Neutrals
For yet another season, white is the color du jour. Muted shades and neutral colors dominated the runways from the majors to the indies.
Sleeveless Ruffled Bib Top | $64 at Banana Republic
Controlled Volume
Detailing such as ruffles, ruching, and pintucking added volume to silhouettes in a modest way.
Lane Dress | $118 at Anthropologie
Bubble Silhouette
Wear with caution, as the bubble shape doesn’t flatter large hips.
Satin Bubble Dress | $150 at Le Fashionista
Trapeze Silhouette
A nod to Christian Dior’s 1958 Trapeze Line, the silhouette was seen in tops, dresses, and outerwear.
Cold Snap Coat | $328 at Anthropologie
Shorts
From Daisy Dukes to knee-length styles, shorts are making another comeback just in time for Spring. Cuffed styles are especially popular.
Reyes Tyrolean Shorts | $326 at Shopbop
Posted by Trisha on September 22nd, 2006 in Trend, Trend Predictives, Trendscape, What's In and What's Out, Women |
Looks like we’re all still recovering from Fashion Week–I only received one response to my Carnivale question:
What’s your favorite trend from the Spring 2007 runway?
Ali from Papierblog responded with a thoughtful post full of eye candy about Pleating, which "can give just the right amount of swing to a skirt, flair to a silhoutte, or definition to a bodice." Gorgeous examples of pleating were shown from the runways of Michon Schur, Dragana Ognjenovic, Jason Wu, and Costello Tagliapietra (pictured, right, courtesy of Papierblog).
As for us, our fave Fashion Week trend is Dresses with Pockets. We’re crushing on the Dresses with Pockets for their inherent utility (Why tote around a purse when you don’t have to?) and the beautiful constructions we’ve been seeing this season. Pictured at left is our favorite Dress with Pockets from the Spring 2007 shows, designed by Derek Lam (courtesy of New York Magazine).
Posted by Trisha on September 22nd, 2006 in Off Topic, Trend, Trend Predictives, What's In and What's Out |
Omiru: Style for All (www.omiru.com) conducts an interview with Vena Cava designers Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock at their Spring 2007 show at New York Fashion Week.
Posted by Trisha on September 22nd, 2006 in Designer Profiles, Features |
It’s easy to get runway recaps from NY Metro or Style.com, but Fashion Week is really about what happens behind the scenes (or seams). Omiru gives you the scoop from New York Fashion Week.
Fact #1: After every single show, the runway gets re-painted white to ensure that each designer is working with a catwalk that looks brand new.
Fact #2: Sometimes the size 0 clothes are still too big for the stick-thin models. Case in point: At the Rachel Comey show, one model’s tube top came down, revealing everything. And even after she pulled the top up, it fell down again. Luckily she was on her way back from the paparazzi mob.
Fact #3: Fashion week is kind of like high school. There’s a definite hierarchy, and you know your place as soon as you step through the door to the tents.
Fact #4: After you check in for a show, you either get a seating assignment (if you’re lucky, the designer’s PR people called you in advance with your seat assignment) or, if you’re in the bottom of the hierarchy, a 3×5 card with an "S" or "ST" on it for Standing Room.
Fact #5: This year’s swag bags had everything you need in them: MAC eyeshadow, lipgloss, and lip conditioner, Havaianas flip flops, an umbrella, fruit water, mascara, and tons more.
Fact #6: Keep your eyes open because at any moment, a celebrity can pop up in front of you. Melody saw E!’s Bobby Thomas and while mouthing Bobby’s name, she saw Melody and waved! She was super sweet and so petite in person.
Fact #7: Celebrities look much thinner and tinier in person.
Fact #8: People cut in line all the time. Fashion Week, like any traumatic event, tends to bring out the Best…or, more often, the Worst in people.
Fact #9: Well, this isn’t a secret, but New York Fashion Week really inspires people to put their best foot forward, and there are some sharp dressers out there. Let us tell you, some of these old rich ladies look better than the youngens.
