threeasfour ss10

A new discovery for me. From the very first look you could tell that they were doing something really special with shapes. My eyes were almost always drawn somewhere unexpected (or mainly somewhere tits related in the case of the sheer dresses). However I did not like the print in the second half at all. It disrupted the coherence, and it sadly took away the magic. Otherwise stunning though.

karen walker ss10

Whatever she does, I will always love Karen Walker. I'm a little disappointed in this collection. I mean, it's still really beautiful, youthful and adorable as usual, it just didn't capture me like the last one. Sad face. Definitely still interested in buying something from it though. Maybe one of the tiered ruffle skirts? We'll see. In the meantime, I'm holding out for the next autumn/winter season. Given the past week of collections, it seems to me like no one knows what to do for summer in New York ... I'm sure Paris will give it to us.





Oh and looking at these again I want to point out how brilliant KW's casting always is. She's gone for the most beautiful new French model out there - Mathilde Frachon - plus she always uses Hyoni Kang and Rachel Rutt (who I just found out is Australian!). Good choices.

alexander wang ss10

I'm so so glad Alex Wang isn't sticking to the schtick that made him famous, and yet so much of this collection (most of the dresses for instance) still can appeal to the market that he has made for himself over the past year or so. I love the colours (grey with tan especially!) and the toned down skankiness of it all. The leopard print shoes were a pretty bad mistake if you ask me, but those moccasin wedges (whatever they were ... I don't even know!) were fantastic. Giant ball of ily for the adorable braids, and OMG I WANT THAT SWEATER SO BAD. FUCK. 100% committed to purchasing that bad boy (in the first picture, worn by Iselin Steiro).

favourite photographers vol II: greg kadel

Even just looking at this selection, you can see that Greg's talent lies in identifying good light. Take a look at the shadows, the flares, the highlights, the refractions ... beautiful.

[The last one isn't a particularly good example, but I just love that editorial]

gary graham ss10

Some grunge, some prep, all incredibly stylish. It's this kind of thing that brings the Opening Ceremony crowd together with the Luella girls too. Gary Graham is giving a nod to everyone's niche, so all the pieces are really flexible. This has to win best set-up too, I mean with the smoke and mirrors (literally) it creates a nice atmosphere, something different.

costello tagliapietra ss10

Such gorgeous dresses in this collection (some of which were able to be made casual, which is great). But more importantly, I am on the FLOOR about the styling; hair and shoes are perfection. And I really couldn't go past including a photo of the adorable Santa-esque designers. Seriously. I bet they're the jolliest men on earth, look at them! They're caricatures! Caricatures with amazing designing brains. Good for them.

davidelfin ss10

OMG. I loved this damn show. The initial David Bowie look of Eleonora Bose + the "get confused" theme + the progression of colours just killed me, even looking at the thumbnails before seeing the slideshow. I love the sheen of these suits, and the obvious androgyny being not tacky or outlandish but just sort of there if you want it to be. The shirts made me think of the beautiful Arnsdorf SS10 collection with all the pretty button-ups and how much I want one. On the other hand, some of the girls' looks were a bit dowdy, and most of the draped looks (dresses and skirts) were unnecessary and a big weak point. That said I am all over this shit like a rash, and it's the kind of thing that places like Helsinki will eat up too.

rachel comey ss10

This was the first of many beautiful fashion shows for a month. Prints (there were a lot of them) in general aren't really my thing, but I still love Comey's earthy but chic sensibility. And of course her shoes are always so damn good. Her shows just go to prove that sometimes less is more. I love these looks: