Milan - Spring/Summer 2007

Belstaff - Deconstructed motorcycle jackets and thongs? Hmm.


Burberry - Some trenches, some other trenches, and then some trenches. But really, I am a fan of those bell sleeves. Oh and also some fairly unflattering and unexciting dresses.


Ferragamo - Easy pretty springy dresses and full pleated skirts. And dear god the shoes.



Giorgio Armani - I have issues with Armani. His shows tend to be a 100 photos long, incredibly bland, and seemingly the same each season. Variations on a suit and a hat. His couture is another story. But this is not his couture show. Here are suit jackets and here are fedoras and here are some retardedly binding scarf/wraps/somethings over some suit jackets. Here are silk pajama pants. And here is one gorgeous gown.


Maurizio Pecoraro - A little Marc, a little Prada. Certainly not bad, just too familiar. Maybe he's more affordable.


Pringle - Pufffed sleeves and pillowcase dresses. Easy and pretty, but a little too Kirsten Dunst-y.

London - Spring/Summer 2007

Danielle Scutt - Single boobed dresses and bathing suits, high hair, and sneering red lips. Punk so-cal.


Noir - Dangerous Sandy-at-the-end-of-"Grease" leggings (or are they super-skinny trousers?). Very tough and hard.



Peter Jensen - The prepster who gets things a little wrong and trashy. I really just like the backdrop on the runway.


Biba - Love the shoes and I have a secret obsession with knickers. Especially blouson-y ones like these. In 2nd grade, I had some blouson-y blue corduroy ones. Sigh.

I think we've discussed my jumpsuit love too.

Slickly vintage.

Gareth Pugh - I will have nightmares over these characters, I'm sure. Seriously cool clothing.



Paul Smith - American sportswear with an English eccentricity. Classic Paul Smith colors, but few prints. I'm dreaming about the shoes.



Preen - Dresses with exaggerated hips and shoulders are probably a bad idea, but the jumpers have the right mix of sexy and sharp and nerdy.



Jonathan Saunders - Sophisticated styles, quirky Prada minimalist prints and color pairings.



Basso & Brooke - Psychedelic flapper dresses, skin-tight gold lamé trouser/leggings.



Aquascutum - Trenches, ho hum, but I'm in love with this print:


Christopher Kane - My first thought was electric neon Hervé Leger derivative. But I pushed through and I am finding myself strangely in love. The dresses look sexy and easy and pretty and fun. The colors, the laces, the chains. This is the first show that really has me excited and dreaming.





Giles - Smart little dresses, some big puffy skirts, sick black bell bottoms. Sort of anti-what-is-expected-for-this-season, but on the whole, totally likeable and wearable. Especially the giant chain prints.




Hamish Morrow - Sharp, futuristic without being minimalist.

New York - Spring/Summer 2007, part 4

Nathan Jenden - Stiff, girly, crisp bedding.



Oscar de la Renta - 60s Liz Taylor, dramatic colors and florals. Gorgeous lace, precious suits, jaw-dropping formals. As per usual.




Rodarte - Someone went mad in a fabric store...I'm not a fan of most of this - it's all a little much and a little trying too hard to be the American Viktor and Rolf, but it's the first collection in quite a few that hasnt bored me to tears with the predictable prettiness or the predictable godawfulness or the predictable "why the hell did this collection need a runway show?"


Ruffian - Love the organdy ruffles and crisp satins. Very vampy angelic.


Three As Four - The least concept-y show I've seen of them. Spacy, floaty, amorphous shapes and prints. Everything looks comfortable and mesmerizing. I'm actually most moved by the bathing suits. A beautifully dreamy collection.




Tuleh - Beautiful girls and dresses. Sharp suits. Ladylike. I'm glad they stayed true to their aesthetic. Borderline older divorcee, though.



Vera Wang - No one is ever going to admit this, but this is a frumpy, overdone, mess of a show. Trying so, so hard to be edgy - like her new perfume bottle and ad campaign. Yikes.


Y & Kei - Ultra pretty and polished. A little overdone, but springy and wedding cakey in a fun and funny way. Actually, I would have guessed this to be Vera Wang...



Zac Posen - My first thought was "Yves Saint Laurent". This is sexy and tailored and disco and confident.