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NY Fashion Week: Cynthia Steffe Spring / Summer 2010

Cynthia Steffe | Spring / Summer Runway Summer 2010

Runway Review Excerpt: We can’t forget that when this collection hits stores, it’s sure to be a crowd pleaser that’s been tweaked to offer something for absolutely everyone. _#NYFW

Cynthia Steefe is one of those sportswear labels that quickly rose to prominence during the earlier part of this decade only to be fizzled out by some serious in-house design changes before the company was able to make its signature clear and concise and most importantly strong. This left new designer Shaun Kearny wandering between disparate notions of where to lead the successful line.

His Spring/Summer 2010 outing for Cynthia Steffe was to me, not only one his, but one of the line’s strongest collections to date.

Kearny played with fashion’s recent flirtation with naive Liberty prints and completey washed them out, creating an end result with print’s that were not only playful, but so powdery that they had a very soft, frothy, luminescent beauty that was a great counterpoint to today’s fascination with tough, urban gear. This softness played a major role throughout the collection, saving it from being too saccharine sweet and literal, which was a smart move considering how girly-girl and precious the assembled looks were.

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It also took your eye away from how very trend driven the silhouettes were, creating smart riffs on the tried-and-true. Boyfriend blazers, eyelet lace, tiers of ruffles, rompers, wet-look fabrications and cropped jackets all made an appearance creating an end result that was light-hearted and rather young. While I say it may be too young and a bit too washed out against summer tans, we can’t forget that when this collection hits stores, it’s sure to be a crowd pleaser that’s been tweaked to offer something for absolutely everyone. And for a sportswear label like Steffe, the effects of Kearny’s risky color palette proved this was a very bold and promising effort, one with something to say that I am more than eager to listen to. –Naveed Hussain

_{Photos, this page only, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York}

Published on September 13, 2009

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Andrea Perini & Naveed Hussain | Team VagaBondNYC- Andrea Perini is a free-lance stylist and the founder and creative director of VagaBondNyc.com, the avant-garde vintage clothing destination specializing in clothing and accessories from the 60s-90s. Andrea buys, styles & shoots everything and feature's her well-edited archive in monthly vintage-only fashion editorials where every item is for sale. As fashion industry veterans, they edit their vintage buys to reflect their understanding of contemporary fashion's indebtedness to its past.

Before launching Vnyc, Andrea worked in fashion editorial at Harper's Bazaar, Elle and New York Mag and finally for (then senior fashion editor) Camilla Nickerson at Vogue assisting her on all of her commercial projects including ads for Chanel, YSL, Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, and Narciso Rodriguez. Naveed Hussain, assistant fashion editor, has a BA in art history and is Andrea’s assistant stylist and general assistant at Vagabondnyc. Naveed also covers fashion, music and art for VNyc's blog's readers and has unlimited access to current and future fashion news & trends. He has worked as a buyer and has styled for The Dallas Morning News, The Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times. More information, including press links: VagaBondnyc.com