Model walking the runway in a faux fur jacket at the Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2010 fashion show. Photo Credit: Style.com.

From head-to-toe, faux fur is becoming a huge part of the fall look. Designers like Jean Paul Gaultier featured models covered in thick layers of faux fur in their Fall 2010 runway shows and faux fur is making strides in other parts of women’s wear as well. This animal-friendly alternative to luxury fabric is an affordable way to update your look. We here at Style Seen Daily have compiled this faux fur list below for you to see which style works best with your style. Look for faux fur with accessories, boots, and, of course, outerwear this fall.  All these looks are reminiscent of fur trends from the 1940s, but with a modern, innovative take — with FAUX being the “must have” with this trend.

Faux Fur Jacket

A jacket with faux fur accents is an essential part of every wardrobe this fall.  This Nine West Bomber Jacket with faux fur collar is a fabulous combination of the military and faux fur trends. This leather jacket, priced at $400, can easily be paired with cargo pantsand boots for a classic fall look.

Faux Fur Vest

Try a belted vest for an updated fur look. The Calvin Klein belted fur vest, available at Bloomingdale’s, is a sleek piece that can be worn with everything from jeans and a t-shirt to leggings and heels for a more sophisticated, nighttime look.

We here at SSD spotted the always fashionable Kim Kardashian rocking a faux fur vest out on the town.

Faux Fur Boots

Step out in style in a pair of faux fur-trimmed boots.  UGG sheepskin boots have always been a fall staple, but this season fur boots are taking on a whole new look.  From knee-high to booties in all sorts of styles, faux fur trimmed boots are a hit this season.

MICHAEL by Michael Kors offers a great faux fur trimmed bootie called the Parker, $198, that is ideal for fall. These booties are the perfect addition to any daytime look when pair with dark jeans and a chunky sweater.

We spotted Rachel Bilson wearing faux-fur trimmed boots to tie together her casual look.

Faux Fur Accessories

Accessories are always the final touch to every outfit and there is not short supply of faux fur options to choose from this season. Juicy Couture offer faux fur earmuffs for $55 that are perfect for fashionistas who want to look great while braving the cold weather. They not only keep your ears warm, but the sequined detailing makes these earmuffs stand out from the crowd.

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Super Model Sessilee Lopez holds her cover for MODELINIA Magazine at NYC Fashion's Night Out on September 10, 2010.

MODELINIA magazine and specialty boutique CURVE hosted a cocktail party in New York City to celebrate Fashion’s Night Out, Sessilee Lopez’s cover for MODELINIA Magazine.  Party attendees included The Strokes Fabrizio Moretti, DJ Devendra Banhart and DJ Gregory Rogove, Germany’s Next Top Model Lena Gercke and Nevena Borissova owner of CURVE.

Host Sessilee Lopez has graced the covers and pages of nearly every Vogue across the globe, as well as V Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Allure, i-D, and W Magazine. The American born beauty has walked in high profile shows around the world for Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier, Diane von Furstenberg, and Isaac Mizrahi.

Super Model Sessilee Lopez wearing Erickson Beamon necklace.

During the cocktail party, the store premiered French street wear designer IRO’s spring/ summer 2011 collection in an installation curated by Borissova.

IRO’s spring/ summer 2011 collection.

Guests viewed exclusive pieces from statement jeweler Erickson Beamon. DJ Devendra Banhart and DJ Gregory Rogove spun while Stella Artois and Baked by Melissa provide refreshments and cupcakes. A one of a kind piece from both designers (a $1750 Erickson Beamon feather collar and a $600 IRO Gordon jacket) went home with a lucky winner.

Halle Berry for Revlon at NYC FNO

Source: The Independent

July 2010

Boom time for haute couture as overseas demand soars.

Couture is back: Rumours of its death had been exaggerated. Designers including Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier and Givenchy reporting a rise in sales of their custom-made creations ahead of this week’s Paris shows.

The increase in sales of exclusive fashions – often costing upwards of £30,000 a dress – is being credited to new clients in Russia, the Middle East and China, as well as the return of US customers who had reined in their spending during the recession.

Chanel estimates sales of the label’s summer collection were up 20 to 30 per cent on 2009, while Givenchy said its January couture sales were up 10 per cent on last year. Jean Paul Gaultier’s president, Veronique Gautier, described the situation as a “spectacular recovery”. The company reported that its Russian client base began growing after it held its first haute couture show in Moscow in May. Dior, meanwhile, showed couture at the opening of its enlarged boutique in Shanghai in May.

“It is difficult to pinpoint where couture customers come from,” said Harriet Quick of Vogue. “The people you see in the front rows at Paris aren’t the same people who are going to the salon to buy them. They are discreet.”

Sidney Toledano, president of Christian Dior, told the US fashion blog Women’s Wear Daily that Dior’s couture arm is booming globally. He said: “We have received so many orders, we are not sure we can deliver them.”

Designers, buyers and fashion editors flocked to Paris this weekend for the city’s couture shows, which open tomorrow. Labels such as Dior, Valentino and Giorgio Armani Privé will stage catwalk shows, while Givenchy has decided to show its designs by appointment only this season.

“It has gone from a beleaguered couture week to a buoyant commercial proposition,” Ms Quick said.

Stringent rules, policed by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, that governed the exclusive world of Paris fashion for 150 years are being relaxed. Once, to use the term “haute couture” fashion houses had to have a workshop in Paris, present a certain number of outfits twice a year and design made-to-measure clothes for individual clients. While purchasing a couture gown from a traditional house such as Chanel requires plenty of both time and money – involving at least three trips to the workshop for fittings – some new designers are happy to work remotely, having the dress sent to and from clients by courier.

“Alexis Mabille does a mix of ready to wear and couture, and the prices are much lower. There is also a new designer, Lee Klabin, who is in Paris showing,” Ms Quick said.

Mabille and Klabin are not the only newcomers to Paris fashion week. Jewellery brands such as Van Cleef & Arpels and Chanel Joaillerie showcased their expensive wares as part of the official haute couture calendar for the first time in February. And the last day of the couture shows is now entirely devoted to jewellery. Since allowing jewellers entrance into the couture week, the Chambre Syndicale is said to have been inundated with requests to open up the shows to other brands.