oh, proenza schouler

One of my favorites from New York FW, this collection was very complete and creative and not typical "boring" and "bland" as we would expect from a lot of designers showing at NYFW (Marchesa, etc) I love the new silhouette in this collection, the dropped waist is a refreshing change. I love the fabric use and the unusual egg-shaped silhouettes on the last dresses. The jewelries are super fun too. I think "relaxed" and "easy" is really coming back into fashion. Most of the skirts lengths are quite moderate, there is nothing that is extremely body-con, and heels were not as crazy and high. Could this be the new trend for the next couple of years after the disastrous humongous popularity of the bandage dresses from the last couple seasons. Totally cannot wait for Paris/Milan to start!

in the details, may i look through a microscope

Adored these embossed leather looks at Rodarte ss2011. Truly amazing, i love the textures of all these leather panels, so gorgeous. The whole show was so polished and tailored, so different to what I was accustomed to being a "Rodarte" show. To me, Rodarte was all about incoporating the most random materials and somehow put the pieces together randomly to make a dress. But this collection was really sleek, and not so Rodarte. I guess this is the new direction that the sisters are going for and I think it's really good. I love the shapes of some of the dresses, they are almost paper-like. The models' make up and hair were amazing. I love how alienesque all the models looked. There was only one dress that made me shiver of terror, kind of horrible in terms of proportion and color, so scary.

The gorgeous fabric look so tacky when put together like this. And the whole porportion of this look is just so off and awkward.

the same dress, different angle, different feel

It is amazing how the same dress can look so distinctively different from two different angles and photographers. The top is from Scott Schuman  and the bottom one is from vogue.it

The dress looks so beautiful, exquisite and almost angelic in the top image but kind of plain in the second image. Amazing how photography can do to a dress. But still, this is my favorite look from Preen SS2011, which is, by the way, one of my favorites so far. I love the color palette and the cuts and silhouette.

new york fashion week - day 1

Christian Siriano is still doing what he does best - red carpet dresses and overly tuned crazy-in-your-face dramatic gowns with endless ruffles. In a way, it just seems veery Dior to me, it's almost as if he took a whole bunch of Dior's designs, changed it up a bit and altered a bit here and there and voila - a new collection. It seems like he's lacking slightly in the pov department. I do, however, love the suit dress in the bottom picture. The assymetrical shoulder treatment is amazing.

Richard Chai is better at menswear. Hands down. This collection is really relaxed. To me, it seems like a cloudy chilly summer day with a tiny brisk of sun. Yes, that's it. I do love the play with proportion, but it's not exactly original. This collection has Alexander Wang written all over it. I don't quite understand that sheer pants, but I do think they look pretty amazing layered under a heavier short, only if the legs were slimmer. They look like PJs when they're that loose.