Seams Strict at NY Fashion Week

 

Marc Jacobs leads the charge as New York designers straighten up and fly right.

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London Fashion Week Fall 2011

 

 

 

 

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Fashion Week 2010 Indonesia - Jogja

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Celebrities at Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011

 The biggest fashion capitals in the world hosted the most important fashion events meant to establish the new trends for Spring/Summer 2011. Fashion Week in Milan, Paris, London, or New York is not only a meeting place for some of the most talented fashion designers, but also a great event that manages to bring out big names every single year. Take a look to the main Fashion Week events and draw your inspiration from your favorite celebrity style. 

Fashion week is an event that allows fashion designers or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway show. This year too, Fashion Week in Milan, New York, Paris, and London presented the spring/summer 2011 fashion collections.

Fashion icon and fashion regular Alexa Chung attended the Miu Miu Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2011 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 6, 2010 in Paris, France showing a girly style with a check dress with white collar and cuffs. At the Valentino Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2011 show during Paris Fashion Week, Alexa worn a black dress, while stylist Caroline Sieber was spotted in a modified Valentino fall 2010 couture dress and Valentino fall 2010 shoes.

At the Carlos Miele Spring 2011 fashion show, in New York City, Olivia Palermo worn a beautiful blue graphic cardigan, a summer dress, suede boots, and a CC Skye handbag. Clémence Poésy is a French fashion model and actress that appeared in the successful "Harry Potter" franchise. She was seen at the Chanel Spring 2011 show in Paris looking great in a white blouse and a black skirt. 

Chanel Spring 2011 Fashion show managed to bring together so many celebrities, such as Claudia Schiffer, Keira Knightley, Alexa Chung, Rachel Bilson, Clémence Poésy, or Lily Allen. Keira Knightley showed off her new bob haircut, wearing a sweet tweed dress and a black blazer. Rachel Bilson worn a colorful dress adding a rock touch with a leather jacket and high-heeled sandals.

Alexis Bledel looked extremely beautiful at the Monique Lhuillier Spring 2011 runway show in a ruffle one shoulder, knee length dress matched with chunky black shoes and a black satin clutch. Moreover, she debuted her new hair color. Leighton Meester looked great at Derek Lam Spring 2011 runway show in NYC. The "Gossip Girl" star worn a white boatneck cotton pullover, scrunched socks, and black ankle boots.  

It is said that the blazer should be a must-have in everyone's wardrobe. It is versatile and you can wear it with a pair of jeans, but also with sweet, romantic dresses. Whether you are looking for a more casual outfit or a red carpet one, a blazer can become a real lifesaver. It seems that celebrities share this opinion too, as many of them were spotted at different fashion events mixing casual and glamour. For example, Megan Fox matched her blazer with sexy animal printed Louboutin platform shoes for the Emporio Armani show. Also, Jessica Szohr was spotted at the Jill Stuart Spring 2011 show wearing a very trendy outfit with mini skirt, a basic white tee, a blazer, and peep toed sandals.

Sarah Jessica Parker looked glam at the Burberry Prorsum Spring 2011 runway show. The “Sex and the City” star worn a Burberry leather coat with lace-up sandals, and a pink Alexander McQueen purse. Kate Moss attended the Christian Dior Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2011 show during Paris Fashion Week at Espace Ephemere Tuileries wearing an all-black outfit with a leather pencil skirt, a fur coat, and Mary Jane stilettos.

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New York Fashion Week Spring - Summer 2011

NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg opened New York Fashion Week 2010 and temporarily renamed the city's main subway route the 'Fashion Line' in honor of the week. He was accompanied at the opening ceremony by U.S. designer Diane von Furstenberg, whose collection was to be shown in the coming days in tents set up in Damrosch Park within the Lincoln Center complex. A host of celebrities thronged the front rows of many of the catwalks; at the New York Fashion Week is the first of the leading, twice-yearly fashion weeks also held in London, Milan and Paris.

The New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011 Designers

The event featured some of the nation’s greatest designers and their latest looks for the coming season.The New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011 designers included Nicole Miller, Buckler, Lacoste, Zac Posen, Diane von Furstenberg, Vera Wang, Badgley Mischka, Michael Kors, Tory Burch, Isaac Mizrahi, and many more.

