Everyone Wants...

...a Chanel party dress. I'll take this one from today's show.

Photo via NYTimes.

Valentino Gets Historic

I never considered myself a Valentino kind of girl, if I ever really went high-fashion I assumed I would go more in the Isabel Marant or Miu Miu (duh) direction. But I wasn't so into Marant this season and Miu Miu is tomorrow (exciting!) so we shall see. Maybe it's the new designers at the helm or my obsession with long girly dresses, lace and that nude neon combo that I am loving right now, but today's Valentino show took my breath away. The HB writer said the dresses had "historical silhouettes" and I'm into it, I have always been into pouffed shoulders and long delicate sleeves. You should click on the images to do them justice PS.

Photos via Nowfashion.

And the Oscar Goes to...

I do wonder when I will buy my first real designer piece (no, Chanel perfume does not count, neither do the Miu Miu clogs I found at Beacon's Closet). I, of course, also wonder what it will be (maybe a pair of Chloe shoes or a Stella McCartney blazer or a Prada sweater?). Who knows? But I do know what it won't be: a Marchesa. The only people lucky enough to wear gorgeous Marchesa gowns — and gorgeous Marchesa gowns is all Marchesa does — are the people who make regular appearances on award show red carpets. I don't see that in my near future, but if I did fantasize about making a little witty and humble acceptance speech for a dramatic high-intensity role that I changed my whole appearance for (and then was magically back to my skinny self just in time to accept the award), I might just be wearing this little number that walked down the runway a few hours ago.

Photo via the NYTimes. 

Cynthia Rowley

By a stroke of luck I got to sit front for the Cynthia Rowley show last night (see look how close my photos are). As many shows as I have been to, I have never had the luxury of sitting in the very front. It is a little intimidating with those flashing lights and all, but certainly so much better when it comes to seeing the amazing clothes. And amazing they were, from the gold shoes, to the floral prints to the cut-out fabrics. It was definitely a show that reminded me of why I love fashion — which is an important thing to remember when you are working 13 hour days for fashion week for some reason. 

Other people in the front row? A fried-platinum Lindsay Lohan and a my sparkly Miu Miu shoe wearing Alexa Chung. Not bad for a celeb sighting, eh? (Read a funny little piece about them written by the fug girls for the Cut here.) I also decided to include a couple pics of me and my BFFs since 7th grade Bryn and Mary, who I met up with after my 13 hour day — which was probably not the smartest decision I've ever made for more reason than one, but it's not too often Miss Bryn is in town, and a guarantee you have to go out on her first night in the big city if she is. 

Hey Fashion Week!

 

New York Fashion Week has started and you can feel it in the air. The office has gone back and forth from a dead quiet with all the girls out at the shows or an intense buzzing with a red lipstick covered rush before the shows. I'm going to my first of the season (Cynthia Rowley) tonight, but will mostly be at my computer getting first looks of everything hot off the runways. So I am going to try and post things that particularly catch my eye, like this amazing Jason Wu dress from this afternoon. I am loving this lime color lately and have realized I own absolutely nothing in it. Time to go shopping, per always.