segunda-feira, 20 de setembro de 2010

NY Spring 2011




Michael Kors
A gauzy long-sleeve T-shirt over a leg-baring sarong.
A matching linen suit and tank.
A daffodil tissue-cashmere tank dress.
Hemp linen knits and long hemlines 
with a whiff of Woodstock.

A gauzy linen sweater and grass-colored 
pleated georgette skirt.
Heather-gray sweatshirt over crystal beaded pants.

Granny knit cardigan with big pockets 
over a silk crepe shift dress. 
Both in the color of hemp.
A gabardine trench, a cropped sweater, 
a white shirt with flying shirttails,
and pinstriped trousers.

A tunic dress in crinkled hemp linen.
Cross-body crocodile messenger bag.
Thick socks worn with sandals.

Draped silk jersey gowns in ultra-bright yellow and pink.
Double-buckle flat leather sandals.

Proenza Schouler
by Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez 
Ivory tweed jacket in the Chanel mold.
A skirt hand-dyed from lavender silk in shibori style. 

Shibori - Japanese tie-dye technique 

A salmon matte crocodile coat and blouse 
with  hook-and-eye closure.

Rodarte
by Kate and Laura Mulleavy 
Every shade of brown inspired by redwood forests 
and off colors like chartreuse.

Hourglass dress with cutaway shoulders.
Bark pattern.

Seventies-style high-waisted pants.
A peplum jacket over a draped hip basque.

1960s craze – the car wash skirt
The blue-and-white porcelain print.

Oscar de la Renta
Strapless number in navy gazar 
embroidered with black organza.
A white dress in cotton voile and embroidered lace 
with a black ribbon sash. 

Ladylike tweeds.
The mermaid dress with the one flounced shoulder strap.

Ivory threadwork embroidery layered over 
a peony pink column. 
Cascading petal-esque flounces.

A loose-back silk crepe dress in a shibori print 
of azalea-red stripes.
Shibori grids on a jacket-skirt combo. 

The Japanese tie-dye method for:
  a silk faille coat with a tattersall print, 
and a green sleeveless dress.

Ralph Lauren
 Whipstitched jacket                 Lacy Victorian blouse

 Hand-crocheted dresses.

 Fringed leathers in bone, ivory, and tawny brown suede.

sábado, 18 de setembro de 2010

NY Spring 2011




Calvin Klein
by Francisco Costa
The spring season’s trend for white and ivory dresses.
A racerback halter dress 
with a silk ribbon sashed at the waist.

Hemlines from above the knee to just above the ankle.

A silk crepe mid-calf dress with a plunging V-neck.
A three-tier look:
A square, sleeveless tunic 
over a stiff apron belt and creased pants.

Fluttery silk dresses, vertically knife-pleated down the front 
with a blouson waist.

Flashes of cobalt and orange-red.

A silk and jersey maxi-dress with panel detail.

Enormous pocket on the side.
Deep pockets at the hem. 

Narciso Rodriguez
Bias mid-calf dresses in gray linen canvas or blush pink silk.

A waxed-linen suit. 
A spare jacket devoid of lapels.

Fils coupé patterned with abstract leaves.

Long, lean silhouettes.
A full-skirted dress in silk charmeuse.

Phillip Lim
Camel tabard, sweater and paneled skirt.
Jacquard pantsuits with handkerchiefs 
in the breast pocket.  

Trench in translucent organza, edged in black 
and covered in bobbing threads.
Leather paillettes.
Ohne Titel
by Alexa Adams 
and Flora Gill
Inky second-skin bodysuits tucked into pants 
and layered under Alaïa-esque 
pleated knit dresses and skirts.


Graphic stripes and linear markings.
Neoprene patchworked in pocket panels.
Egglike kimono curve.

Derek Lam
Denim into tunics, trenches, and flared pants.

A crepe tunic blouse with flared stretch-denim pants. 
Tunic with an abstract, slightly neon overprint. 

L'Wren Scott
A sheer jacket over wide-leg pants.
Updated cheongsam in golden mustard. 

Rag & Bone
A suede tank over a slim metallic skirt 
edged in broderie anglaise.
Boudoir-ish nude and black slipdress 
accessorized with a backpack.

quinta-feira, 16 de setembro de 2010

NY Spring 2011

Alexandre Herchcovitch
Splatter-paint prints and multicolored patchwork patterns.
Colored top-rimmed sunglasses.

 Mondrian-esque pixelated squares pieced together.

Silk shifts and sheaths in peach, fuchsia and aqua blue.


 The sixties vibe
boxy tops, cigarette pants and stand-away dresses.


Boxy silhouette &  Puffy sleeves

Sculpted shoulders and pleated backs.


Shiny jewel-toned ombré.


Kelly green pumps.
Platform shoes on a pin-thin heel.
 
Rosa Chá
by Alexandre Herchcovitch
A colorful green and yellow tropical print 
of the sword-of-saint-george plant used to remove the evil eye.

Floaty dresses and swimwear in swirly colors. 

Lingerie-inspired swimsuits, corseted, 
side-ruffled and trimmed with mesh .

Skater-flared skirts with paneled corsets. 

Carlos Miele
Off-white silk-charmeuse dress with spiraling inserts of lime. 
Black tulle gowns with geometric embroidery.

Translucent tulle dresses handworked with whorls of fabric.

Geometric spidery stitching and draped loops of fabric. 

Multicolored butterflies on white satin.

A navy crepe jacket with a zipper appliqué.
High-waisted pants and a silk T-shirt with a butterfly print.

 Prabal Gurung

Sky blue, poppy, and saffron color-blocked sweaters.

Tulle inserts.
 Draped halter top and elongated pencil skirt 
in saffron technical mesh.
Edun
by Sharon Wauchob

A crisp white poplin shirtdress 
with knot embroidery down the sleeves.
Metallic leather wrap-skirt.

Floor-scraping mixed-print silk dresses.
Shirt-tail dresses.