By: Anisa Riddell
The week was filled with endless runway designs from the usual suspects. Spring 2010 showed that romance is not dead and vintage 70's/80's glam is back with a vengeance! Here's a taste of some eye opening performances...
Woodstock chic is how Vivienne Tam's collection would be categorized. Can't you just envision ideas of peace and freedom flowing through these delicately patterned dresses?
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Vivienne Tam Spring 2010
Environmentally friendly Costello Tagliapietra supported the environment with their eco-friendly line made through a process called Air Dye - which dyes and prints textiles without water (isn't it just amazing what we can do these days?!). Adding to that, some of the designs had Swarovski embedded crystals. Nice!
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Costello Tagliapietra Spring 2010
With Marc Jacobs' immense talent, it's perplexing that he has yet to win the CFDA award.
Perhaps his Spring 2010 collection will change all that. We'll see. In the meantime, to sump up the Marc Jacobs collection...think space age meets twisted romance. The collection was filled with ruffles, lettuce frills, and teasing sexuality as models with alien eyes and painted white
faces brought a sexy quirky edge to Fashion Week.
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Marc Jacobs Collection Spring 2010
In contrast, the Marc by Marc Jacobs collection showcased the fun wacky side of his design aesthetic with the 80's being in full effect against his retro take on Africana.
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Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 2010
Making ugly pretty again, yet animalistic at the same time, the Mulleavy sister duo making up Rodarte have done it again. Noting a heavy Gothic them throughout, Rodarte showed the wild side of fashion with their dark styling and tribal tattoos.
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Rodarte Spring 2010
Romanticism played a tremendous part at both the Matthew Williamson and Vera Wang shows. Whereas light pastels, flowy florals, hints of leather paired with silks, and crystal embossed dresses played a huge part at the Matthew Williamson show; on the flip side, Vera Wang turned the tables with dark romanticism and a little bit rock n' roll. One word for both: Gorgeous!
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Matthew Williamson Spring 2010
A few notable mentions...
Rebecca Taylor, known for flirty dresses yearned for a more solid, structured silhouette this
spring. Carmen Marc Valvo stayed true to his standard designs with floor length, body-skimming gowns. Erin Fetherston started the collection with prim and proper conservatism that transitioned to sexy and wild at the end.
J Mendel's signature furs and floor length gowns were absent this year. He surprised us with a much shorter dress collection, limited gown selection, and not a fur in sight. Caroline Herrera was so transfixed by the ideas of basket cases (her main inspiration for Spring 2010) that she 'wowed' us with suits, blouses, and gowns mimicking this idea. (Who knew you could do so
much with a basket case?) And, last but not least, prints ruled the runway for designers like Thakoon, Zac Posen, Jason Wu, and Proenza Schuler in florals, animals, and dip-dyed colors.
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Zac Posen Spring 2010
Although there were mixed reviews from the critics, overall September's fashion week brought something new and different. Designers constantly challenged themselves versus sticking with the norm. Bravo! I say. It's exhilarating to be hit with the unexpected.
For now, we've bid adieu to New York's Fashion Week as it makes its way to London. So, what did we learn from this week long extravaganza?
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Donna Karan Spring 2010
If you didn't like the 80's before, too bad so sad, because it's back. Sexy styling will be in the
forms of sheer fabrics which will consistently make your imagination run rampant, and ripped, slashed, beaten forms of the new ugly pretty. Prints, prints, and more prints will dominate as
we say 'goodbye' to neons and bright colors of seasons' past. Spring 2010 is all about red and muted pastels. Hot sexy red and happy pretty pastels. We couldn't of asked for more!
Check out more shows from New York Fashion here at Style.com.
Off to you London!
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