{"id":1676,"date":"2009-02-20T13:40:12","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T17:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2009-02-22T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T17:10:54","slug":"monarchy-collection-fall-2009-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/monarchy-collection-fall-2009-fashion-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Monarchy Collection &#8211; Fall 2009 Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/monarchy-fall-2009-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1677\" title=\"monarchy-fall-2009-1\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/monarchy-fall-2009-1.jpg\" alt=\"Monarchy Collection Fall 2009 Fashion Week\" width=\"590\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Russia with love seemed to be the common thread connecting most designers at the <strong>Mercedes Benz Fall 2009<\/strong> collections. While Monarchy&#8217;s denim-based line seemed to have touches of Russian inspiration, the\u00a0brand actually saddled up to a &#8216;Scottish equestrian&#8217; theme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monarchy<\/strong> presented a mix of rugged eastern European-influenced biker-chic with modern bohemian looks under the direction of designer <strong>Eric Kim<\/strong> and new womenswear design director <strong>David Cardona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The collection, titled &#8220;Smoke &amp; Mirrors,&#8221; displayed white hooded tees unexpectedly paired with gauzy, one-shouldered little black minidresses and mid-thigh length leather biker jackets.<\/p>\n<p>Billowing trench coats and ponchos in fall&#8217;s earth tones were paired with skinny jeans, high-collared Victorian blouses and equestrian boots.<\/p>\n<p>Models wore Scottish-style hats with fur trim to accessorize and cap off the looks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/monarchy-fall-2009-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1678\" title=\"monarchy-fall-2009-2\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/monarchy-fall-2009-2.jpg\" alt=\"Monarchy Collection Fall 2009 Fashion Week\" width=\"590\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Russia with love seemed to be the common thread connecting most designers at the Mercedes Benz Fall 2009 collections. While Monarchy&#8217;s denim-based line seemed to have touches of Russian inspiration, the\u00a0brand actually saddled up to a &#8216;Scottish equestrian&#8217; theme. Monarchy presented a mix of rugged eastern European-influenced biker-chic with modern bohemian looks under the [&hellip;]<a href=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/monarchy-collection-fall-2009-fashion-week\/\" title=\" Read More \u00bb &laquo;Monarchy Collection - Fall 2009 Fashion Week&raquo;\" class=\"more-link\"> Read More \u00bb <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,403,12],"tags":[713,714,84,104,17570,715,410,712,717,340,716],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1741,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions\/1741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}