Fact #10: It’s hard work but somebody’s gotta do it! Fashion looks glamorous on Style.com and in New York Magazine, but behind the scenes, it’s a lot of schlepping stuff, aching feet, and tired eyes. But in the end, it’s all worth it…and then some!
Posted by Melody on September 22nd, 2006 in Off Topic |
Key Takeaways: Layered silhouettes and loose oversized shapes dominated Derek Lam’s collection of sportswear. Lam toyed with a masculine/feminine theme that took his collection from sweet to sultry.
Color Palette: Neutrals like grey, black, white, and navy are spiced up with coral, turquoise, olive, celadon, and yellow.
Silhouettes: Key silhouettes included on-trend voluminous and kimono sleeves, swing coats, shorts, cropped pants, and ruffled styles. Lam also featured architecturally constructed tanks, collarless coats, dresses with pockets, and billowy gowns.
Accessories Report: Top-handle oversized bags, belts reminiscent of laptop locks, small and square sunglasses, and shoes with thick straps graced Lam’s runway.
What’s Wearable: We’d recomend Lam’s empire-waisted tulip dress with thick straps (pictured) and a breezy asymmetric chiffon dress–a real stunner.
What’s Not Wearable: Big over big layering–leave that for the models on the runway and the stylists who dress them.
Posted by Trisha on September 21st, 2006 in Runway Reviews, Runway Reviews, Trend, Women |
Key Takeaways: With themes ranging from 20s glamour and the mod 60s, the Marc by Marc Jacobs collection felt like a microcosm of Fashion Week. Just as the Spring 2007 season is all about pieces–not outfits, the Marc by Marc collection is all about specific looks, not a focused message.
Color Palette: All over the map. Neutrals–olives, whites, and greys–were accompanied by celadon green, grass green, orange, turquoise, yellow, and purple.
Silhouettes: Key silhouettes included mod 60s shifts, drop waist styles, trapeze style coats, cuffed shorts, voluminous sleeves, and oversized tops over dresses. For men, loose pants, shorts, cuffed styles, deep v-neckline styles, three piece suits, and trenchcoats.
Accessories Report: Oversized top-handle bags, caps, long, thin scarves, white-rimmed glasses, long necklaces, and sneakers for women. For men, caps, suspenders, nerd glasses, and sneakers.
What’s Wearable: An indigo-navy drop waist shift with a curved waistline ruffle (pictured). For men, we love the three piece suit with sneakers.
What’s Not Wearable: For women, a patchwork hippie print dress that confuses the eye with its multitude of patterns. For men, a white deep-v shirt that would feel right at home in the women’s collection.
Posted by Trisha on September 21st, 2006 in Men, Runway Reviews, Runway Reviews, Runway Reviews, Trend, Women |
Key Takeaways: Peter Som followed key trends for Spring 2007: neutral colors, tops with wide straps, voluminous sleeves, trapeze silhouettes, and shorts. Playing with sheers and solids, Som experimented with volume and loosely fitted looks with oversized sleeves, layers, and fabric gathers.
Color Palette: Muted colors: greys, pale yellow, beige, navy, and white.
Silhouettes: Jackets were cut a little loose and included collarless, trapeze-shaped, and double breasted styles. Voluminous sleeves balanced out shorts and cigarette pants. Tulip skirts and trapeze styles provided extra volume. Dresses included babydoll styles, strapless styles, and floor length billowy gowns.
Accessories Report: Thick strappy shoes adorned the feet of the models.
What’s Wearable: Our favorite look came during the parade of evening gowns: a billowy peach stunner with a black tie at waist (pictured). Som’s babydoll dresses are flattering on most figures, and the emphasis on a higher waistline is good news for longwaisted girls.
What’s Not Wearable: Tulip skirts are tricky to wear, as are the conical voluminous sleeves.
