Jason Wu took his inspiration from the Maharaja and the fun wildlife illustrations of Charley Harper.  He described it as the “regal” collection, which is, we suppose where the Maharaja part comes in. We love the color palette here; the rich oranges, blues and greens,...

First, a question to all the fashion people out there. With the rise in importance and prominence of both pre-fall and resort collections (both of which are quickly becoming de rigeur), isn’t it time to just take the 4 fashion seasons and name them after the actual seasons?...

For his pre-fall collection, the Duchess looked to the west, taking his inspiration from Ann Bonfoey Taylor, a skier and Colorado socialite he described as “Nan Kempner on the range.” It’s a pleasant surprise. We think it can be fairly said, even when he’s utilizing...

Darlings, it was the 59th Annual BMI Country Awards and we’re struck by how there were 58 previous installments and yet we’ve never heard of them! Hit it, cowgirls!   Carrie Underwood It’s a little too Kardashian Kollection at Sears, but it’s not a bad dress....

Here’s your pretty for the day. Words are occasionally useless things, so we’re not saying another one except to tell you that this is the Deng Hao Haute Couture 2012 Collection, presented during China Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012 in Beijing, China. Enjoy the amazing pretty,...

Like the house of Versace, Alexander McQueen head designer Sarah Burton took her inspiration from the sea, but the difference in approach is indicative of the vast difference in the house styles. Versace’s version was glittering and literal, with starfish, seashorses and shells...

One of our very favorite things about Jean Paul Gaultier is that he’s one of those rare birds who actually has a healthy sense of humor when it comes to fashion. Pair that with an innate theatricality and you can always count on an entertaining runway show. He revisited many of his...

Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren are famous for sending dramatic, theatrical looks down the runway, but this collection doesn’t seem as refined or as thought-out as previous ones.  Their tendency to play with scale and proportion is still here, with giant whip stitches punctuating many...

  This is new creative director Olivier Rousteing’s first collection and we’ve got to hand it to him for looking not just to toreadors for his inspiration, but also to Nudie Cohn, the legendary costumer of country western stars in the sixties. It’s rodeo chic, with...

  Walked out to a sound track of Sophia Loren singing “Mambo Italiano,” and featuring insane prints of pasta, eggplants, tomatoes and peppers, not to mention garlic earrings, Domenico and Stefano gave the world a big old helping of Italian kitsch. The mood is fun and sexy and...

Ooooh, we like this one, darlings. We’re in the mood for an Art Deco-inspired collection right about now. Designer Frida Giannini took her inspiration from Deco-era architecture, especially the New York skyscrapers of the period. Lots of rigid lines and angles tempered by soft, flowy...

A good designer will take you on a trip when he shows you his latest collection and that trip often has a time travel element to it. For this collection, Elie Tahari took us to explorer-ridden 19th Century Egypt. More intelligent social commentators than us can opine as to why there’s...

  Once again, Donatella has revisited the Versace archives and put her own spin on things. Cutouts, bedazzling and eye-catching prints rendered in mostly body-conscious silhouettes with a decent amount of skin showing. It’s Biker Barbie with a rather juvenile motif of sparkly...

Full disclosure: Althea Harper is one of our favorite Project Runway alums. Sure, she’s stunning in person and a lot of fun to chat with at a party, but she’s also one hard-working girl who knows fashion better than her appearance on the show let on. We’ve always tried to...

  Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana announced that this would be the last D&G collection, and they apparently decided to go out with a bright and bold bang. The collection was designed using colorful scarves from the label in polka dot, medallion, floral, stripes, and butterfly...

Burberry is continuing the spring 2012 trend of tribal-inspired influences in a range of autumnal colors. Some of the prints are a bit much, especially in the flouncey skirts, but the rich, textural feel of this collection makes us want to reach out and touch the pieces. The more angular,...

    Citing references and inspirations as broad as Afro-Brazilian culture and virtual reality, the Carlos Miele Spring 2012 collection aimed for ” a dialogue between artificial and natural, modified beauty and organic.” The focus is on fluid lines, bright colors and bold...

This was our very first chance to attend a Chado Ralph Rucci show and we felt like we were entering a cathedral, so excited were we by the opportunity. Sure, there’s always the Fashion Week fun of spotting celebs like Martha Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg in the front row, but the real...

Darlings, these two bloggers still have a ton of New York Fashion Week collections to bring to you, but we’re feeling the siren call of London across the Atlantic and we simply must start featuring the collections walking down runways across the pond. We always eagerly await Mary...

Just so you know, Lorenzo damn near wept when he saw the above suit. Darlings, here’s your pretty for the day – and we don’t mean the young men walking the runway. We mean the Simon Spurr spring 2012 collection, a gorgeous set of sleek and chic menswear looks with an English...

It’s always fun to try and guess ahead of time where the latest Marc Jacobs collection is going to pull its references from and what time and place in history it will evoke. Depression-Era country girl moves to the big city:  rural-inspired looks with a ’20s feel evolving into...