Posts for February 23rd 2009 Page 2

Posts for February 23rd 2009

Runway Feb 23, 2009

London Fashion Week: Luella Fall 2009

London 02/23/09. Photos by Tim Whitby/Getty Images.

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London 02/23/09. Photos by Tim Whitby/Getty Images.

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New York Fashion Week: Rad Hourani Fall 2009

On Friday Rad Hourani closed New York Fashion Week, delivering dark androgynous looks complete with the designer's soon-eponymous platform boots. The show started with some initial lighting malfunctions, but tight leather trousers, cut-outs, transparencies, mixed fabrics, and leather handbags (cum backpacks) quickly stole the attention back. Hourani used (shock!) color this season too; monochromatic navy looks and shimmering, silver moments had us gasping for breath. New York's goth-y fashion crowd might be saying "Alexander who?" if Hourani keeps delivering collections this good. In all reality though, there's a place for both of these gents in New York. After all, this city can never have enough black.

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London Fashion Week: Topshop Unique Fall 2009

Looking at clothing from Topshop Unique is like looking at trends on steriods and, this season, the message was exceptionally aggressive.

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Looking at clothing from Topshop Unique is like looking at trends on steriods and, this season, the message was exceptionally aggressive. Trends were layered over trends, embellished with sequins, and then accessorized down to the neon shoelaces, and, as much as it seemed to us, too much, we're sure that each piece on its own will be a temptation.

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Quote Of The Day: Suzy Menkes On Christopher Kane Fall 2009

Christopher Kane is known for the lightness of his little dresses...This season's dresses were some of the most lovely he's ever done partly because after working entirely in black and white he brought in color at the moment when the dresses became the most complex.

by coutorture Christopher Kane is known for the lightness of his little dresses...This season's dresses were some of the most lovely he's ever done partly because after working entirely in black and white he brought in color at the moment when the dresses became the most complex. It's important to understand that, Christopher Kane, he's so young, he's only in his twenties and yet he really has a technique, there's a finish and a polish to his clothes that could be not from somebody older but from somebody more experienced.

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Fall 2009 New York Trend Report: Black Turtlenecks Under Color

People say the Fall 2009 season is all about styling and this trend--of wearing black turtlenecks under color--couldn't serve as a better example.

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People say the Fall 2009 season is all about styling and this trend--of wearing black turtlenecks under color--couldn't serve as a better example. This look adds drama and depth to outfits that might otherwise look flighty, out of season, or just too optimistic. It plays up that layered tidiness that we've been seeing so much of for the past few seasons and it makes something interesting out of classic separates.