New York Fashion Week Revenues

The Fashion Week in New York is attended by over 230,000 people and brings an estimated 770 million dollars in economic activity to a city where 175,000 people are employed in the fashion industry -according to the mayor's office. Until this year, Fashion Week had taken place in more incommodious conditions at Bryant Park, near Times Square.

Lincoln Center - Ideal Venue for New York Fashion Week

Lincoln Center has been an ideal location for the semi-annual events, with more outdoor space than was available at Bryant Park and terrific transit access, including the Number One subway line, or as it was recently called - The Fashion Line. The 2010 festival which began Thursday 9th Sep also featured a “Fashion Night Out" when city stores stayed open late into the night, thus encouraging fashionistas to shop and party into the wee hours.

The Fashion Week witnessed about 100 events, from straightforward design shows to a celebration of legendary fashionista Karl Lagerfeld to an invitation-only "Victoria's Secret VIP Suite." There were definite signs of a return to the good times for fashion, even if the US economy as a whole is only barely reemerging from recession.

The September issues of Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar and W were thicker and glossier than they have been in a long time, providing an instant indication of healthy advertising revenues. In the warm-up to the main events, young designers were already showing off their wares at the CFDA Fashion Incubator workshops. Interestingly each of them had been given four mentors specialized in the fashion industry for advising them on avoiding the classic slip-ups in new businesses.

The Metropolitan Pavilion, with its high ceilings and open space, was indeed a great venue for showcasing the ethical threads of these designers. The fashion shows were often entertaining, accompanied by loud, mood-setting music and changing lighting and editors, writers, and VIPs were seen to be shuffling to-and-fro throughout the hectic week.

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15 Shots From Crazy-Amazing Copenhagen Fashion Week

And you thought Berlin Fashion Week was weird. Copenhagen, like other second-tier fashion cities, has a freer, more eff-it-all attitude when it comes to catwalk life than some of its bigger, stodgier counterparts. And that basically means two things:

(1) Its designers, models, and attendees appear to have a lot more fun, and
(2) there's no such thing as sending something ugly down the runway — just pieces that are arty, experimental, boundary-defying, or all of the above. But never ugly.

This particular Copenhagen Fashion Week, which ended in Denmark yesterday, saw more than 100,000 spectators turn out to watch 220 models walk a mile-long, hot-pink runway. They wore collections from nearly 200 Scandinavian brands, and did so despite heavy rains and broken heels. Click ahead to see pics from the Guinness World Record–setting feat, as well as the week's other fashion shows, including Moods of Norway, Ivan Grundahl, and Atmosphere.

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Lincoln Center Workers Might Picket Fashion Week

Partners traditionally active by Lincoln Seat for events bewitching whistle stop known are worried about being screwed out of Fashion Bit gigs they perceive are rightfully theirs. Fashion Second facilities will occasion construction influence Lincoln Center ' s Damrosch Field this weekend for the spring 2011 shows. This being the number one season Fashion Duration will take latitude skillful, organizers are ropes the the numbers of ironing out the kinks, including the dispute that ' s emerged between IMG ( which organizes Fashion Bout, Lincoln Target ) and Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees ( the union that oversees stagehand and theatrical - labor crews who stint at Lincoln Target ).

The disagreement centers around who IMG should contract to trial on erecting the tents and performing other labor imperative for the occurrence. Local One has an agreement cover Lincoln Bull's eye to hire its troupe for events beguiling distance inside Lincoln Hub, but the contract does not cover surrounding areas or the plaza, spot Damrosch Lawns is located. However, union pilot James J. Claffey Jr. says the bull's eye traditionally hires union unit for events taking hole pull these areas, allied the newspaper Christmas - tree lighting. He believes IMG should heed case history and hire union unit for all Fashion Era events.

Lincoln Center says they can't tell IMG who to hire because they're renting the space. An IMG spokesman sent The Wall Street Journal an e-mail statement:

"The variegated issues that ensue directly we are factual entrust find an cordial estimate by September 9, " Mr. Eichman uttered. " Whereas we action relevance inevitable preparations, our band is focused on providing the abundantly profit effective, impressive, also user - attached productions considering our designer also speed clients further because compatible, consign donkeywork diligently to knock off the measure to Lincoln Center due to serene due to imaginable. "The federation is share an juncture reunion this morning. Claffey called the direction " sheer sensitive, " adding, " We ' re agility to exercise our legal rights if they don ' t come to some sort of agreement blot out us".

