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Best of Pre-Fall Fashion 2010 New York, Paris, Milan: It’s Cold Snap Chic!

Collection Reviews for real way style. Think of Pre-Fall 2010 as a savvy way to inspire your current wardrobe and future purchases. With the U.S & Europe in the midst of painful & unrelenting cold snaps, with fashion moving so fast that we can't even remember Fall 2009, and with the dawn of a new decade, you could think of Pre-Fall 2010 as a savvy way to inspire your current wardrobe & shopping lists for this cold, cold season. Pre-fall is the early delivery fashion season without the fanfare of a full runway presentation, but generally the litmus test for what you will see in coming weeks on the catwalks. In this spirit we wanted to take a look at

Live from Madison Avenue, it’s the 35th Anniversary of SNL, Barney’s style!

Fantastic Mr. Fox pops up in Bergdorf Goodman Men’s Holiday Windows

Clothing Construction, the Beauty Behind the Seams

American Beauty, Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion on exhibition It's so easy to get the look, but what is the mastery behind its seams? “Knowing the sewing construction is what makes one a designer not a stylist,” Charles Kleibacker, at the FIT American Style Symposium. There's no doubt that I'm a seam queen! I can spot a well-made garment in an instant and appreciate the craft that went into its construction. It comes from a discerning eye and knowing when it matters most to have the best that you can or when a trendier throwaway version is just fine. Or, perhaps, the contemporary combination of the mixing both high and low fashion. Maria Cornejo dress In the modern world of

Glitz-A-Thon: Holiday houses in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

Moschino Holiday Windows Send Santa to the Shrink

Donna Karan Collection

Share | Donna Karan Collection - Fashion Show Photos - Spring 2009 Donna Karan Collection DONNA KARAN COLLECTION Donna Karan Collection Fashion Show - Spring 2009 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Photos New York Click on each picture for an enlarged view. --February 2, 2009 Photos, this page only, Mercedes Benz Fashion WeekNew York

Matthew Williamson

Share | Matthew Williamson - Fashion Show Photos - Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York - Spring/Summer 2009 Matthew Williamson MATTHEW WILLIAMSON Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York Spring / Summer 2009 See the Budget Fashion Matthew Williamson collection for H&M Click on each picture for an enlarged view. --April 3, 2009 Photos, this page only, courtesy of the designerMercedes Benz Fashion Week New York

Chado Ralph Rucci

Share | Chado Ralph Rucci - Spring 209 Fashion Show Runway Photos Chado Ralph Rucci from the run of the show... In a natural evolution fro his last collection, Ralph Rucci is expanding upon his use of sheer fabrics and experimenting with transparency and texture for his Spring 2009 Collection... Click on each picture for an enlarged view.

NY Fashion Week: Herve Leger Spring / Summer 2010

Nice and fresh fabrications, treatments and sun-softened beachy palette which evoked a pinch of country sensibility I hustled into the Herve Leger Spring 2010 show amidst throngs of bandage dressed women of all ages. What I noticed first and foremost was that although most of these Leger devotees had overdone it one way or another - moms and their mini-me daughters in matching nightclub ready scuba uber-minis forcing comparisons, loads of make-up, black patent leather, fussy blond coifs and naked flesh at 3pm - the show itself was surprisingly earthy. This is not to say that Max Azria abandoned Leger's signature body-con hubba-hubba I expected to see. He just took his cash-cow formula and reconsidered the possibilities. He exposed it

NY Fashion Week: David Elfin Spring / Summer 2010

Smart with a somber, soothing palette and totally wearable separates with a crisp minimal core. Veteran Spanish designer David Elfin showed his second collection in the U.S this season after being in the business for the past ten years, and compared to the overload of cocktail dresses seen everywhere else, this was a pleasant effort. >> See runway images from the David Elfin collection While there may have been some audacious propositions like a male model exiting in a tube top, he kept it smart with a somber, soothing palette and some totally wearable separates that had a crisp minimal core. >> See our complete runway coverage and fashion show photos His gray romper was a smart take on the

NY Fashion Week: Ports 1961 Spring / Summer 2010

Quietly gorgeous, beautifully designed pieces that are right on the money for her many many followers The invite to Tia Cibani's Ports 1961 s/s 2010 rtw show, which she entitled "Fleure" - was an accordion folded geisha's fan and it stood out in a sea of heavy card stock and virtual invites. Maybe it was a little literal, too easy a hint at what was to come, but it worked. And when the lights went down and then up, a nice hushed energy filled the room. The models seemed to radiate from a shadowy zen garden. Cibani invited 2 amazingly talented craftsmen to help realize her take on Japonisme: Julia Lundsten the designer of Finsk - whose moulded stingray pumps

NY Fashion Week: Derek Lam Spring / Summer 2010

Derek Lam makes serious, luxe clothing that's quiet in statement and meticulous in quality. It was nice to see him add a sense of charm and exuberance to that sophisticated mix Derek Lam makes serious, luxe clothing that's quiet in statement and meticulous in quality. It was nice to see him add a sense of charm and exuberance to that sophisticated mix via tiny dotted stars and florals for Spring/Summer 2010. >> See runway images from the Derek Lam collection The shape was reminiscent of the 40's that designers like Ossie Clark & Halston were channeling in the 70's and as usual, there wasn't a single exit that was not only wearable, but also downright chic in the broad sense

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