Taking her inspiration from the Taos art colony of the twenties and thirties, designer Nicholas Kunz offered up a layered desert chic for the jetsetting bohemians of the 21st Century in a subtle, soothing, muted palette. We always drool over Nicholas K’s menswear, so we’ll take...

Taking her inspiration from the 1942 film “Cat People,” Catherine Malandrino offered an array of luxurious, sensual and yes, even feral looks, rendered in fur, leather, and sheers, with beading, lace and crystals to bump up the richness and textural feel even further. Finishing...

Pinstripes, double-breasted blazers, tuxedo coats, pocket squares and even jaunty little fedoras dominated this collection. And yet, you couldn’t rightly call any of these elegant looks masculine or even androgynous. Despite their menswear origins, these looks are feminine to the core...

Michael Bastian looked to his own time in college for this collection, taking inspiration from old friends and even his younger, ’80s self. You’d think such a specific and highly personal starting point might result in something either too obscure to the outsider or too literal a...

You’ll never be disappointed with a Monique Lhuillier show; not if you like dramatic and luxurious gowns and dresses. You’ll never walk out of that tent uttering, “Meh.” It’s gloriously dramatic and glamorous, all the time. Taking her inspiration from the Year of...

When you read show notes that tell you the collection you’re about to see took its inspiration from the “Golden Age of Shanghai,” then it’s not out of the question that one would settle back for a series of high-necked Chinoiserie dresses in the Dietrich style, but...

If seeing the Simon Spurr collection up close was akin to a religious experience for us, then seeing the Duckie Brown collection up close was like having a vision in a sweat lodge; stunning, expressive and thought-provoking, you’ll spend days afterwards trying to interpret it....

The notes didn’t say so, but this collection came across to us a direct appeal to the NYC gal; tough, ballsy, occasionally in your face, but feminine to the core. The kind of gal who can rock a leather jacket and 5-inch heels while navigating subway grates. Having the models walk in...

Taking its inspiration from Robert Frank’s iconic photographs of umbrella-toting, derby-sporting, bespoke-suited men in the London fog, this collection almost made us cry, it was that beautiful. We don’t know what the hell anyone else in that room was feeling and we didn’t much...

Christian Siriano’s always had a flair for the dramatic in his designs, but there was something more refined about the kind of drama he was serving up this time. There was a sense that he was appealing to a more sophisticated and slightly more mature customer. There were, of course,...

We had the rare privilege of backstage access for the show, which was thrilling not only because we could watch the models being made up and look at the clothes up close on the racks, but because the inspiration board for the collection was set out. Lots of  Mick Jagger and Rolling Stones...

When the opportunity arose to attend the presentation for this collection, we cleared our schedules immediately. There was no way we were missing this one. As we said to each other while we waited outside to be let in, “No matter what, these clothes are going to be impeccable, perfectly...

Let’s start off Sunday morning right, mkay?   BAM. There you go.   Now, we could talk about the clothes at the Nautica presentation, which were, typically for Nautica, masculine and sexy in an “I want to go boating with him and that’s totally not a euphemism okay...

In the show notes, after the information about the blending of modern tech and old techniques through the use of digital printing on unusual surfaces like velvet, neoprene and tweed, there were only two sentences talking about the inspiration  behind the collection: “The collection...

There’s a lot to love about this collection, starting with the colors. Gorgeous, saturated yellows, oranges and greens paired with the beiges and camels that prevent them from being too much. Everything is bold, graphic, and luxe. There was a lot of play with pleating, which we really...

You can never, ever, ever accuse Cynthia Rowley of taking fashion too seriously. Nor can you accuse of her being a trend chaser. It’s not that she makes clothes for herself, but she clearly makes clothes for women like her, urban, educated, expressive, upscale women – who all kind...

We suppose we could have been predictable about it and used our love of this collection to spin off some sort of tortured reference to the “love” in the line’s name, but we’ve got a lot of shows today and we don’t have time for your silly word games. GOD we need...

Darlings, what’s the very best thing about attending New York Fashion Week? Celebrity spotting! And then bitchily judging their outfits! It’s the least we could do, since their presence causes so many flashes to go off, we’re always a little afraid we’re going to have...

Darlings, we went to the DKNY Menswear presentation last night and …. … there are worse ways to kick of your Fashion Week. Especially since live music and cocktails were involved. DKNY never seeks to redefine menswear every season; rather, they tweak it a little each time, which...

LOVELOVELOVE IT. It’s fun, it’s unapologetic, it’s Versace all the way. Sexy, flamboyant and still very masculine; sort of an ode to to the good old days of Gianni. Because if everyone was tasteful and low-key, how boring would the world be, darlings? Let’s hear it for...

What’s with the sinister feel running through so many of the menswear collections this season? And what’s with the tendency to liken masculinity to serial killers? Creepy. It’s like everyone’s collectively working out some issues at the same time. Still, while this...