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Jil Sander And the Amazing Technicolor Collection
Bottega Veneta’s City Slickers
Love is Blind. We Are Not. What’s the Hold Up?
Sexy and Severe at Versace
Reed Krakoff Celebrates The Museum of The City of New York

Jil Sander And the Amazing Technicolor Collection

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 07:00 AM PDT

MILAN–Raf Simons really knocked it out of the park with his Spring 2011 collection for Jil Sander.

Proenza Schouler, Christopher Kane, and just a few days ago, Miuccia Prada presented collections with neon color palettes. And now add Simons for Jil Sander to that list of designers who favor DayGlo over white and seafoam green for Spring. Simons’ shocking fluorescent color palette–like a box of exploded highlighters–was so bright his models wore opaque silver sunglasses as if to protect their eyes.

With colors so bright, silhouettes were more in line with Jil Sanders’ minimalist tradition, yet they were also voluminous and new. The line sheet made reference to “the language of couture–form, proportion, length and volume” as the inspiration for this new silhouette. The first looks out were taffeta ball gown skirts in neon paired with white short sleeved tees. The skirts then became more fitted, and took on peplum tops, which were seen over pants as well. Trousers were alternately tailored with a sharp seam down the front, or wide-legged to the extreme, with slits up the side of the legs. Light hooded parkas with draw string waists lent the collection a sporty feel. And dramatic column dresses described as “derived from tank tops…super-sized, elongated” made a statement in broad stripes.

To enhance the drama, the show was set to Bernard Herrmann’s score from Psycho. But just before the shower-stabbing screech of violins, Busta Rhymes’ “Gimme Some More” was mixed in (the song samples Herrmann’s soundtrack) and all was well.

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Bottega Veneta’s City Slickers

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 04:30 PM PDT

MILAN–Bottega Veneta’s Spring 2011 girl is a city girl. Models walked to the sounds of traffic–beeping horns, screeching breaks, and the whirring of rushing cars–and their hair was wet and a bit wavy, not because it was pouring outside, but, I’d like to imagine, because they’d just hopped out of the shower in a rush on their way out the door.

Tomas Maier understands that city girls need to be comfortable amidst the hustle and bustle. “We began designing this collection by thinking about the idea of ease,” Maier said in a release. To that end he sent down a collection of comfortable dresses and separates in the stand-by colors of any urban dweller: black, white, and variations in between (described by the line sheet as “cream, hay, oak, titanium and blue-black”). Models were shod in, gasp, flat sandals. But the collection had attitude too, as any girl strutting the sidewalks should. Little black dresses had mesh inserts, a sleeveless jacket was done in black crocodile, and floor lengths t-shirt dresses with deep pockets were slouchy sexy. So when more voluminous pieces in a diamond print or dotted with feathers came into the mix, they looked out of place among the ultra cool basics.

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Love is Blind. We Are Not. What’s the Hold Up?

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Which Vogue editor was forced to (politely) inquire about the wait at Versace after January Jones delayed the start of the show by just under an hour? We heard she was supposed to be at the 5 p.m. show and arrived to make the 6 p.m. show around 6:50 p.m. What gives January?

Sexy and Severe at Versace

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:39 AM PDT

MILAN–Versace’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection was set to a rock rendition of the famous Habanera aria from Bizet’s Carmen. Fitting, since, like Carmen, Versace’s girls were fiery vamps who looked ready to seduce or kick ass. Or do both at the same time. The models were styled severely: Their hair was slicked back tight until it glistened and their brows were defined to the point of looking angry. It was as if Donatella had assembled a fierce sexed-up army.

The uniform? Body-con mini dresses with cut outs galore (at the hips, shoulders and back) in white, then black leather, then red, then a multicolor striped print. There were knee-length pencil skirts too, paired with cropped fitted jackets. Versace’s signature Greek fret motif ran throughout the collection, blown up as cut outs on leather jackets and dresses, or shrunk down around skinny belts. The stand out looks were, unsurprisngly, the evening wear dresses at the finale–floor length numbers all in fringe that celeb attendee (and Versace-devotee) January Jones will no doubt be wearing on the red carpet soon.

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Reed Krakoff Celebrates The Museum of The City of New York

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:43 AM PDT

Reed Krakoff‘s been up to a lot lately. In the past month, the designer showed his Spring 2011 collection at NYFW, landed himself a spot on our American Masters list, launched his e-commerce site, and opened his new Madison Avenue shop. All while remaining Creative Director of Coach.

Apparently, Krakoff didn't think that was enough for one month's agenda. Thursday night he threw an event at his new store, celebrating the Director's Council of the Museum of The City of New York.

The Museum of The City of New York celebrates cultural diversity, and is located in the East Harlem area of Manhattan. There are always a few great exhibitions on, like Notorious and Notable: 20th Century Women of Style, which highlights 80 prominent New York women who used their style to capture the attention of society and the media.

The party itself was also hosted by a committee of women who use their style to capture the attention of society. To name a few, Tory Burch, Amy Fine Collins, Tara Rockefeller, and Jennifer Creel were all in attendance, and looking extremely elegant.

After arriving and gulping down some h’ordeuvres as well as a glass of champagne, I was scooted away to meet the American Master himself. I will admit that I was pretty nervous, but Mr.Krakoff was endearing. He introduced me to his wife Daphne (who, by the way, is a total beauty), and we chit-chatted about his latest collection, the Museum of The City of New York, and how I should convince my boyfriend to buy me a pair of his amazing fur wrapped heels. “We’re really excited to have The Museum of The City of New York here at our new store,” he told me. “A lot of work went into this…we’re happy to finally have it open.” We said farewell and parted ways.

A good cause and good clothes equals pure party pleasure.