TREND I-SPY

Happy New Year 2012! A strong trend is emerging in both fashion and interior design as once again Asia acts as inspiration, specifically chinoiserie prints, silk materials and kimono shapes. Several designers, including Zac Posen , have shown Asian-themed prints and materials for Pre-Fall 2012. 

Proenza Schouler As the Pre- Fall shows for 2012 continue a new KEY ITEM emerges, the matching two piece suit, often with a boxy jacket and short skirt or skinny pant.  Diane von Furstenberg Oscar de la Renta Pringle of Scotland Reed Krakoff Carolina Herrera

New York Fashion Week is well underway, one of my favorite shows so far has been Edun. I think this gypsy trend is going to be huge. Here is the style.com review. Edun, By Nicole Phelps Sharon Wauchob is now in her second season at the reins at Edun , and the picture of what the brand will become under the Irish designer's leadership is coming into focus. Her Fall runway, not unlike last season's, was full of real, wearable clothes. As hard as this might be to believe, you can't necessarily say that about all the contemporary labels out there. But Wauchob has apparently surrounded herself with a fresh, young team and she says that helps keep her in touch with what cool girls want to wear. Let's start with the coats. The quilted khaki storm trench that opened the show has the X factor that will make it a popular personal order item with editors. In this era of influential street style blogs that really means something, and there was more soli...

Haute Couture for Spring 2011 was shown in Paris a few weeks ago. I searched through them on Style.com looking for future trends in fashion design. I looked for commonalities between the collections but felt as if I found very little. Each couturier seemed to work from their own set of design principals and inspiration. For Alexis Mabille it was the white plaster maquettes of sculptor, Atoine Bourdelle , Alexis Mabille At Dior, John Galliano looked back to the work of fashion illustrator, René Gruau, the illustrator "whose work for Christian Dior in the forties and fifties created the house's most iconic imagery." (Tim Blanks, Style.com) Dior For Jean Paul Gaultier it was punk rock. "The invitation safety-pinned a piece of fishnet to a piece of cardboard. The run of show named outfits after "Anarchy in the U.K." and "London Calling." And that was Sid's "My Way" playing as we walked in." (Tim Blanks, Style.com) Jean Pa...