en why see - fashion week roundup

in advance, all pics are from style.com

'Ere, Lim, see what you've done?! Made me reconsider and do a roundup. Goddamn you.

These are random looks I dragged to my desktop for one reason or another. Let's talk about em.

Narciso Rodriquez
I remember looking at this and going "I want to wear that". Pure and simple.

Yigal Azrouel
Loved the extra thin knit with the cable-y shoulders.

Vera Wang
Stared at this for a good 5 minutes; giddy at the thought of sheer ruffly-poofiness. Nuff said?

Kimberly Ovitz
Gahhhhhh distressed knit and asymmetry drooool
Loved the asym looks in this collection vair much. It was similar, but done differently to both last seasons Haider Ackermann and (ofc) this seasons Philip Lim.
Oh my, I do love asymmetry.

Malandrino
This is just cool, yknow?

Marchesa
Marchesa tends to be, a bit, too 'redcarpetplzwearmestarletspeeeez' for my liking, no matter how beautiful the pieces are. But I love the way the top is tattoo-esque and blends into the skirt; remind of SS10 Givenchy Couture, which I adored. Coulda done without the printed tights (?) carrying on the tattoo effect, but I can't put my finger on why it is that I don't like that. Too matchy-matchy, p'raps?

Nanette Lepore

I think I ummed and ahhed over the first one, finally deciding if I was wondering whether to save it for later or not for that amount of time I should probs just do it. Another thing I can just see myself wearing. Love everything about the second look - casual sequins, grey tights, the cut of the coat, the colours of all the pieces, and the shoes. Oh my, the shoes.

Chado Ralph Rucci

The little peeks of sheers and cut outs here intrigued me. Sequins with chiffon done in a way which isn't overly girly, OTT, or infact anything other than classy and interesting is a success in my eyes.

Douglas Hannat

The blue blouse is everything you could want from a blue sheer blouse - let's face it, if you're gonna wear an almost neon blue, sheer blouse, you might as well go poofy sleeved and pussy bowed too. The red dress is like the perfect throw-on day dress, imo.

Tommy Hilfiger
I was surprised to find stuff I loved here, but then I found Hilfiger in my tags, so evidently I've featured 'im before. There were some standouts here - slouchy tartan jackets; some lovely looking grey jersey; this wonderfully perfect checked skirt that I need in my life, and the gorgeous peacock coloured and folded skirt in the first look all caught my eye - but setting eyes on the sleeveless trench with the jersey lapels made me say "YES" at the screen. For all the trenches I've seen, this is the most modern, sporty take on it. It seems to be building on AWangs SS10 outing, non?

Preen

Cut outs and delicacy under structural (but still soft) shapes; I like. But for a collection I pulled 4 looks from, I don't have much to say on it...

Brian Reyes
Here there be more grey jersey; more foldy/loopy/pleaty detailed skirts; interesting layers and sheeny shiny, loose fitting, extra comfy looking trews. Plus sequins, and that matte metallic-y tee in look 3, which might just be perfect. Yum.

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S/S 10, Part Tre

Hmmmmm NYFW is over for another 6 months, so it's on to LFW today! Woot! I know people working there too; and I found out yesterday I have connections meaning I could've got tickets to shows...next season, I am going to abuse these connections.

Anyways; onto the awesome.

Proenza Schouler

There's a certain slouchy, 'just threw this on' kinda feel here that I like, particularly with the colour blocked trousers in the first look and the shirt dresses in 4 and 5 - the way the skirts fall and layering in look 5 is interesting. I don't know why, but I can't think of the top underneath as a top, and I keep referring to it as 'arm leggings'.....weird.

And I NEED the skirt in 6 IN MY LIFE!

Isaac Mizrahi

I would never have pegged myself as a Mizrahi fan; per se, but I included him in my Resort round-up, and here he is again...

There is, again, a wonderful slouchy/drapey feel here. The skirt in look 2 reminds me of A/W09 Balenciaga, somewhat, but the shade is gorgeous, as is the dress in look 1, and the pouf skirt in look 5.

The man has a thing for polka dots (I recall a white gown in the Resort collection with small polka dots...), and while I think sometimes they can look a bit....not cheap or tacky, but...high street? Maybe? Or...well, I tend to associate polka dots with emo/scene/goth kids so I guess that's what I mean. Erm, yes, so, point being, Mizrahi can take a polka dot and make it look much more high end, vidi the polka-net skirt in look 6. Much love.

Tommy Hilfiger

A brief mention here, purely for the colour combos. Epicly pale pink with midnight blue (not quite navy, but certainly dark. Stunning. One of my favourite shades.) make for a fantastic combo, and the all blue outfit works on so many levels. Loving the texture mix.

Calvin Klein

Another minimalist outing for Francisco Costa, although IMO not as strong as previous seasons. I did enjoy the looks with the grey and threadbare patches (as look 3). Very organic feeling, and an interesting way to incorporate the sheer look/bring threadbare into the high end...

Threeasfour

Not a massive fan of the collection here as a whole - in the sense that nothing gracing the top half, nor any of the dresses particularly wowed me, but the leggings? The leggings were amazing.

Structural, cutout, with toe-posts, with sheer panels? Everything. I'm just gonna let the photos do the talking.

...actually, I lie. The looks I picked out to post I chose because I liked the look as a whole. The dress in look 4 is rather hot, as is the jacket in looks 2 and 5. And the work on the top in look 6 is interesting! Love for the ol' sculptural pieces.