Léger, Preen, Walker: NYC Fashion Week Begins
2.17.2009
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So Fashion Week snuck up on me this year. One day, I'm off to see the remake of Friday the 13th, and the next, people are showing in NYC. Already, three designers have been critically acclaimed: Hervé Léger, Preen, and Karen Walker.
Although two models tripped at the Léger show, the clothes were still amazing. There were bright colors and new prints, and everything was fantastically fitted, as always. Léger is famous for the bondage dress, and while that was included in the show, 'new and novel contrasting fabrics and edgy cutouts' made it a lot more interesting. Critics say that Azria (designer for Léger) "kicked it up an edgy notch" via intense shoulders, and the Léger show "deserved the applause the starlets gave it."
Preen's show can be descibed in two words: futuristic sexy. The dresses were racy (but in a good way) and adorned with neon colors that matched the theme of the label: "Bright Young Thing–meets–Brave New World ethos." Appliqué and cutouts can often be done very wrong, but despite Preen not being everyday clothing, it should look fabulous for events.
Karen Walker took the word 'cracked' and ran with it. Referring to a dry land, she applied this visual demonstation to "fractured" pants, literally. Her collection included more dresses than usual, but the seperates are what caught the critics eyes, saying the separates "hit that perfect boy-meets-girl sweet spot," accoring to British Vogue.
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