Antonio Berardi Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16

Antonio Berardi Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 is unique with its buckled straps, velvet dresses and skirt suits, asymmetry, sheer and opaque contrast coats, and ever popular lace-up details.  Antonio Berardi’s LFW FW16 collection is trendy, has many unique details, and features some original outerwear.

Burberry London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16

Burberry London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 collection was full of snakeskin and snakeskin prints, gold, vivid grass and deep army greens,signature plaids scaled up and down, animal print and intricate graphic snake skin bags with chunky grommeted straps in black and multicolored snake skin, blue sheen and patent leather dresses and coats, bold print shirts…

Alexander McQueen London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16

Alexander McQueen London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 took us through the looking glass and into this new concept of the boob thong.  We went back in time to Madonna’s bra era, with body chains, flowers in the models’ hair, a really nude makeup, butterfly and pocket watch graphics, leg of mutton sleeves, leather, organza, maid…

Topshop Unique London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16

TopShop Unique’s London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 show featured lots of print- leopard, houndstooth, a forest graphic print- even done in sequins! Velvet, fur, sheer silk chiffon, and suede fabrics were used in this 90’s sometimes 80’s looking collection. Shirt dresses, leather minis, collars, tie closures, fur collar jackets… Topship’s LFW FW16 collection was impressively graphic,…

David Koma London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16

David Koma’s London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 show was all about metal hardware, wraps, white perforated leather, black leather, wool…gray, white, black,  cut away shoulders, turtle necks, stud embellishments, and cut-outs. There were nods to the 90’s and 70’s, the later of which with the development of synthetic materials.  There was something reminiscent of Versace,…

Mary Katrantzou London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16

Mary Katrantzou was graphically driven for London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016, it’s a marked improvement from her SS16 show!  It really is impressive, the graphic manipulation of fur, embellishments, etc.  I’m kind of taking London fashion designers with a grain of salt, we can’t hold them to any standards given they don’t have taste.  I…

Molly Goddard London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16

Laughing stock, Molly Goddard London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 is a continuation of the Little People wannabe trend we’re seeing from London “designers,” with disproportionately unflattering looks so grotesque I’m about to discount LFW forever. Molly Goddard LFW FW16 could make even a doll grimace, and is a sorry excuse for fashion.

Bibhu Mohapatra Fall/Winter 2016 New York Fashion Week NYFW MBFW FW16

Bibhu Mohapatra Fall/Winter 2016 New York Fashion Week  brought bondage to the East with Asian fabrics and garments contrasting harnesses and collar-inspired zipper details.  This isn’t the first show we’ve seen strong bondage and S&M references in NYFW FW16 shows- Nicopanda created very interested looks with this trend.  Trend? Yes, bondage has been trending for…

DKNY Fall/Winter 2016 New York Fashion Week NYFW MBFW FW16

It’s very interesting to see how drastically a line can change from season to season.  After having seen DKNY’s androgynous SS16 collection, which featured photo prints of NYC, 90’s vibe meets modern fashion as represented in the power suits and shirt dresses contrasting the school girl or garçon look, the  DKNY Fall/Winter 2016 New York Fashion…