Lost Optimism

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Backstage, Lazaro Hernandez said the duo's starting point was Googie architecture. Googie what? "Mid-century road-stop architecture," he said. "It was once cutting-edge, but now it's decrepit. Lost optimism."

Fashion Innovation at its Finest

Amit Aggarwal’s forward designs hold an illusive beauty in their intricate forms its almost magical. Fun, playful, ethereal, and intelligent design at its finest. Aggarwal is a true wizard of construction, the type of designer that keeps this industry moving towards an exciting innovative future.

 “The collection uses hand-draped silk, frippery cutting of PVC and metallic strips inserted into tulle to give it form. Subtle yet skillfully shirred fabric and sculptural piping are used to achieve the Raphaelesque forms.” (WGSN)

Trend Report: Spring Staple

Gingham is always a must for a classic seasonless wardrobe, but I particularly love country style checks for spring. This year designers like Rodarte, Armani, Wunderkind, and Chanel have styled the time-honored textile in both beautifully simplistic and daringly edgy new ways. The best thing about this terrific print is that anyone can wear it and the look can be anything you want it to be. Whether your channeling Bridget Bardot, Annie Hall, or Edie Sedgwick gingham is so versatile that it truly fits into any woman’s wardrobe and never goes out of fashion. 

Hyper Color

It has been a long time since we have seen color like this on the runway. The combination of wild saturated colors looks almost as if designers this year took out a crayon box, threw it against a wall of sketches and called it a day. Many designers incorporated color ranges in their S/S 11 shows that I have never seen before. Alexandre Herchcovitch showed a color palette so bright that his runway models had to wear sunglasses down the catwalk. The normally neutral Haider Ackermann incorporated vivid blues and intense reds with his usual blacks. Will hyper color stick around for seasons to come, or will it be a repeat of the neon fiasco of 2009?