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September 14, 2016

NYFW Spring 2017 Trend Report: Monochromatic Looks

by Rachael Comeau

[Nicholas K Spring/Summer 2017; all images via Vogue.com]

[Nicholas K Spring/Summer 2017]

[Telfar Spring/Summer 2017]

[Marcel Ostertag Spring/Summer 2017]

[Baja East Spring/Summer 2017]

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One of the more prominent trends at this seasons New York Fashion Week is the completely monochromatic look. An outfit composed of a singular color can effortlessly pull a look together, and can be tweaked to fit within any season, time, or temperature. As this trend seems to consistently be a favorite this season, designers producing this look for their Spring/Summer 2017 collections put their own new spin on a not-so-new idea. Nicholas K drew inspiration from the desert and a wide range of earth tones, showcasing monochromatic looks in loose fitting, flowing silk fabrics.

Telfar used daring, bright tones, which were inspired by paint chips found at Home Depot and classic “Old Navy” color palettes. Many of the looks, including one shown above, were even paired with a matching bag of the same color. Marcel Ostertag‘s most recent collection featured many all-white looks, which can easily be grouped into ultra-feminine, bohemian style.

Click through the slideshow above to see how other designers this season are interpreting the classic monochromatic look.

September 12, 2016

NYFW Spring 2017 Personal Style: A Look for Fall…or Spring?

by Julia DiNardo

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Right now, we are in a transitional state. The seasons are not only on the cusp of shifting, but so is the mentality regarding fashion week. Designers seem divided in their stance; some, like Rebecca Minkoff, and now, Banana Republic, bucked the traditional fashion week showing of the following season (i.e. spring/summer 2017 shown in September of 2016, fall/winter 2017 shown in February, 2017), for a “see now, buy now” approach, with items immediately available for purchase, and relevant to the time of year in which they are sold. This definitely is a great idea and caters to the consumer; I think its long term success will be based in the widespread adoption of this concept, as it can otherwise cause confusion as to what is available for sale now, or for six months from now.

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September 11, 2016

NYFW Spring 2017 Trend Report: Ruffles

by Rachael Comeau

[Marissa Webb SS17; all images via Vogue.com]

[Marissa Webb SS17]

[Creatures of Comfort SS17]

[Brock Collection SS17]

[Jill Stuart SS17]

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Just as fall is about to begin, New York Fashion Week is taking us past the colder seasons and right into Spring/Summer 2017. There are still plenty of shows to come, but key trends for the next summer season are already making themselves known. Long, effortless silhouettes, eccentric prints, and monochromatic looks all make the list, but many designers are choosing to showcase one of the most classic, and uber-girly trends of them all: ruffles. Jill Stuart took a well-fitting, subtle and modern approach in her most recent collection, showing her signature black and white looks with complementing ruffle detailing. Contrasting that was found in Brock Collection, whose use of bold ruffle detailing on the slits of midi skirts made a huge statement on the runway.

Creatures of Comfort and Marissa Webb went with perhaps the most attractive route to this trend seen thus far, and chose to incorporate smaller ruffles into blouses and breezy sundresses. Ruffles played a key role in Webb’s collection, who reiterated before her show that she aims to dress the New York, modern, feminine woman. Click through the slideshow above to see more of how this season’s designers incorporated the ruffle trend into their collections, a look that will surely make its way into your summer wardrobe, if it isn’t there already.

March 7, 2016

What I Wore: NYFW Look 3; There’s Only Room for One & Here She Comes

by Julia DiNardo

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The subject of this post is a line from David Bowie’s “Suffragette City,” which, I don’t recall hearing at New York Fashion Week, but did take in a lot of other Bowie tunes. The runway was rife with homages to the incredibly talented artist, in both music and design, both mourning and celebrating his most recognized hits and iconic looks. As a Bowie fan myself, I appreciated the reminder of how great he was in making people happy, making people feel something, doing something not done before, along with creating something that happened to easily stand the test of time. And in thinking about it in the framing of New York Fashion Week, isn’t that what good design should also evoke in us?

Fashion week, from one season to another tends to be a big blur for me, as one solid mass of sameness, with a few gems that stand out in my memory and emotional reaction. I strive to create a personal style look for myself that feels original and not dated, and am hopeful to maintain a feeling about fashion that constantly reminds me of why I work so hard to be a part of it. I can’t help but defer to these all stars of the industry, aka the designers that show as fashion week, for inspiration, and I know it has to be a challenge to create greatness time after time (shoot, even Bowie wrote some flops), but I think as customers we’ve come to settle for mediocrity in design and quality.

Remember that you vote with your dollar, so cast that vote into a sartorial candidate that you believe in (sorry- can’t help but seep in a political analogy in this election year). Eventually, it can’t help but begin to shift the landscape of fashion into a direction that you’d like to see more and more of in the near future. The pieces that I’m wearing in this look, for me, embody that ideal, at least in this place and time. I could also be going to work, at a wedding, or to a fashion show today, or in the year 2020, and isn’t that an ultimate win when it comes to clothes and accessories?
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