I finally had a chance to start looking at some of the fashion shows from last week, and I have to say, I'm not impressed. I'll keep looking just in case there's something bigger and better to come, but so far everything has been pretty much the same and not overly outstanding. The colors are mainly creams, yellows, oranges and blues, and the shapes focus on high wasted short shorts and pencil skirts, structured pieces similar to what we saw in the fall 2007 shows, breezy shapeless summer dresses (and I thought those were gone for good) and a few super-feminine full or synched at the waist skirts and dresses. And to the horror of horrors, the shoulders got bigger. I understand the need to balance out the shorts or the high waists but I'm not a man, I don't want to look like one! So in the case of blah fashion, what's a girl (or a boy) to do?
Well, one can turn to the look of the streets, and New York is one of the best places to be for street fashion, so I think I'll be writing about that a lot in the future. Also check out the Sartorialist blog on Style.com, great street looks! One can look for indie designers, there's so many in the East Village, LES and the trendy neighborhoods in Brooklyn, and I'm sure there's a lot selling online. There's always the sticking to the classics option-going for simple, clean cut pieces that look good any time – this is when my love for Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein is strongest. Or you can rebel all together! Forget the conventional, the trendy and the practical, and do your own thing! Just make sure that everything fits and your undies aren't showing, cause you want to be a fashion master, not a disaster (ha, I just rhymed!)
Anyways, here's some pics:
Well, one can turn to the look of the streets, and New York is one of the best places to be for street fashion, so I think I'll be writing about that a lot in the future. Also check out the Sartorialist blog on Style.com, great street looks! One can look for indie designers, there's so many in the East Village, LES and the trendy neighborhoods in Brooklyn, and I'm sure there's a lot selling online. There's always the sticking to the classics option-going for simple, clean cut pieces that look good any time – this is when my love for Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein is strongest. Or you can rebel all together! Forget the conventional, the trendy and the practical, and do your own thing! Just make sure that everything fits and your undies aren't showing, cause you want to be a fashion master, not a disaster (ha, I just rhymed!)
Anyways, here's some pics:
Spring 2008 collections from 3.1 Phillip Lim, Anna Sui, Bagley Mischka and Behnaz Sarafpour
Some classic looks from Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein:
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