1. Alexander Wang.
Always keeping it cool, Alexander Wang hasn't failed us this season. His effortlessly cut silhouettes with wide sleeves, bellie button skimming crops and menswear texture has kept us wanting more and more of his collections each season. Wang has stuck to what he knows best, minimal chic with an androgynous edge but keeping it fresh with new ways of layering and new hem lengths. Asymmetric cuts dominated the collection, and throughout there was a school girl uniform theme. Branding appeared on gloves and on the waist in the form of "ALEXANDER WANG" in an blindingly unmissable way, something that a lot of street wear brands too have been doing. Finally jumping onto the band waggon, he establishes his place within both the street wear scene and high fashion.
2. Opening Ceremony
The first ever catwalk show for Opening Ceremony was certainly a show stopper with the likes of Rihanna, Justin Beiber and Baz Luhrman on front row, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim had a lot to live up to. With heir other ridiculously successful line Kenzo, everyone had high hopes for cool collection to emerge from their vision. They didn't fail to produce 90's grunge silhouettes with the over sized biker jackets in classic black and dirty lemons. With the use of utility shorts immersed in graphics prints. Androgynous lines were created around the shoulders which have been around a couple of seasons now and don't seem to be going anywhere in the mean time. A favourite was sleekly cut jumpsuit in a tangerine orange, with little pocket details it was easy simple and fun. The use of layering was key with shirts peeking through underneath jackets and coats. This is a place I plan to shop one day.
3. MM6 Maison Martin Margiela
Transparency was the inspiration for MM6 this season, and with projections of bubbles in the background and the invite being a bottle of bubbles. Each look was simple and understated yet cleverly designed to deceive the eye, illusion was the focus of this collection. The minimalist sports luxe look has taken over New York this season and every one has done their take on it. MM6 did especially well with their anoraks and outerwear, cropped cuts and loose fits were icy cool, and with a dash of candy pink and ice cold blues it was the perfect colour palette for something so minimally cool.
4. Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham wowed us again with an undoubtedly chic collection full of beautifully cut jackets, mid calf length trousers and fitted dresses. It was all about "shape" and the fit and form of the body, constructed exquisitely it was hard for me to choose just four looks for my edit. Hems were all of the mini skirt length and diagonally cut with pleated or ruffles layered underneath. Finished to absolute precision no looks were overly styled or under styled. They were all complete looks I want to wear. From the triangles bonded onto organza to the rounded off shoulder jackets each look was ridiculously chic, this is another winner and I can happily say I'm now a fully pledged Vicky B fan.
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