Pre-Spring

Best of Resort 2012: The Usual Suspects

Runway Review: Prada, Celine, Chloe... yup, you guessed it! As usual, our favorite collections from the Resort 2012 presentations come from the ladies we always look to for inspiration galore. Here's a look at what's amping our shopping lists and making us think our wardrobes over. Don't forget to put some key accessories trends on your radar too... like Prada ladylike pointy pumps, a soft and easy beret, crisp clutch,and a modern take on an ascot. --N.H. >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews Prada Resort 2012 Prada Resort 2012 Prada Resort 2012 Miuccia Prada's kooky sixties era men's collection with it's nostalgic golf prints crossed over into her latest Resort outing and was cleverly mashed with all kinds of

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What We Love About Carven Pre-Spring 2012

Runway Review: The re-birth of a label with a limitless reach, what with it's friendlier price-points and ageless appeal. We've been big fans of designer Guillaume Henry's charmingly off-kilter bourgeois chic propositions at Carven ever since he took the reins of the quietly storied French maison two years ago. >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews His first ever Carven Pre-Collection for Spring 2012 is packed with the kind of easily wearable and distinctively designed pieces that should take this label from the minor leagues to cult status without fail. Carven Pre-Spring 2012 Taking his cue from a holiday in Switzerland, Henry added a playful addition of vintage map and postcard collage prints on separates that were layered with his

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Patti Smith’s Downtown Vibe Is the Inspiration for Ports 1961 Pre-Spring 2011 Collection That Rocks

“New York is the thing that formed me; New York is the thing that deformed me...” Patti Smith Runway Review: Rock icon Patti Smith was the style inspiration for the knockout Ports 1961 Pre-Spring 2011 collection by Tia Cibani. For anyone who has not had the amazing experience of seeing Smith perform live, particularly in a small venue, you are truly missing out on a brilliant force of music, poetry, and performance. From the days of being called the "Godmother of Punk, " to her riveting early album covers photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith does it on her terms. Just Kids by Patti Smith Ports 1961 / Resort 2011 Ports 1961 Pre-Spring 2011 that references Smith's iconic presence is

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