More Fashion Week – Kors, Sui and L’Wren Scott

I can barely contain myself, tucked firmly into my desk chair with a breakfast of Greek yogurt and berries in hand I continue to peruse the pages of Fashion Week shows and find myself once again forgetting that we are right up on the Spring season instead of the Fall. Darn it all, if I could just get my hands on some of those dark and lovely knits and woolies. Thus far the shows have been a return to a form of practicality and a much more wearable tone than in years past. This up and coming season there is no shortage of pieces that one could keep for ages and wear happily over and over again without the throwaway feeling of previous seasons.

Though many of the shows have been about a paired down edited aesthetic some designers are still clearly of the “go big or go home” mantra. Michael Kors still knows how to make a girl swoon and even further he has the magical ability often missing in shows today that make one forget that they are actually sitting at their computer, but rather he transports you right where you want to be…..on the slopes or on the beach working on your Caribbean tan. Though the clothes are purely Fall the feeling of a jet setting life are undeniable.
The opulent cashmere’s, knits, parkas, suitings all more divine than the next. The collection of pieces in mostly camel, grays and blacks shades are as flattering as they are asperational. I for one can’t wait to see them on the racks.

Ana Sui as always brought on the opulence in her trademark rock and roll way, this time tinged with an arts and crafts take on the usual sixties influences. The collection was kind of a hippie meets Northern Exposure feel and I loved her use of color and layering. Nobody other than Sui can make the gypsy sixties work over and over again with such ease. And it was certainly refreshing to see an array of colors throughout the show rather than just the neturals tones than ran rampant through the season.

Lastly, L”Wren Scott served up a chic but entertaining mix with her “Tuxedo Terrace” collection, the details reminded me of one part Barnum and Bailey one part deco society woman. The silhouettes were as slim as ever at times and wildly prim but provacative at others. Satin, leather and lace with small pops of color all served up with keen details and expert tailoring. I don’t know if Scott’s models are truly taller than the normal 5 10″ but her clothes certainly give off a statuesque feeling that I want to grab for my own vertically challenged frame.

As noted this season there is so much to oggle about Fashion Week that this wrap up continues next week with a few more of my favorite shows.