The union is holding an emergency meeting this morning. Claffey called the situation "very sensitive," adding, "We're going to exercise our legal rights if they don't come to some sort of agreement with us." That could mean a picket line during the shows.

IMG signed a contract to rent Lincoln Core for five senility, tuck away events likely to spill into non - Damrosch areas of the multiple at some point. Forasmuch as these organizations are significance the the numbers of forging plans for the meeting five elderliness — or ten Fashion Weeks. An amicable agreement is imperative before the shows dawn, in that fashion mortals don ' t purely fancy to petulant ablaze picket products! Those of screwball, counterfeit - skinned - bunny - wielding, pessimistic - fur individuals excepted.

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Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Showcases Creativity of Designers

Asia's biggest business of fashion event, Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week 2010 (WIFW), introduced, from 24 through 28 March 2010 an assortment of striking collections from 130 designers on the runway and the exhibition areas. With 43 shows and 130 stalls, the premier event offered five enthralling days of inspiration, ingenuity and imagination aligned with business opportunities. The event which is a fashion kaleidoscope brought a diversity of talent on the runway. The show highlighted its multicultural philosophy with ensembles that held the commercial appeal all under one roof at NSIC Exhibition Complex. WIFW is the perfect platform that allows style gurus to showcase their collection to domestic and international buyers, media, design schools and fashionistas. Most importantly, it lets the industry know what's 'in' and what's' out' for the season.

Though there were indeed a large number of designers, whose collections made it to our short list, but even this list had to be further pruned to only 12 designers, who could be accommodated in our present write-up.

Young Masaba's Exuberated Festivity Creates Festival Masala

Probably the youngest of the lot, Masaba is known for her patchworks and colours. Her collection exuberated festivity and excitement as her face on the ramp. It was a festive traditional line with a lot of velvet coupled with silks. Silhouettes included dhotis and angrakhas. She, yet again, proved that she belongs to the talented new lot of the promising few, as she showcased her creations at the WIFW NW 2010. This was a collection of men's and women's couture, with extensive use of velvets and silks. It gave a sneak-peek into the Rajasthani culture.

The antique gold embroidery, beadwork and zari added a dramatic touch. What really caught our attention were her mul silk sarees with stripes on pleats and plane border pallus. The highlight was saris with appliqued pockets. Multi fabric churidaar sleeve blouses, patch worked angrakhas with dhoti pants were a super hit on the ramp. The patchwork, doriwork and gold embroidery on a colour palette of sindoor red, leaf green with whites gave the collection a traditional yet rustic appeal. The collection is sure to catch the attention of Indian styleconscious sari wearers and is aimed at appealing the Middle-eastern market.

Tarun Tahiliani Returns to Craft

Tarun Hahiliani's collection is the refection of Indian craft. The surface treatments clearly show the values, richness, workmanship and the role of Indian craft in fashion. The designer has again successfully explored our traditional textiles and embroideries and applied it in Indo Western as well as Indian ethnic silhouettes. Fitted structured jackets were combined with drapery bottoms to create the elusion of IndoWestern drapes. Traditional saris were draped with both short length waist coats and long tailored coats to lend richness to the clothes and make the collection look truly global. Trademark sari drapes, embroidered belts paired with clunky platform shoes, long tailored coats with kaftans were adding a masculine chic look. The designer played smartly with various surface treatments like quilting, chikankari, and prints with natural dyes.

The colour palette varies from deep honey golds, ambers, Prussian blues, wine reds to transparent black, earthy brown, shades of green and blue. His menswear collection was based on classic silhouettes which were again reworked to create the traditional look. The coats, achkans and bundies with wide pants were very much prominent with colours like mushroom, charcoal, chocolates and blacks. The collection certainly reminds us of our traditional route and has a sense of pride for our cultural values.

Pankaj & Nidhi Draw Inspiration from Samurai Armour

Their collection draws inspiration from the 18th century samurai armour which was made with interlaced materials hand-pieced together using a complex weaving technique. The ensembles showcased strong contrasts between black and ivory, charcoal and cloud greys in addition to Kimono colours like sap green, orchid and flame orange. With their chic and dramatic use of colours and geometrics, they have created a collection springing energy and oomph.

Payal Jain Inspired by Mystic Allure of Solitary Monk

Payal Jain's collection at WIFW NW 2010 was inspired by the mystic allure of the historical textiles and the bewitching lifestyle of the monks in Laos.

