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...

On the last episode of T Lo & Flo, her kind but fabulous gay uncles sat Flo down and told her that she needed to step away from the Grande Dame couture looks because they were a bit aging and starting to make her look stuffy. She responded by dressing like a backup singer for Prince....

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, 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...

Darlings, it was The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Fashion Show 2012 and we don’t think we’ve ever had so much fun at a runway show. The crowd was raucous and ramped-up, the music was LOUD, and every lady who walked that runway was a DIVA for those 3 minutes. Miss Chaka is a diva...

Oh, Jesus. This is NOT going to gain us one ounce of sympathy from any woman with a pulse, but man, those models are YOUNG, aren’t they? We’ll give you ladies a moment to wipe the tears of laughter away. We love this high-energy collection. It has a back-to-school theme, which...

  Would you be able to tell, from looking at it, that over a thousand hours of labor went into the above dress? What exactly is haute couture supposed to look like? Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri have worked hard to redefine the Valentino name once they took over the house,...

Darlings, here’s your Daily Pretty. No, scratch that. Here’s your Daily Stunning: the Armani Privé spring 2012 collection, inspired by snakes and reptiles. Maybe the thought of python skin doesn’t scream “pretty” to you, but these gorgeous looks should get you to...

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...

We’re of two minds about this collection and its inspiration. Amy Winehouse is destined for the same iconhood that gets bestowed on so many 27ers, and she was already something of a fashion icon at the time of her death, so the idea of Jean Paul Gaultier looking to her for inspiration...

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...