Tag Archives: collections
CFDA Fashion Incubator
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) may be best known for crowning established, successful American designers as at last night’s CFDA Awards, but they also help out a select few emerging designers along the way. A recent CFDA Fashion Incubator showcase spotlighted up-and-coming talents who should be on your radar. (more…)
Runway Review: Isabel Toledo x Lane Bryant
It happened: a top American designer has taken on the task of designing a plus-size line. Isabel Toledo, who has clothed Michelle Obama, showed a capsule collection for Lane Bryant last Thursday night in New York. Despite my initial fears that it might all be colorful caftans, there was a lot on the runway to appeal to a diverse spectrum of women.
For the plus-size models on the runway, there was no hiding in an all-black formless sack. Instead Toledo’s collection was a celebration of vivid patterns (designed by her husband Ruben Toledo), cinched waistlines, curvy shapes and even a strapless wedding-like dress. The Lane Bryant buyer got a taste of young trends that – guess what! – don’t only look good on thin people, like lace, peplums, shirred edges, ombre, and layers of architecturally rendered chiffon, a beautifully cut coat, a fun party dress. And the models looked comfortable in their skin – not just comfortable but sexy, confident. (more…)
Fall 2011 Runway, Marc by Marc Jacobs
Few fashion lines deliver as much high style for your buck as Marc by Marc Jacobs. The fall 2011 lineup featured ’70s colors like burnt sienna and flame orange, but the cuts were quite modern. Notably, there were almost no black clothes or accessories in the entire fall collection. (more…)
Nautica Collection, AW 2011
Nautica’s fall 2011 collection was inspired by the Sleeping Bear Dunes region of Lake Michigan and showed a pitch-perfect eye for colors derived from boating. Pops of “safety orange” color should be popular next fall and winter; on the water, this is the exact color of the inflatable marks used in racing. I like the idea of taking the eye-catching quality of something so integral and practical and incorporating it into everyday clothing. The slate grays are also an excellent match for the pebbly Lake Michigan shoreline. (more…)