September 20th, 2009



Australian designer Toni Maticevski tends to fly under the radar - possibly due to where he is based - but his Spring 2010 collection was full of red carpet ready stunning pieces.

The designer was inspired by “a dark and beautiful place where things die and are born again.” Which perfectly describes his haunting beautiful pieces.

I’m surprised fashion-forward celebs like Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Connelly haven’t worn his designs on the red carpet already, but hopefully this collection will grab the attention of those major stars.

Maticevski presented pencil skirts and architectural gowns festooned with layer upon layer of tulle and organza flowers.

Some of you say that people like Charlize Theron could wear a trash bag and still look amazing, well Maticevski has given those perfect stars that very challenge by creating gowns that appears to be made out of bin liners.

Along with the tulle and organza he used interesting splatter paint prints, ruffles, and lace. It was all very romantic, like he was seducing us with each look.

The dresses were stunning, but the shoes were outstanding with diamante and rosette details placed on the heel.

Angelina Jolie this collection has your name written all over it.

You can view the whole collection Coutorture.

You may remember Abbie Cornish wore one of his gowns to Cannes Film Festival recently.

These are a few pictures I took from my front row seat.

This is the finale video I took.

Credit: Coutorture

Posted in: New York Fashion Week, Toni Maticevski by Fashion Critic

September 20th, 2009


The second Arlenis Sosa stepped on the runway wearing a beautiful white dress with a floral print at the Tibi Spring 2010 show with Guns and Roses “Sweet Child Of Mine” blaring in the background, I knew I was going to love this collection - and I did.

Designer Amy Smilovic always give us something fresh, eye-catching, and youthful.

Her inspiration for spring was ‘Great Expectations’, set in the early ’90s and starring Supermodels.

I didn’t quite get the supermodel reference until I saw the show notes with each piece given a supermodels name, for example the Evangelista mini skirt.

We were presented with minis dresses, silk tops, bubble skirts, shorts, cropped pants and maxi dresses in both floral prints and brand’s signature hummingbird print.

There was a gasp in my area when the final pink gown with spaghetti straps and rosette details on the bodice came down the runway. It’s was so pretty and looks silky and velvety soft.

Tibi’s spring collection was simple and wearable, but elegant and incredibly pretty. The bold colours and bright prints added to the dimensions of the clean silhouettes, suitable for all women. Cute without being sickly sweet.

I loved that the models smiled through-out this presentation. Something I didn’t see much of during fashion week, and I loved the coral eye shadow.

The front row included Olivia Palermo and more reality TV show housewives.

Posted in: New York Fashion Week, Tibi by Fashion Critic

September 20th, 2009



Renowned couturier Georges Chakra presented his “Edition by Georges Chakra” Spring 2010 collection at New York Fashion Week, which was his second showing in the tents.

His 46 evening looks will have celebrity fans such as Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler gasping with delight at the many red carpet ready possibilities on display.

Colourful gown after gown was embellished with bedazzling jeweled necklines, tiers, pleating and wrap around silver belts tied with a coloured ribbon which either matched or was a contrasted to the dress.

The cocktail dresses and gowns had varying silhouettes from flowing gowns which glided gown the runway, to fitted dresses which would accentuate a tiny waist.

The Real Housewives of New York’s Jill Zarin was in the front row. I was baffled at how many times I saw these reality women in the front row.

Where is Sophia Bush when you need her?

You can view the whole collection at Zimbio

Posted in: Georges Chakra, New York Fashion Week by Fashion Critic

September 20th, 2009

Jenni Kayne’s Spring 2010 presentation was one of the first shows I attended during Fashion Week.

It would’ve been an enjoyable experience if it wasn’t for the models who huffed and puffed and acted like they really didn’t want to be there.

Trying to get them to pose for pictures was a nightmare, because they just weren’t interested and it was really off putting.

Thankfully this type of behaviour didn’t present itself at any other show.

If you want to show-off your toned abs, this is the collection for you with some pieces cut-out to expose your midriff.

“American sportswear with an edge” was the theme for this collection. I didn’t catch the edgier part, but I did notice that excluding one silver mini dress their didn’t appear to be any evening wear.

Posted in: Jenni Kayne, New York Fashion Week by Fashion Critic

September 18th, 2009



I was excited to receive my invitation to the Michael Kors Spring 2010 show the night before the show.

I was even more excited when I arrived to see my seat assignment with name on it, plus a bottle of ‘Very Hollywood’ by Michael Kors perfume.

The show notes indicated that there would be 64 looks so I knew I would be in for a treat.

The collection was perfect for the chic uptown New Yorker, with its sleek architectural shapes and asymmetry.

The colour palette was a beautiful mix of white, black, blue, grey, silver, pink, blue, lilac and pistachio.

The collection included oversized cashmere cardigans and sweaters, some with only one sleeve and others with cut-outs. The cashmere pieces were paired with skirts.

Zips added toughness to looks, as did defined shoulders.

There were many cut-outs on pieces and some were filled in with perspex. This was added to the sides of a black swimsuit, across dresses and shoes to give the spring looks a bit of a ’60s vibe.

Sequins covered evening cocktail dress, which would be a perfect alternative to a gown on the red carpet.

Credit: Style.com

Posted in: Michael Kors, New York Fashion Week by Fashion Critic

September 17th, 2009

Some people may have only recently heard of Christian Cota, since he dressed Leighton Meester for the MTV VMAs last week but this is actually his 5th season.

The atmosphere was very tranquil as models posing whilst standing around moss pads.

The back-drop was a painted moody blue, which reminded me of a dark sky before it rains.

The designer called this environment an urban garden. This would explain the many floral pieces he presented - which were the key pieces in the collection- alongside spring white blouses, shorts and skirts.

Multi-coloured cocktail dresses, cropped jackets, sleeveless blouses bandeau tops paired with high-waist pants were also presented.

Each piece was adorned with chained jewelery from Litter which didn’t just accent a look, but it was often wrapped around a model to highlight each piece.

Heels also got the chain treatment, and even the hem of one models shorts.

I particularly loved the piece draped over the models shoulder.

The models sported 50s hairstyles with a bright red pouts.

Here is are some of my favourite pieces. You can view the whole collection at Style.com

Posted in: Christian Cota, New York Fashion Week by Fashion Critic

September 17th, 2009

The Narciso Rodriguez Spring 2010 collection was a lot softer in comparison to his Fall 2009 urban warrior collection.

We saw optical prints, sleeveless tops, tulip shaped coats and cocktail dresses.

Many of the pieces had rounded hems which was an interesting twist. There was subtle layering and sleek silhouettes.

The colour palette consisted of mostly neutrals or black, with purple and silver included also.

My favourite pieces were the finale gowns which were very simple.

The tank-style gowns had a shorter hemline in front and a flowing back. When it caught the wind of the runway the dress billowed and moved so graciously.

Jessica Alba was the last celebrities to arrive at her seat and the photographers went wild.

How celebrities cope with those flash bulbs is beyond me.

She wore a bubble hemmed mini dress, with a black sequined top and a starry midnight sky skirt.

I’m not sure if they were expecting her to do something crazy but Courtney Love got the most flashbulbs.

Maybe the photographers just wanted to get a close up of the satin details on her Narciso Rodriguez black viscose dress.

Emmy Rossum looked really cute in her Fall 2009 halter dress, with an edgy army fatigue print on the bodice.

She was in the front row with her stylist and right in my eye line, so every now and then I would see her saying to her stylist “That’s cute”.

So we should expect to see Emmy wearing Narciso Rodriguez pieces in the future on the red carpet.

Credit: Style.com & Wireimage


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