February 22, 2012

Fall 2012 New York - February 14th

Alexandre Herchcovitch
A new designer to my list, I loved the proportions and silhouettes of the clothes and they were done in a beautiful color palette.


J. Crew
I love J. Crew and their transition into RTW. The clothes are extremely wearable and the styling was amazing, mixing a lot of prints, patterns and textures.


Naeem Khan
It's no news when I say Naeem Khan is my favorite gown designer, if I was going to the Oscars next sunday I would totally be wearing one of his designs.... unfortunately I'm not, yet!


RAD by Rad Hourani
It's kind of ironic that RAD offered a rad collection, but it's the truth! Minimalistic, just how I like it and super modern.


Rodarte
Whereas Rodarte showed an extremely romantic collection with a vintage quality to it.


Sachin+Babi
This collection was extremely sexy and I do not mean it in a trashy way, it was very subtle. Designs to a strong, confident woman.

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Love,
G.

February 19, 2012

Fall 2012 New York - February 13th

3.1. Phillip Lim
Sophisticated, minimalistic with great details. The perfect mix of black and white.

Alice+Olivia
What I most liked about this collection was the occasion pieces, great options for red carpet and events that you might have. I especially love the 3rd picture, the perfect balance of elegance.

Araks
Araks always has great simple pieces, very uncomplicated, straight lines and beautiful proportions.


Jenny Packham
Great choices for evening wear.


Preen
A like the quirky style of Preen, again the pieces are very simple, but the prints and the color brought the pieces to life.


Reem Acra
I saw Audrey Hepburn all over this collection..


Theysken's Theory
Awh one of my most anticipated shows... I loved it, as usual. It's super cool, rock'n'roll, easy to wear and  I'm sold!


Zero+Maria Cornejo
Great mix of fabrics and gorgeous silhouettes and color palette.

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Love,
G.

February 17, 2012

Fall 2012 New York - February 12th

Derek Lam
A very minimalistic collection from Derek Lam, using lots and lots of leather, whether as a top, pants or skirts, but done in a lovely way not appearing though at all. It was either leather or something fluid with a chunky knit.

Diane von Furstenberg
DVF showed why she has been in the fashion industry for a long time and that she has much more to give. I love the color palette, the mix of red with neutrals either browns or pinkish tones was beautifully achieved and then some beautiful dark looks, done in such an elegant way.

DKNY
Well, first of all I love the setting of the runway, the same as it was for the SS11 season. Second, DKNY always offers great simple, easy to wear clothing, this time a lot of leather and a lot of dark colors, especially black.

Kevork Kiledjian
A body conscious collection designed to a powerful woman having as a starting point a photograph of Charlotte Rampling.

Tommy Hilfiger
Mr. Hilfiger had quite some evident influences on his collection: military and equestrian. The result great tailored pieces, classic and timeless.

Tracy Reese
"She knows where she's going this season," is what Tracy said of her customer for this season. A very colorful collection though my favorite looks were the more quiet ones.

Victoria Beckham
Yet another body conscious collection, the designer is known for her petite frame and designs to skinny woman leaving the corsets out this time she opted she used construction techniques that suck it all in, having the same end result of the corset. The collection took a more sporty direction than usual and there was also the military trend going on.

Zac Posen
It's his 10th year anniversary and the designer has found his strength on occasion dressing this time with a japanese theme. 

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Love,
G.

February 14, 2012

Fall 2012 New York - February 11th

Alexander Wang
Wang brought all the big names in the modeling industry not just the present ones but also the old time favs. I have to be honest it was not my favorite collection from him but I loved the accessories and the outerwear.

Altuzarra
An ambitious collection inspired by Corto Maltese from a french comic from the 60s, 70s, a sailor whose parents were gipsies and venetian. Thus the clear military influence, also there were elements from Morocco and India, trips that he, as a sailor had done.

Band of Outsiders
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" a western inspired collection with nothing bad nor ugly.

Christian Siriano
I like it and I like it quite a lot! Beautiful, elegant options more for evening wear but surely with a different styling can translate into daywear. The inspiration behind it was the old movie Vampire Bat hence the dark tones.

Lacoste
Awh this just made me want to go skiing!!!

Mara Hoffman
Hm okay. So I liked sooome pieces, most of them didn't mean much to me, but the ones that I actually liked, I really liked them.

Monique Lhuillier

Elegant, Chic, Hollywood, Glamour...some stunning red carpet options.

Prabal Gurung
Oh Prabal, I can't believe I'm going to say this but I loved the pants and the outerwear way better than the dresses.... but he definitely takes risks so I'll hand it to him.

Rachel Zoe
As the designer would say, "I die!!!!!" "It´s Bananaaaas!" whatever you want to say but I personally think it's wonderful!

Wes Gordon
Quickly becoming a known name in the fashion industry at only 25 years of age, Gordon offered an elegant, romantic collection.

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Love,
G.

February 12, 2012

Fall 2012 New York - February 10th

Charlotte Ronson
I loved the knits in this collection, the one thing that freaked me out was the white in a lot of the outfits... 

Doo.Ri
Doo.Ri always offers a certain romance in her garments, they're always very feminine. For the next season that femininity came in subtle details, I for once loved the necklines, they totally made the garments come to life.




Helmut Lang
As always a very cool collection, lots of leather and black but also some pops of color, almost as if paint had fell on the garments.


Jason Wu
Talking of dark collection came Mr. Wu designing for a fierce, independent woman.


NAHM
Beautiful easy to wear options! The only thing I would point out is that most outfits could be very well from a spring collection...


Peter Som
Peplums are a huge trend at the moment and it looks like Peter Som is a fan.




St. John
St. John has always great options for a classic, more conservative kind of look and to finalize the hair and makeup to match, divine!

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Love,
G.

February 11, 2012

Fall 2012 New York - February 9th

BCBG MAXAZRIA
The color blocking is a known from BCBG even more so now that has been a trend, I love that even though their known for it, it was still creative like the trench on the first picture.

Jenni Kayne
Always with a tomboy aspect associated and with the styling, the hair, makeup and obviously the clothes making a designers perspective on street style, which not only I love but is extremely clever.

Juan Carlos Obando
As the designer himself said "combine the natural with the artificial" and it seems that the last look as been chosen for the Oscars, let's see who will wear it.

Nicholas K
Having the 20s and the 30s as an inspiration and a desert palette, a focus on outerwear, draped knits and lots of layering resulted on the collection shown above.

TSE
A beautiful easy to wear collection full of knits and neutral colors.

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Love,
G.

Fall 2012 New York - February 8th

Jil Sander Navy
In this collection is quite visible the sport influence that has been emerging in the past few seasons, a minimalistic collection with beautiful detailing (collars).

Organic by John Patrick
I always like this brand's collection, it has an english countryside feel to it that I adore, a mix of a girly girl with a tomboy. It mixed a lot of tough and soft materials which gives more dimension to the looks.

Rachel Comey
Usually Comey's collection is all about print and color, this time she approached FW with a more neutral pallet. Me, being a big fan of black, grey and white, was extremely pleased with it.

Steven Alan
Though not a main stream name yet, this is one of the collections that I usually enjoy the most. The vintage , retro feel is always attached but done in a very wearable and cool way.

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Love,
G.