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It was a star studded night at the Fontainebleau Hotel Grand Opening in Miami last night. Everyone from Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson to Heidi Klum attended the party.
Structured jackets and coats are not easy ones to put on, but they give your silhouette an edgy shape and sculptured look. Architectural shoulders and asymmetrical dresses are du jour (think of Balenciaga, Jil Sander and Calvin Klein).
New York fashion week was optimistic and light despite the current economic crisis in the world. Overall the shows were a good insight into what trends were to follow in Milan, London and Paris.
Secretary chic was one of the designers’ inspirations for Fall/Winter ’09. It graced the catwalk in the form of sophisticated black dresses clinched at the waist, along with chiffon and satin blouses which were paired with silk pencil skirts and tweed structured jackets.
A coat is your key investment piece of the season, and this Marc by Marc Jacobs black style will see you through the fall and beyond…
Stealing your boyfriend blazer is not a crime, since Yves Saint Laurent popularized androgyny in women’s fashion decades ago. Every season, designers bring us vests, beenie hats, baggy pants, and tuxedo jackets in new shapes and combinations.
Baggy jeans are a hot trend, but fall’s avangarde slouchy pants with their tailored take, endow a silhouette with a more sophisticated and grown up look. At YSL, LV, Marc Jacobs and Nina Ricci, the models were walking with fabric, bagged, bunched, and looped low down between their legs.
Long and lean skirts paired with knitted cardigans and jackets are not just the favorite uniform of modest girls, it’s the fall’s new trendy look, delivered to the catwalk by designers such as Alexander Wang, Carlos Miele, Halston, and Marc Jacobs.
You might call them the ‘it’ bags or ‘the bag of the season’, both are cliches. Putting together this list of the fall’s top handbags, we looked for artwork, real craftsmanship, and fabrics and patterns that make a statement and stand the test of the time.
Polka dots are a hymn to innocence, femininity, fun and optimism. They were beloved by Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe, Cyndi Lauper and Madonna.
