

Who can we blame?

EASY!

Nolan Ross in the TV series, Revenge.....

Check this one out - a checked shirt over a popped collar for a formal event....ew!

Oh my gosh!  Two popped collars! Nautical to extremes....bad extremes....

And back to a shirt over a popped collar - all style!

The moral?

Cue inspired by Peter Pilotto

Cue inspired by Peter Pilotto

Look!

Cue AW 2012 (available around February 2012 & looks very summery!!)

The blue satin Ming dress $289AU



This was so successful, they re-cut it in a pink.

So its called the Pink Ming dress....




Now lets look at some of the pieces from the Peter Pilotto SS 2012 collection.

Note this collection was shown on the runway in September 2011 - interesting timing compared to the Cue dress, eh?....

This one opened the show....

the pencil skirt version....




a pants version.....adore the red shoe contrast......would you try this with the Cue dress? Why not?




a full skirt version......oooh, a floral shoe in toning yellows & greens....




Do you see some referencing? I do. Similar but not the same.

& the red.....adore this....too bad Cue didnt try to replicate it.....hot, hot, hot.




Here are some celebrities in Pilotto SS 2012.


Miranda Kerr



Amber Le Bon



Brooklyn Decker


Kate Bosworth

Carey Mulligan - love this colour on her

A bit of background on the label.....

The brand is the brainchild of Christopher De Vos and Peter Pilotto who show at London Fashion Week.

The SS 2012 season had been inspired by a trip to Indonesia.
However they werent overflowing with the tropical prints you are seeing everywhere else.

Their core print, done in various colours gave the impression of under water views. Combined with scuba suit referencing & sculptural pieces, it was like no other collection floating yet sexy, sharp and current. I loved the laser-cut pieces (I have only shown that in the red dress above).


Perhaps, who can blame Cue for being inspired??? perhaps....

& the shoes, oh my God, the shoes!!!!!

A collaboration with Nicholas Kirkwood, the Perspex-heeled, plastic flower-bedecked Pilotto shoes stand to be a big wish list item this season.