THE MAIDEN MANIFESTO: The September Issue

Imagine 916 pages of spectacular fall fashion for all!

One must see the light on my face the moment I uttered those words as I embraced my copy of the September issue. With its limited release, people like me (who are seriously and sincerely into fashion), will surely have a dramatic fit if she found out that there are no more remaining copies of this fashion bible. But as a stylized/sartorial soldier that I am, I did not retreat. I loudly called for my band and marched the ground to seek for the last glimmer of hope and oh yes, right at the underground with valet parking, uniformed chauffeurs, cupcakes, yellow lights, classical music, I found it. You see, a white flag is never an option.

Gracing the cover of this year’s US Vogue September issue, all clad in a Marc Jacobs gown and all afro, styled by Grace Coddington, is none other than Lady Gaga.

Talking about her music, the power of a message, her complete free spirit, and the rest of her being, Gaga was all stripped yet dolled up with a Stephen Jones Millinery fuchsia ostrich-and-marabou hat.

Aside from the sudden surge of spark brought by the Mother Monster, the magazine also kept colossal and heavenly tempting ads as if seeing showers of stars.

Alexander McQueen

Christian Dior

Vera Wang

Belstaff

J Mendel

Tods

The magazine does not also fall short on its feature of de caliber persons that keep my interest.

Chelsea Clinton

Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine

Raf Simons

The Social, L-R: Vanessa Traina, Jenna Courtin-Clarins, Prisca Courtin-Clarins, Virginie Courtin-Clarins, Claire Courtin-Clarins, Lauren Santo Domingo, Shala Monroque, Alexia Niedzielski, Lily Kwong, and Elizabeth von Guttman

This glossy spread also highlight another gem in The Editor’s Eye. “The Editor’s Eye” by Conde Nast, edited by Eve MacSweeney with an introduction by Hamish Bowles and a foreword by US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, is a book of showmanship and a tome of glimpse into the lavish world of eight of the magazine’s visionary editors (including Babs Simpson, Polly Mellen, and Grace Coddington).

And yes and lots of thanks to this issue, I have finally found my future home in Lauren Santo Domingo’s Paris duplex. With its panel-filled 18^th century attention to details, a look of romantic history, and terrace, I could surely erase some fragments of house design nightmares in my head that are mainly due to growing up in a fusion of wooden rustic charms and a father office’s modern dim lights and frequent visit and stay to grandparents’ Spanish home. But with this home, I will no longer be the 21^st century Maria Clara but an all adorned post-modern Antoine. I should definitely keep this book for future reference of my architects and interior designers (whoever they will be).