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NY Fashion Week. I look forward to this every fall as a source of inspiration,  excitement, and provoking thought… Sadly, this year was NONE of those things. There was very little distinction between the top houses, and near to no innovation to be found anywhere. Even my usual favourites Ralph Lauren and Zac Posen were huge let downs (Don’t worry Ralph your still my hero). I’m just not sure the world, especially myself, want the late 80′s / early 90′s jean jackets, zip off pants, high waist lines and gaudy blues to return…. EVER!

Alas, all the top fashion houses have gone back in time to my childhood to pull these old looks as “new”. Simply terrible. Period. The only shows that actually inspired me and dared to push fashion in a new direction were Oscar De La Renta, Narciso Rodriguez, and Nicole Miller.

Especially Nicole Miller’s collection, simultaneously fresh, unique, and … I can’t believe I’m going to say this after her collection last year... beautiful. The below looks are Nicole’s amazing work for Spring 2010.

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now playing: Muse – Uprising

New York Fashion Week is in full swing. The schedules, images, and videos from all the shows can be found on the official site: www.mbfashionweek.com/newyork/fall2009/

Like usual all my favourites aren’t until Thursday and Friday, but I have watched a couple shows and  busted out laughing at Nicole Miller’s Fall line. While most of the pieces were so-so, the grouping shown below cracks me up. Spiderman outfits anyone?

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now playing: Nina Goddess of Dance – Want to Do Tonight

In my previous post I guested that Zac Posen and Ralph Lauren would once again blow everyone away and I am happy to report I was correct. You can watch Ralph Lauren’s Spring Collection 2009 runway show here and can see the highlights from Zac Posen’s show below. (seriously though Zac, what is up with the purple lip stick on all the models? Did they all get in bar fights? )

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now playing: E.S. Posthumus – Pompeii

NY Fashion Week Spring 2009 Collections video highlights here.

Overall I have not been that impressed. It seems that you won’t really need to buy too many new clothes for next spring as it is largely more of the same. Or perhaps more of an evolution then any drastic changes. The best collections thus far have been Rock and Republic, Twinkle,  and Peter Som. We have to wait until Thursday for Zac Posen and Friday for Ralph Lauren. I have faith these two will blow everyone else out of the water as usual. Esp. this year as it’s looking kinda pathetic.

Twinkle

Peter Som

Rock and Republic.

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now playing: Kanye West – Flashing Lights