The peace and serenity that emanates from the monks holds the vast range of silhouettes together, be it draped dresses, flowing tunics, structured jackets, bias skirts, prayer pants, draped shells or form-fitted stirrups. The key feature of her collection was reverse construction of garments with obviously visible seams, overlocking and bandings to enhance the simplicity of the ensembles. The treatments and specially designed prints were vibrant, multidimensional, warm and inspired by old Laos textiles handed down over generations.

Fabrics ranging from linen and cotton jersey to hand woven khadi to self jacquards and soft flowing silk jerseys are draped and styled into clean, crisp and simple ensembles. The focus of her collection remains the denim washes and the worn-out effects created to give a rustic, raw and antique illusion. The unorthodox usage of colour, print, texture and fabrics was the most inspiring feature of her collection. The purity and simplicity of form, yarn, detail and surface texturisation is what makes these silhouettes unique.

Rehane's Exotic expressions

Rehane, in her collection titled Antolio', drew her inspiration from all things in ' Asia Minor '. Her WIFW NW 2010 line presented a vibrant and exotic collection in a bold lookher signature style.

The colour story for this collection was strongly salmon, deep aqua, turkish blue and antique gold. Rehane emphasised a lot on the cuts which were structured yet complimenting the female silhouette. A dominant influence of Turkey was seen in the collection. In keeping with the contemporary and bold look, a lot of black with red floral embroidery was also dominant in the designer's collection. Semi circular pockets with detailing, embroidered back yokes and baby doll styled dresses flounced at the waist were a delight for the onlookers. The fabrics used varied from jacquard to satin and velvet to georgettes. A feminine, chic, playful and elegant collection.

Charu Parashar's 'Hidden Warrior in a Woman'

Charu Parashar showcased her collection named 'Shooma Macq Bool Hasteen' at the WIFW NW 2010. The show started with dim lights and four models tied from top to toe like mummies with bandages standing still on the golden ramp with only their black eyes peeping out as a sign of life.

Adhering to her signature style, prints were seen once again blended with knits. There were strong influences of bright Egyptian and Persian geometrics in these prints imparting a multi-dimensional feel. The colour palette was a range of wintry dominant black with touches of turquoise, ivory, yellow, sea green and fuschia. The fabrics had fluid drapes giving a luxurious feel by the use of silks, chiffons, satins and cotton. Fabrics were painstakingly constructed with fine quilting techniques, crinkled effects, tassels, gathers and anchor threads.

Silhouettes emphasised on drapes and construction. There was a psychedelic array of geometric prints on Iycra leggings, highlighting the ensembles. The styles were dominated by dresses in various lengths, kaftans, hooded jumpsuits and jackets, bringing out the warrior element by the use of padded and extended shoulder. The models were carrying bronze and silver oxidized metal head gears and chest armours.

Puja Arya's Flashbac

Her collection was true to the whims of a girl from the urban jungle, chic yet playful, nostalgic, focusing on silhouettes from the 50s & 60s with bested jackets, sequined bolero, the ever favorite mini skirt and belted dresses. In Arya's signature style, the emphasis was on the waist, puff short dresses and saris.

The ensuing ensembles were in handcrafted silk, satins, silk chiffon, silk crepe, silk chanderi and mulmul. She gave keen attention to the detailing and surface treatment with the use of pleating, Indian gota patch work and sequined flower motifs. The artistic masterful hand block prints moved from graphic geometrics to geometric flower motifs. The colour palette ranged from the stark cityscape black and white, checks, to mulled sunny yellows, effervescent greys, breezy lilacs complimented by scrumptious aubergine culminating in a lipstick pink.

Ashii by Ashima Singh

Ashima Singh's collection at WIFW A/W 2010 drew inspiration from Madhubani and Mithla paintings of Bihar. Ashima is known for uniting various techniques from India's rich heritage and incorporating traditional trends into modern fashion. For mounting this collection, she had worked with the artisans, built on their traditional skills and created contemporary hues and designs. It was a nice amalgamation of Western ensembles with the traditional art form of Madhubani.

