NY Fashion Week
So, New York Fashion Week recently ended, and I'm getting to flex my (budding) fashion nerd muscles a bit.
Paper Magazine has a best of runway feature, that shows over a dozen of the collections that debuted at fashion week. Of course, in the print version of the magazine they'll have even more collections, but this is a pretty good sampling of what's happening out there.
Here are some links to collections I liked this year, with my brief notes:
Verrier
I enjoy the use of pink, and how even the non-pink pieces in the collection still seem to be informed by that color. I don't enjoy the return of high waists, but I already know that's a losing battle.
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Liz McClean
If the DPW chicks went all haute-couture on us, this is what they'd look like.
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Vena Cava
The lines on this collection seem pretty standard based on what's out this year, but the color and texture are awesome. If I saw some of this stuff in person I don't think I'd be able to resist touching it.
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Charlotte Ronson
I hate to say it, but I mostly like this collection based on what they did with the models' hair.
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Manuel
Okay, this is a perfect example of how much better women have it this year. They get this awesome art deco "super-high society in the jazz age" look, while the guys end up looking like total douchenozzels. (At least it isn't the travesty of the Duckie Brown men's collection.)
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Sue Stemp
I like how clean this collection comes off, how even the headbands get used to contribute to the overall shape of the ensemble. That said, I think this collection is a good example of how derivative things were this year.
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Erin Wasson x RVCA
This wins for "most bone-able collection". I predict that this is what all the hipsters will be looking like in the spring as this stuff trickles its way down through knock-offs and the off-the-rack stuff. I highly approve.
Paper Magazine has a best of runway feature, that shows over a dozen of the collections that debuted at fashion week. Of course, in the print version of the magazine they'll have even more collections, but this is a pretty good sampling of what's happening out there.
Here are some links to collections I liked this year, with my brief notes:
Verrier
I enjoy the use of pink, and how even the non-pink pieces in the collection still seem to be informed by that color. I don't enjoy the return of high waists, but I already know that's a losing battle.
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Liz McClean
If the DPW chicks went all haute-couture on us, this is what they'd look like.
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Vena Cava
The lines on this collection seem pretty standard based on what's out this year, but the color and texture are awesome. If I saw some of this stuff in person I don't think I'd be able to resist touching it.
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Charlotte Ronson
I hate to say it, but I mostly like this collection based on what they did with the models' hair.
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Manuel
Okay, this is a perfect example of how much better women have it this year. They get this awesome art deco "super-high society in the jazz age" look, while the guys end up looking like total douchenozzels. (At least it isn't the travesty of the Duckie Brown men's collection.)
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Sue Stemp
I like how clean this collection comes off, how even the headbands get used to contribute to the overall shape of the ensemble. That said, I think this collection is a good example of how derivative things were this year.
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Erin Wasson x RVCA
This wins for "most bone-able collection". I predict that this is what all the hipsters will be looking like in the spring as this stuff trickles its way down through knock-offs and the off-the-rack stuff. I highly approve.