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Posts for February 14th 2009

Karen Walker Offered Cool Trousers, Shades, Her Signature Hats
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Karen Walker Offered Cool Trousers, Shades, Her Signature Hats

Karen Walker showed one of her cool, signature collections today--there were sunglasses in exaggerated shapes, easy pleated high-water trousers, silk dresses with floral prints and feminine ruching on the sleeves.
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Karen Walker showed one of her cool, signature collections today--there were sunglasses in exaggerated shapes, easy pleated high-water trousers, silk dresses with floral prints and feminine ruching on the sleeves. It's a formula that keeps the guest list the same every season--making her shows feel more like a fun Fashion Week break than anything else.

Christian Cota Fall 2009 Presentation

Christian Cota Fall 2009 Presentation

Friday 13th usually equates bad luck, but the forces of nature led Mexico City-born designer Christian Cota to a good place at his presentation last night. Taking the economy into consideration, Cota crafted a Fall collection for "survivors" using the beauty of mother earth as a broad source of inspiration. This translated to a neutral palette of beige and earthy-gold sequin shift dresses, gathered hand-painted bubble skirts, romantic gray organza gowns and kaleidoscope sequined tops. The five-flight walk-up was well worth the panting! 

Anna Wintour Doesn't Think You Should Be Wearing $25,000 Sequined Crop Tops Right Now
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Anna Wintour Doesn't Think You Should Be Wearing $25,000 Sequined Crop Tops Right Now

>> Although she rarely gives interviews — except for, you know, the lengthy one in The September Issue and that profile she's supposedly doing for 60 Minutes (rumor is their cameras were following her again at the amfAR Gala Thursday night), so maybe she's changed her mind — Anna Wintour sat down with Rachel Dodes of The Wall Street Journal right before New York Fashion Week for a quick fashion state-of-the-union-interview.
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>> Although she rarely gives interviews — except for, you know, the lengthy one in The September Issue and that profile she's supposedly doing for 60 Minutes (rumor is their cameras were following her again at the amfAR Gala Thursday night), so maybe she's changed her mind — Anna Wintour sat down with Rachel Dodes of The Wall Street Journal right before New York Fashion Week for a quick fashion state-of-the-union-interview.

But before we get started, a sidenote — the coat she wore Thursday (left) looks to be from Peter Som's Fall 2009 capsule collection, so methinks he will be taken care of just fine.  Now, among the interview's highlights:

Now is not the time to look "too Dubai."

I don't think anyone is going to want to look overly flashy, overly glitzy, too Dubai, whatever you want to call it. I just don't think that's the moment. But I do feel an emphasis on quality and longevity and things that really last.

She won't name names, but some designers aren't making clothes that are worth the price tag.

In the [Vogue] Index pages we are looking more rigorously at price and value and asking, 'is something worth that particular price tag?'

A thing that wasn't worth it? Without naming names, we had a little sequined thing that wouldn't come down to here on you [points to chest.] And I said, 'How much is it?' $25,000. I said, 'No. We're not going to photograph that right now.'

What Anna thinks is "fabulous" »

Ohne Titel Was All Wrapped Up
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Ohne Titel Was All Wrapped Up

At the Ohne Titel show slinky silks and knits were bound close to the body and, in some cases, layered or draped at the chest.
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At the Ohne Titel show slinky silks and knits were bound close to the body and, in some cases, layered or draped at the chest. The palette was almost entirely black, grey, and chocolate. Trousers unzipped diagonally across the knees (some were leather). Platforms were wrapped in chains, pointy, and severe. Stay tuned for our gallery from the show...