The colour palette dealt with an ivory base hand painted with colours like green, orange, pale yellow, brown and blue. She used fabrics like raw silk, matkas and cotton. The silhouettes were very Western with detailing of ethnic, traditional Indian art form which made it very progressive. Design elements included puffed sleeves, sharp cuts, Western jackets and drapes. Even the footwear had a touch of Madhubani motifs with detailed black outlines. Handcrafted tassels had their own charm which were placed on various areas like shoulder, empire line and waistline.

Monapali's Resort Elegance

Mona Pali showcased their WIFW NW 2010 collection where resort wear meets tribal, paying ode to the exquisite craft of filigree, the fine jaali work in the collection. Tradition was intertwined with modern sensi bility, old fashioned charm mixed with contemporary eclecticism, a rich sensuality mingled with polished and urban serenity. There was a huge variety of surface treatments. Embroidery was delicate, using mesh, bead, thread, dori with hand paint, discharge print and bold graphical patterns to bend in an easy silhouette in soft sensual fabrics that formed the backbone of the collection. There was a rawness and earthiness in it, juxtaposed with sophistication and elegance.

Fabrics were soft and elegant with rustic, matt, structured materials like chiffon blends, satin and net played around with brocade, madras silk and rich Banarasi kheem khab. The colour palette was vibrant with blue, purple, red, yellow, fuschia, green, wine and orange. Applique, dori and thread work added to the dramatic flair. The silhouettes were a mix of modern and classical cuts with fusion as the mainstay. Dresses, kaftans, tunics, skirts, tops, bustiers and saris find their way into the collection. It was soft, sensual and elegant.

Nida Mahmood's Gritty Vibrant 'Sadak Chhaap'

Nida Mahmmood showcased her WIFW NW 2010 collection 'Sadak Chhaap' where the essence comes from the gritty vibrant alleys of India. The range took elements from scraps and products sold on the Indian streets. It gave a feel of the delightful amalgamation of colours, music and kitsch. The colour palette ranged from beige shades to dirty muddy camel hues, stark reds, electric blue to tangerine and indigo purple, gold, copper, acid green and some fuschias with warm yellow and shades of grey.

The collection flowed with georgettes, crepes, nets, silks for fluidity and feminity, while some thick cottons and leather lent structure to the garments. The accessories and head gears were bright and colourful, adding to flamboyance and cheerfulness of the theme. They were loud and showy, accessorised with local plastic toys, ping pong balls, plastic masks of Goddesses, chips packets, slogans from local hoardings, metallic shiny mesh, recycled masala packets to name a few.

Rahul Mishra Flies High

Rahul Mishra showcased his WIFW NW 2010 collection the 'Butterfly Effect', portraying the journey of the human race and the process of metamorphosis our planet had undergone in the last century. It shows global warming as our biggest concern. The collection is an outcome of engineered art works inspired by M Escher's Work and Urban Landscape. Hand crafted Aari work created graphic surfaces in the forms of optical illusions of 2D and 3D.

The day wear look was achieved using sheer Chanderis and double weave organza with subtle selfsurface techniques. A chic, reversible, clean look is presented with rich jacquard silk jackets.

The colour palette was dominated by classic black and whites, used innovatively in various styles, including dresses. The collection contained wrap dresses with butterfly motifs, off shoulder dress with spaghetti straps, reversible jackets in jacquard, knee length dresses peeping from underneath, short reversible strap dress, reversible single layer double breasted jackets, long overcoats, dupion trousers, bustier dress, double breasted jumpsuit, off shoulder gown. These added to simple feminism with design elements like cap sleeves, pockets, layers, baby tucks, quilts and ruffles.

Grand Finale by Rajesh Pratap Singh's Bespoke Tales

The Grand Finale show by Rajesh Pratap Singh had a lot of interesting elements to it like the widened ramp and the background created by unfinished garments ... He deserves all the accolades for combining beautifully his creation, originality and simplicity. Though there was a lot of cheer in the audience but some in the audience were left fretting. "We expect a different level of grandness from the grand finale," said a fashion critic who did not want to be named!

Rajesh Pratap Singh's grand finale collection 'Bespoke Tales' for WIFW NW 2010 expressed the progression of the fine art of making clothes as seen by the ingenious tailor. Models emerged from the wide background walking through the unfinished muslin garments hanging in a surreal fashion. The detailed collection was splendid with a fabulous combination of creativity, originality and simplicity showcasing strong craftsmanship. The range all about 'Us & Them' was a play of contrasts with many shades, techniques and styles to it, featuring transparent and opaque, matt and copper/silver, black/red sequence. The collection displayed hard and soft stroke and structured clothing softly molded with creativity at its best. The garments were hand woven, reversible and double clothed. Fabrics were mainly satins, leather, glass nylon and woolen suiting fabrics.

