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NY Fashion Week – Anna Sui Spring 2010
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If you’ve spent any time at all on this site then you know that Anna Sui is one of my favorites. Her Spring collection mixes her usual hippie aesthetic with a modern flair. Lets face it, you know what she’s going to come out with every season: something 60/70’s California with different rock influences. However what I love about her is that even knowing what you’re going to get each time she still can just style it a certain way that it always looks great and feels new. There are certain designers out there like McQueen or Jacobs who are great because they can always surprise you and make good clothes and then there are designers like Sui who can surprise you even after you already knew what the collection would look like. And just in case I didn’t prove my point you can look here for a second opinion.
NY Fashion Week – Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 2010
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Marc by Marc Jacobs always seems to surprise people that it’s actually good, which I still find hard to believe after so many great seasons in a row. The faux vintage mixed with high fashion styling always seems to match pop culture perfect and inspire all those people on LOOKBOOK.nu and Chictopia to try new things with their garage sale finds.
NY Fashion Week – Julian Louie Spring 2010
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Simple and fresh are what this extremely tight collection represents from Julian Louie. Not too many variations from look to look which was actually refreshing to see compared to so many scattered and bloated collections this week. The clothes are perfect for Spring; they’re soft and flowing with very passive colors. This is probably one of the more relaxing lines I’ve seen in a while.
NY Fashion Week – DKNY Spring 2010
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DKNY has always and only done one thing very well, street wear. Some of it is usually awful and some of it is usually great; that’s how I felt about this collection. I think the spiral motif and magenta being so predominant is just awful. It looks tacky and something I figured I’d see in Kmart before I saw it on the runway. Okay, with my pettiness aside, the looks displayed above are perfect for Spring. Simple jumpsuits, and loose tailored pieces were mixed in throughout the whole show giving a great balance of casual and refined.
NY Fashion Week – Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2010
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Sunday’s display was classic DvF. The looks were fun, playful, and featured great prints. This collection added more Native American influences it seemed, a bit reminiscent of Anna Sui. As a quick side note, I’d love to credit DvF with using a much more diverse group of models than most shows. The usual alabaster, frail model is just a little too unrealistic and undermines the consumer, and while the show was not necessarily true to life, it was a step in the right direction.
NY Fashion Week – Boy by Band of Outsiders Spring 2010
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Scott Sternberg has transitioned his muse from the French libraries of the 60’s to the bonfire beach parties of the 70’s. One of the more casual and relaxed collections to come from Band of Outsiders still has that great refinement and attitude that Sternberg has seemed to patent. Personally the Jacques Cousteau caps are not my favorite but headwear is hardly a deal breaker in any look.
NY Fashion Week – Cynthia Rowley Spring 2010
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Prep trash was the feeling I got when I looked at Cynthia Rowley’s collection. Oh I don’t mean trash as in they look trashy, but more that it looks like a prep school look that is slowly disintegrating in front of your eyes. Scraps, frayed edges, unraveling shorts, all patched together to create a unique approach to some very traditional looks. Cynthia Rowley’s collection can see the past fading away and created a new look for today.
