As you all know, the "fashion weeks" are held in the leading fashion capitals of the world, Paris, New York, London and Milan. The schedule always begins with New York, then followed by London, with the penultimate fashion week in Milan, ending the festival in Paris.
Okay, so my list of collections at the NY fashion week will include varied and different designers so that we get a more interesting view on the fashions. I give my personal opinion on the clothes and designers, so a lot of times you might disagree with me, which is what I'm looking for, some debate! Feel free to comment.
I’m going to start by Phillip Lim (see image above). I have to say that I hated it; the golds looked cheap, it was everything but feminine and elegant, and the pale colors of the outfits were the same as the models’ skin tones. They looked like dead people walking.
As always, Anna Sui follows her unconventional instincts with a lot of colors ranging from blues to reds, and with eccentric shapes with a lot of metallics and crazy feathered hats accompanied with a lot of “stars” (star necklace, belt…)
Barbie. I had never heard of such a brand, (except for the real barbies I played with when I was 9) until the NY Fashion Week. It must have been a fun show with the large variety of outfits. However, most of the clothes were hideous: the “Miss Barbie” dress is unforgivable, so are the rest of them, except maybe one, the “pretty in pink butterflies” dress that for me might have saved the designer’s reputation.
The Barbie collection was excessively audacious, whereas BCBG MAXAZRIA kept it risk-free, simple and elegant. But unfortunately it didn’t quite fit my taste. 
Calvin Klein’s clothes showed striking sophistication with a lot of black suits, and metallic dresses worn by very depressed and angry models. Sorry, still not my taste.
However, Carolina Herrera never fails. Her collection is simple and refined with very elegant outfits revolving around the same color tones (metallics, grays, blacks, with some deep purples and blues).
Charlotte Ronson is in da house! I was very excited about her collection as I had never seen anything from her before, and I sure wasn’t disappointed. The outfits are “boho chic”, with mostly blacks, goldens, plaid shirts and trousers, which I love. DKNY. Donna Karan is, I must say, a very, very respectable designer. She always plays it safe and still manages to make beautiful and sensual clothes. Her fall collection is the perfect example: her curve-fitting outfits are sophisticated yet very feminine with some loud reds and deep greens. She even adds striped, plaid coats, and print shirts to make for a classy, casual look.
I’m not a big fan of Michael Kors. Not a fan at all actually. Is there such a thing as too sophisticated? like Victoria Beckam too sophisticated? Zac Posen’s collection left me hesitant and undecided as I had mixed opinions about his clothes. I liked one or two dresses, but the rest of them looked like cabaret dresses, others like aluminum foil, and I have to say that the beige leggings with diamonds are the same as the ones figure skaters use. Wow, the Ralph Lauren collection was simply one of my favourites. It just blew me away. Unbelievable dresses, I had to gasp for breath. The cream, beige colors are appetizing and the sumptuous dresses make you want to be a princess or a celebrity. Sigh…
And finally… [drum rolls] the most anticipated…the one and only… DIANE VON FURSTENBERG!! I adore her, I WORSHIP her. She’s one of my favourite designers. Once more, her outfits amazed me and I was speechless. She’s just brilliant. Just brilliant. Here, her fall collection involves opulent clothes, with wild colors and patterns. “La pièce de résistance’ of these funky, unrestrained outfits, is of course the warm, “ball of yarn-like” Hat.
Conclusion: PERFECTION
My investigation doesn’t stop here, the rest is still to come: next time I’ll examine the most interesting fashions at the London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks!
Love,
Lula.