Rajesh Pratap Singh's grand finale collection 'Bespoke Tales' for WIFW NW 2010 expressed the progression of the fine art of making clothes as seen by the ingenious tailor. Models emerged from the wide background walking through the unfinished muslin garments hanging in a surreal fashion. The detailed collection was splendid with a fabulous combination of creativity, originality and simplicity showcasing strong craftsmanship. The range all about 'Us & Them' was a play of contrasts with many shades, techniques and styles to it, featuring transparent and opaque, matt and copper/silver, black/red sequence. The collection displayed hard and soft stroke and structured clothing softly molded with creativity at its best. The garments were hand woven, reversible and double clothed. Fabrics were mainly satins, leather, glass nylon and woolen suiting fabrics.

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The Best of New York Fashion Week - Spring 2010

Marc Jacobs is in that enviable and exclusive club of designers who have free range to explore and stretch their imagination while still pulling in the customers. In less-deft hands, his spring collection, rife with dramatic curlicues of silk, full-on hanky motifs, and many, many innerwear-as-outerwear nods, would flounder. But in Marc's, it was one of those shows that made the jaded fashion crowd love its job.

Marc Jacobs: Sculptural ruffles at the shoulders, and ruffle swirls on the skirt.

Marc Jacobs: Ruffles again, this time butched up by a military-green jacket.


Marc Jacobs: Head-to-thigh ruffles!


Marc Jacobs: Angelic ruffles.


Marc by Marc Jacobs

She's kookie, she's cute, she's got a crazy-cool way of dressing. She's the Marc by Marc Jacobs girl. For spring, her overt '80s references have subsided...a bit. There are still strong shoulders and bright-bright colors. But it's all a cheerful affair — the big plaids, the vibrant prints, the ruffles, ruches and pleats, and the underlying impression that these girls want to have a good time.

Marc by Marc Jacobs: Ruffles, rompers and bows, oh my.


Marc by Marc Jacobs: Looking pretty in plaid.


Marc by Marc Jacobs: Big shoulders: officially sticking around for another season.


Marc by Marc Jacobs: A final, huge, juicy pop of color to end the show.


Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera started with a humble Japanese basket, and from there unfurled her spring collection. Her inspiration translated through the woven details she peppered throughout. But of course, hers came via silk linen jacquards and wood-tile embellishments. It was, as always, proper and sophisticated.


Carolina Herrera: Rich texture defines this ivory raffia blouse with a beaded jacquard skirt and leather rope belt.


Carolina Herrera: Summer sunset colors — rose, amber and caramel — created a subtle, sophisticated glow.

Carolina Herrera: Her new take on the summer suit balanced youthful elements, like thigh-grazing shorts, with grown-up fabrics.


Carolina Herrera: Look for the basket-weave look throughout Carolina's entire collection this spring.


Thakoon
It's not just the cool girls who appreciate and wear Thakoon Panichgul's wares. It's smart girls. His clothes navigate that had hard-to-balance line between intellectual and wearable. His tricks, like blossomed-out pleats and bondage-like tightness played against swells of fabric, support his ideas of "design." But like we said, it's all still wearable — and that's the most important.


Thakoon: Painted, pretty florals with a loose-tight silhouette somehow still flatter the hips.


Thakoon: More soft florals and easy draping.


Thakoon: A super-sporty suit with an über-modern dash of electric blue.

Thakoon: This aquatic seafoam-printed draping creates a walk on the ocean.


Derek Lam
Derek Lam showed his patriotic roots for spring. No, there were no literal stars and stripes (oh wait, there were some stars — but done so chicly), but there was some of that wanna-buy-it American sportswear that Lam established his name with. There were any number of easy dresses, but all with some sort of great detail (a petal-like front, a glittering floral, a swoop-front hem). And he did it with some edge — a close fit here, a peekaboo of thigh there — and a smorgasbord of prints.


Derek Lam: A beach-worthy floral jumper dressed up for evening with a white tuxedo jacket.


Derek Lam: Pink pants just right for pool-side.


Derek Lam: A dramatic final look.

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