Anna Sui

Anna Sui's inspiration came from - according to the style.com review - the Pre-Raphaelites of Victorian England.  Since I clearly missed that lesson in Art History class, I saw haute hippy meets boho chic meets updated fairy tales! You know - Snow White and the Hot Huntsman (that's the name of the movie in my mind!), Ever After, The Brothers Grimm...

At first, I thought that these pieces were intriguing to look at and that I wouldn't find anything that I would actually love to own.  Usually, this is how I choose my favorite picks from the runway shows and I thought I'd have a slightly different lyst this time.  However, as I perused the show, I totally decided that there were pieces in this collection that I would love to own and would wear in a heartbeat.  The Anna Sui show also further enabled my fascination with the adorable Liu Wen.  I love how she smiles! It's like she actually likes her job - imagine that!  I do also have to admit that I did not love the men's pieces, but I do like how Anna Sui showed garments for men as well as women.  See my favorites below...

This look isn't really one of my picks, but I love that Liu Wen is always smiling! 

Liu's not smiling!  I didn't recognize her! Still a super cute girl!

As always, thanks to style.com for the awesome coverage!

Diane von Furstenberg

It has been a crazy couple of weeks for me!  I've been taking on some new experiences and it's been very busy but crazy fun!  I can't believe I let a NY Fashion Week go by and forgot to check out the collection by Diane von Furstenberg!  She is one of my favorites so I have to ooh and ahh about her RTW collection before I start checking out what I've been missing in London and before I glue myself to the Red Carpet tomorrow night! 

There did not seem to be a theme - just beautiful clothes.  She did some very nice things with bright, feminine colors as well as some sultry black pieces.  My favorite  looks from her show are below (well, some of them...)

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Photos courtesy of style.com

Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein! (I have to add my thoughts later!)

Elie Tahari

Elie Tahari (updating my thoughts later...)

Bill Blass

I didn't know Bill Blass was still on the runway fashions scene what a blast from the past for me.  the collection was boardroom chic reminiscent of the era in which the show Madmen is shot but still had a modern edge.  It was shown on a wood paneled and carpeted runway giving a old school office vibe.

Alice & Olivia

Alice & Olivia presented a photo montage in lieu of a runway show which is an idea I like.  They did, however, have a model with a platinum blond wig that kind of took away from the garments they presented except for a couple where she was wearing a white/silver ensemble that blended with the hair.  There were two different models so the looks that caught my eye were of course on the one that did not have the loud hair.  See my faves below!

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Photos courtesy of style.com

Wordless Wednesday

Carolina Herrera

I can't do a "Music Monday" today! 

Alas, life goes on and there are still beautiful RTW pieces strutting down the fabulous runways in New York and I have some catching up to do!  Carolina Herrera's show was absolutely stunning.  I love going into her store here and trying on the garments in there, so I always like to see footage of her fashion shows.

The first thing I noticed was the models' big hair. I usually don't like big, bouffant hair (I know I'm from Texas and that's supposed to be "our thing" down here!), but I like how she did it just at the top and then straightened out in the back - just big enough.  I also liked the pieces where she combined blue and black - two neutrals that you rarely put together.  Then she did a cute take on her signature black and white.  Some of the whites were even ecru or eggshell instead of  stark white and there was lots of blending.  The show ended with pretty colorful  pieces.  My personal favorites are below - there are lots!

  

  

Peter Som

Peter  Som was full of cool surprises!  As I'm going through the slideshow, my eyes get used to the white hot theme, then - BAM!  My favorite neutral - brown!  I'm reveling in the beautiful brown (because I'm a brown girl!) - here comes the black!

So, I'm thinking at this point, "Peter Som is doing some great things with the neutrals". Then - POW! Cute, bright prints!  Then he mixed in some cute solid dark green pieces and some deep bordeaux pieces with nice cuts and lines.  There was also some diversity in the textures that he chose for the collection.  I'm not really a big fan of fur unless it's faux fur- mostly just because my nerd girl allergies won't allow it - but there were even some fur pieces that I really liked.

My art eye never got bored.  I would imagine you couldn't have blinked at this show or you would have missed something fantastic.  Several faves below to give you an idea of the versatility.

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I would wear the heck out of this last piece and just have to be "sneezey" all day! Who would notice?

Photos from style.com

Jason Wu

I am a really, really big fan of Jason Wu.  However, before I discuss his collection, I must speak up for all women everywhere...

WE ARE SO OVER PANTYHOSE!!!

Tights - hot!  Decorative hose - ok, maybe! Plain old granny pantyhose - NOT cute!

Whew! That felt good!  (I have occasionally have some slight feminist tendencies!)

Now that I have my little rant out of my system - I really liked the collection.  It was really edgy and kind of reminded me of The Matrix.  Jason clearly took the "red pill"!  I especially liked the dresses (big surprise right?).  They would have looked lots better without - well, you know! ;)

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As always, thanks to style.com for their great photos and making me feel like I was there!