Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2014 RTW

As DVF celebrates the 40^th anniversary of the wrap dress, the theme for the Fall Collection is “Bohemian Wrapsody: A Glamorous Vagabond”.   Beautiful, bold prints were showcased at the beginning of the show as models ripped the runway to live music by the band St. Vincent.

There were wonderful wrap dresses as well as other gorgeous pieces.  One of the many things I love about DVF is that her garments complement and work well for all women and are empowering – I always feel a little extra sassy in a DVF dress.  That’s probably dangerous for me!

The show ended in a sea of solid gold because, well, how else would you top fabulousness with more fabulousness?  The full show can be viewed on the DVF website – I’m about to watch it again – and the amazing pictures can be viewed on style.com.

My top picks from the collection are below!

My favorite!

Cute! Don’t try this at home, though!

Diane von Furstenberg

So I did not love every piece of the DVF show, but I did love most of it! She had lots of variety and the surprise showstopper, the iconic Naomi Campbell was the perfect icing on the cake.  It was also super cool that she wore one of the pieces when she came out to take her bow.  
This is probably done all the time (Anna Sui did this at her show, too) but this is the first time I actually noticed it!

I love that Liu Wen always has a lovely smile on the runway!

The showstopper! Naomi should have been in this!

NAOMI!  I don't really like the dress, but it's NAOMI!!!

The one and only...DIANE VON FURSTENBERG!

As always, many thanks to style.com for their amazing coverage!

Lace Dresses!

Lace is back! Not the '80's Prince Purple Rain kind (which I was all over back then, by the way), but there are a plethora of beautiful, simple lace dresses showing up in the stores.  The pretty frilly, girly look is still there but with the clean, neat lines of a great, well made dress.

I first saw one that caught my eye while out prom dress shopping with a good friend. I have been thinking about that beautiful dress ever since and I really regret not going back to at least try it on and see how I looked in it. After that, I noticed lots of teenagers wearing them at their graduations (I went to several this year!).  At one, I kept looking at a friend of mine and we'd both say, "There's another cute one!"  It almost turned into a game of "Slug Bug"! (Google that if you don't know what it is!)

So, needless to say, I have been on the search for the perfect lace dress for me.  I think I've found a casual one which is good because I plan to live in dresses this summer. I am still looking for a dressy one.  Below is what I've seen so far.  It looks like Lily Pulitzer is the current queen of the laces because that is where all of my favorites have turned up.  Of course, my favorite girl, Diane von Furstenberg has a cute one available as well- I always go to that sight first for a great dress and the DVF crew never disapoints! Now all I have to do is get out in this heat and try on some of them!

Hailey by Adrianna Papell (new designer for me)

Zarita by Diane von Furstenberg

Foley by Lily Pulitzer

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

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DVF Loves GapKids

Gap just announced that they are collaborating with Diane von Furstenberg for a kids collection to be released March 15. I am definitely going to have to find a little girl (or 2) to gift an itty bitty wrap dress!

View the super cute preview video here!

I love her quote, "When you empower a little girl, you empower the woman she is to become"

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