It’s raining purple on the fall-winter 2008/09 fashion. It’s been a while since purple became one of the trendiest colours of the world of fashion after a gloomy period.

Thanks to its strong soul, purple can be easily used either as a colour on its own, or creating wierd and unusual matchings with a strongly positive impact, or, then again, with various nuances. Chameleonic colour, it pleases different styles performing either softer tonalities or darker, according to the different seasons.

Christian Dior, Alberta Ferretti and Emilio Pucci picked purple for their fall-winter coming fashion shows making the most out of this incredible colour which, together with its nuances, is going to be the trendiest of next cold season.

Summer is at its peak and cold seasons not very close yet. Nonetheless, when it comes to fashion, stars don’t even care about climatic situations.

The red carpets of the most glamorous and posh events, from spring till now, have been a perfect fashion show, and not just for the spring - summer creations. Movie premieres, parties, kermesse and fahion events have been the occasions to show off in advance the new fall - winter 2008/09 collections of which stars enjoyed straight away, while ordinary people will have to wait for them to be accessible.

Here below, few images of the most important designers and the celebs who have been wearing their creations for the next season.

GUCCI
Madonna and Rihanna are just two of the many celebs choosing Frida Giannini’s next winter creations for the maison Gucci.

CHRISTIAN DIOR
Stunning actresses Eva Mendez, Charlize Theron and Liv Tyler in Dior’s style whose fall - winter collection brings us back to the elegance and eccentricity of the 60s.

VERSACE
Models Gisele Bundchen and Claudia Chiffer preferred the sensuality of Versace’s style, like many other celebreties who have already been showing off the creations of the maisons for next fall - winter collections.

ALBERTA FERRETTI.
Young actresses Christina Ricci and Misha Barton chose Alberta Ferretti’s collections for next fall - winter as shown by the shots below.

ROBERTO CAVALLI
Roberto Cavalli’s fall - winter collection was a hit among stars. Lucy Liu, Ester Canadas and Leona Lewis have already been wearing over hot seasons numerous Cavalli‘s creations.

Three more images for three fall winter 2008/09 advertising campaigns which are animating all fashion magazines.

Brasilian Isabel Fonatana for Versace, posing for Roberto Cavalli and Valentino too, wears a very geometric dress with vertiginous high wheels, extremely coherent with the mood of the fashion house. Mario Testino took care of the shots.

Fendi prefers a metropolitan style, New York is the background for the new campaign realized in April at the Madison Square Garden, guided by Karl Lagerfeld, and testimonial Raquel Zimmermann.

For Dior, Model Daria Werbowy beauty has been captured by photographer Craig Mcdean. She wears an orange tailleur with three quarter sleeves and the 61 Bag with half circle and rigid handle round her arm perfectly in harmony with the 60s style of the Christian Dior fall - winter collection 2008/09.

Style and elegance are distinctive signs of Christian Dior. Mix Dior’s elegance to the charming Charlize Theron and the result is, obviously, stunning! The dress, from the Christian Dior autumn collection, has been worn by the actress for the premiere of the movie “Hancock”, directed by Peter Berg and also starring Will Smith

Stunning cover girl for June, the actress Kim Cattrall, the well known Samantha from the famous series Sex & the City wears a fantastic sheath dress by Christian Dior. There are three covers for this edition of the fashion magazine, all dedicated to the fascinating actresses of Sex & the City the movie which is gathering thousands and thousands of fans to the cinemas worldwide.

Our complete approval goes to Kim Cattrall and her Dior dress. The dress is a Christian Dior creation for the autumn collection 2008, comprehensive of shoulder straps, crossing low neckline and a violet flowery fantasy. A sensual and sophisticated dress, as sophisticated as the actress and her glamorous character.

Image from Redcarpet-fashionawards.

Green and purple flowery dress by Roberto Cavalli for Madonna paparazzata in London.
The actress was wearing this dress from the spring summer collection 2008 by Roberto Cavalli. Madonna already wore the same dress for the Cannes Film Festival together with a Dior bag of the same kind of the one pictured on the right below.

Yves Saint Laurent died in his home on the night of the 1st of June 2008. “The best designer ever”, this is how
Le Figaro” pays homage to him.

From the very beginning of his career when he was working with the Dior maison at the age of 17 till the launch of his personal firm and brand, the Yves Saint Laurent, he represented a true source of innovation and enrichment for the whole fashion system, with his unique genius whose influence will survive his own death.

Extremely recognizable for his peculiar and updated style, gritty and elegant at the same time, unconventional with class over his entire career, Yves Saint Laurent has always combined his love for fashion with his passion for art, evident in his creations.

Let’s say goodbye to the worldwide known and loved designer. Could his wit be a source of endless inspiration