Fashion Week: February 11-18
Paris 68
had some really innovative looks this in its Fall 2010 collection. Although the label recycled a lot of trends that we've seen recently (black on black, sequins, metallic), most of the pieces have kind of whimsical, 90s inspired silhouettes that are very wearable and will sell to a wide range of consumers.
Derek Lam
If I had three wishes one of them would be to wake up, open my closet, and have Derek Lam's entire Fall collection in front of me. Very edgy yet classy, functional, and would translate well from day to night. I think a huge, albeit unavoidable, problem with high fashion today is that is has become more of a business and less of an art. But I think this collection does really well to bridge that gap. And, I love all the leather.
Marc by Marc
This is one of my favorite labels in general, but I have to say I was really disappointed with the collection this year. The first of these pictures is strikingly similar to a look featured in Vogue Paris this winter, and the plaid dress with zippers reminds me of something you might find on the sale rack at Hot Topic.
Marc by Marc Jacobs - F2010
Vogue Paris - W2010
But, just to break up the hating a little, I really liked this dress below. And their models are always the prettiest.
Reading about fashion week has been possibly the only thing lifting my spirits the last few weeks. The weather in Austin has been absolutely terrible! I'm ready for springtime and to have an excuse to wear more color. Thanks to the rain, however, I did get my picture in the local paper :D Front page of Metro and State...I am so totally famous now.