Posted by Trisha on September 21st, 2006 in Runway Reviews, Runway Reviews, Trend, Women |
Key Takeaways: Structured, chic, slick, monochrome or bright? We’re having a hard time putting one word to Jay McCarroll’s (of Project Runway Season 1 fame) debut solo show after winning back in 2005. (By the way, check out the adorable different colored headphones from his ‘05 collection.) Having met Mr. McCarroll backstage for an interview, we can see why it’d be hard for him to stick with the neutrals and strict shapes that many of the other designers preferred for this season. We loved that his show spanned the spectrum of literal black to white to yellow to blue to green to a mix, but the varied shapes made it occasionally hard to draw a cohesive sense from the line. Nevertheless, the rooster and helium blimp-prints in varying sizes along with the patchwork feel set this collection aside from others.
On a side-note, no fur was used in this line. Jay paired up with the Humane Society of the United States to reinforce the fact that fur does not need to be obtained from cruel sources. We applaud you, Jay McCarroll! You can see us wearing the red and white heart-shaped "no FUR" button during his interview. As a gift for our loyal Omiru readers, we’re giving
away five of these exclusively-designed buttons for the first five commenters on this post — just leave your name and email!
Color Palette: We saw solids in plain black and white along with blends of canary yellow, yellow-green, blues and turquoise and browns separately and sometimes all at once (see image above).
Silhouettes: Mirroring his balloon prints, lean and volume-infused silouettes dominated Jay McCarroll’s collection. A bright turquoise tank dress with side detail and an A-line see-through raincoat paraded after a gothic stiff crinoline "Little-Bo-Peep-Meets-Black-Sheep" dress complete with hooded shrug and sheer lace footless tights. Loose, long coats for men came in silver and charcoal black for a true rockstar feel. We took note of cuffed short-shorts, long flowy patchwork dresses, and minis and skinny pants in a variety of colors.
Accessories Report: Watch out! Sunglasses in white, black and smoke and blue (pictured) are here for Spring 2007. We loved the adorable etched flat plastic globes made into necklaces and other accessories and the singularly outrageous bird in a cage looped casually around a model’s neck. Male flipflops and flats and wide-strapped heels for women adorned feet in whites and blacks. Bowling and duffle bags in various colors were also paraded down the runways.
What’s Wearable: The short-sleeve patchwork dress in the mock-turtleneck with the complementary squares of color is just too gosh darn cute to pass up. Also, the striped off the shoulder sweater works well for Winter ‘06 along with the calf-length tights in heather grey with three buttons on the side of each leg.
What’s Not Wearable: Highly structured and puffed shoulders along with a bee-like black and yellow striped sweater are more theatrical then off-the-runway wearable.
Hear what Jay McCarroll has to say about the Humane Society in our exclusive backstage interview.
Posted by Goldie on September 21st, 2006 in Men, Runway Reviews, Runway Reviews, Runway Reviews, Trend, Women |
Omiru: Style for All (www.omiru.com) conducts an interview with Jay McCarroll (of Project Runway Season 1 Fame) backstage at the Jay McCarroll Spring 2007 show at New York Fashion Week.
Posted by Trisha on September 21st, 2006 in Designer Profiles, Features |
Key Takeaways: An overly complex collection that contrasts with designer Francisco Costa’s last effortlessly ethereal collection. Floaty, gauzy layers are overworked and sewn into voluminous shapes, from bubble styles to harem pants.
Color Palette: Cream, beige, and yellow are accompanied by metallics.
Silhouettes: Key silhouettes included bubble shapes, fitted sheaths, 3/4 sleeve oversized coats, harem pants, and parkas. Detailing included oversized collars, off-the-shoulder sleeves, U-shaped necklines, and pockets on skirts and dresses.
Accessories Report: Of note were the oversized unstructured bags and ankle boots.
What’s Wearable: Despite the tricky bubble silhouette, we love the poufy ethereal dress with multiple layers.
What’s Not Wearable: See through garments are generally best left layered or on the runway. Many of the styles read as too complex, with overly worked fabric.
Posted by Trisha on September 21st, 2006 in Runway Reviews, Runway Reviews, Trend, Women |
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