Fashion Forward Thinking

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8 of my favorite looks from the Gucci Spring/Summer 2012 Collection!

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Milan Fashion Week Starts Today

So, I decided to kind of breeze over London Fashion Week, simply because so many of the London brands have little-to-no influence or presence here in the United States. There are, of course, exceptions (like Burberry and Vivienne Westwood) but for me it was more of a nice break between New York and Milan. AND MILAN IS FINALLY HERE, starting off with a strong opening this morning by Frida Giannini for GUCCI.

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Six of my favorite looks from the Burberry Prorsum Spring/Summer 2012 Collection

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New York Fashion Week is over you guys!!

Thank god London starts tomorrow!

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Marc Jacobs…and all that jazz.

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Marc Jacobs created a stunning speakeasy Thursday night to close the curtain on New York Fashion Week.

With a line of models draped over chairs, Jacobs mined different eras to shape the new look for next season. He confirmed some trends for spring that were previously seen on runways over the last eight days of previews and he created new ones with a mix of filmy fringe, Western-style shapes and drop-waist dresses.

The 1920s, 1960s and what might pass for futuristic fashion in Year 2050 were represented in shades of baby blue, grass green, wine red and luminescent white. Some models wore clear ankle boots and others walked in modernesque turbans. There were beads, athletic influences and tons of tiered skirts.

Stephanie Solomon, vice president for fashion direction at Bloomingdale’s, saw Paris in the Jazz Age — fast-forwarded to today. “It was the speakeasy for the summer of 2011,” she said, “but when you looked at the innovative fabrics and how he styled it, it was very, very modern.”

Jacobs, the industry darling, usually shows earlier during the New York previews, before editors, retailers and stylists flee for Europe. But Jacobs changed his slot this go-around to allow for more time for deliveries slowed by Hurricane Irene.

Joe Zee, Elle’s creative director, could get used to this. “To end the week like this is how it should be. It’s like he’s the director of this great production,” he said. “I love that it’s not a literal interpretation of any one thing. It’s a potpourri that works.”

This isn’t the first time Jacobs has experimented with stiff, transparent materials, such as cellophane and silicone, and he’s figured out how to make them work in a wardrobe instead of looking like a costume. The key seems to be more classic silhouettes: He offered chemise dresses, crew-neck sweatshirt tops and a shift-shape coat.

Jacobs added to the mix chambray cargo-style suit pants, faux crocodile coats and several outfits in gingham prints enhanced with sheen. The finale outfits were covered in Deco-style beading, although his version were plastic metallic studs. It was full-on embellishment, but done with a light touch.

Digesting all the catwalks for consumers, Solomon said Jacobs help hone in what will have a lasting impact.

“Marc confirms all the things in your head — the fringe, the flapper waist, all the shine that’s going on. You’re wondering which is more important — this or that — and then Marc says it, and you’re focused.”

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Marc Jacobs Spring 2012 Collection

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Six of my favorite looks from the Ralph Lauren Spring 2012 Collection

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Ralph Lauren Spring 2012 Collection

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Let it be known how much I adore the Ralph Lauren Collection this season!

Wanna know what's in style for Spring next year? Perfection.

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Narciso Rodríguez - Spring 2012

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The Internet generation loves a mash-up, and Kate and Laura Mulleavy gave them a doozy for Spring. With Tavi Gevinson, Dakota and Elle Fanning, Saoirse Ronan, Rooney Mara, and Taylor Swift looking on from the front row, the sisters sent out a collection that was one part Sleeping Beauty and another part Vincent van Gogh. They explained that they fell for the greens and purples of the 1959 animated Disney classic, and asked themselves who else uses colors like that. They found their answer in the Dutch postimpressionist painter beloved by millions.

-Nicole Phelps, on Rodarte Collection

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Rodarte New York Fashion Week S/S ‘12

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Anna Wintour & Taylor Swift Front row @ Rodarte’s S/S RTW 2012 show - NYFW

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Narciso Rodriguez is a designer who specializes in subtlety. His minimalist tendencies were made for standing out in a New York fashion week like this one, with its over-the-top color and nonstop prints. Turns out, though, that Rodriguez isn't necessarily feeling clean and spare either. In fact, he positively broke loose for Spring. Backstage, he said his starting point was art, specifically the work of the contemporary Korean artist Kim Joon. A little Google research turned up hundreds of photographs of Joon's body tattoos, and it wasn't a stretch to make the connection between them and the graphic color-blocking and squiggle print in Rodriguez's collection.

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Six of my favorite looks from the Badgley Mischka Spring/Summer 2012 Collection!