Phillip Lim didn’t just steer clear from the safety of black that many designers concentrated on this season, but he went with other color standards and played with their texture. For example, he added pattern to pair of simple dark blue gray pants and instead of featuring a basic white top, he added ruffles to… Read more…

Designer Thuy (pronounced Thee as I’ve discovered) Diep kept the pattern moving of mixing fabrics that one wouldn’t think would go together but they miraculously do! I love the idea of pairing a flowing silk dress with a fitted nylon or cotton turtleneck – it adds a great dimension to clothing that can be warn… Read more…

Hello construction! The stark lines of the Max Azria Fall 2010 Collection was absolutely gorgeous. Everything was simple, clean, and seemed as if you’d get a paper cut if you ran your finger too quickly across a hemline. You wouldn’t try to go over your boss’ head if she was wearing one of these numbers!… Read more…

I am quite biased I admit as Elie Tahari is the designer who ushered me into the world of fashion – not Tahari personally sad to say, but rather a knee-length black hardware-adorned jacket from one of his Fall collections in the early Millennium. I was a lowly sales associate at Bloomingdale’s department store and… Read more…

I absolutely loved the colors strutting down the runway throughout the Zac Posen Fall 2010 Collection. In fact some of the colors perfectly represented a crisp Autumn day, which always brings a sense of refreshing ‘go get ‘em’ attitude to one’s demeanor. What better aura to bring forth to not just a collection but to… Read more…

Leave it to Marc Jacobs to cook up something different in the world of fashion. Also leave it to Jacobs to be spot on with just about everything. Not only were his clothes wearable and extremely gorgeous (no shocker there of course), but instead of giving us something new to play with, he worked his… Read more…

Mona Kowalska delivered some gorgeous Parisian farm girl charm to the Fall 2010 Collection of A Détacher. Granted, the term ‘farm girl’ doesn’t usually strike up a chord that says, “I’m fashionable”, however Kowalska showcased a very attractive line that works items alongside one another that you may not have paired together in the first… Read more…

I felt that Yeohlee Teng brought a bit of schoolgirl into her Fall 2010 Collection for her line Yeohlee showcased during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The patterned dresses and tops and ruffled accents with knee-length skirts all added bounce to her collection; and who doesn’t need some bounce in the cooler months? See more pictures on… Read more…

Draped scarves and duo-cardigans and long fingerless gloves were just a few creative shifts from the basics that Tracy Reese took with her Fall 2010 Collection that was shown during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Her collection was extremely fun yet still sophisticated – and many of the runway looks could be taken directly to the workplace… Read more…

If anything, black was definitely not a sign of mourning at the Donna Karan runway show held during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. She also demonstrated that black is also most assuredly not boring. The textures and construction of each item would each cause heads to turn when seen strutting down a sidewalk, or for that matter… Read more…