New York all wrapped up

By fashion on February 18, 2010

By Katie Wright

It’s been hard to keep up with all the action with all the big names over the final two days of New York Fashion week, and it’s only going to get busier with London Fashion Week starting tomorrow. I’ll be down at Somerset House blogging and tweeting my little socks off so be sure to follow @blondekatie on Twitter for snippets of the action from the front line.

Before all that, here’s a mammoth run down of ten more NYFW collections that caught my eye. Not necessarily a top ten per se, but a ten nonetheless.

1. Things were all boyish and blankety to begin with at 3.1 PHILIP LIM. I preferred the liberal use of purple sequins and chiffon trailing out to one side.

2. DEREK LAM’s girls were not to be messed with - they channeled cowboys, indians and the mafia.

3. Possibly my favourite collection of the season so far was one that featured an array of outlandish motifs - giant body-shaped belt buckles, bar codes, breast plates, crucifixes, jewels, gigantic bows and slogans to name but a few. JEREMY SCOTT combined them all to poke fun at fashion - but in the nicest possible way.

4. ‘Goth secretary’ were the words that sprang to mind for me at PROENZA SCHOULER. But in a good way. The scribble-patterned jeans and duffel coats were great too.

5. I love the way that OSCAR DE LA RENTA takes all the hottest models (Coco, Agyness, Karen, Sasha, Freja et al) and makes them over to look like middle-aged women from the eighties with big wavy hair and frosted lipstick, yet they still look amazing. I put it down de la Renta’s timeless clothes. As luxe, glamorous and expensive-looking as ever.

6. NARCISO RODRIGUEZ takes the cake for craziest head gear of the week. Nice asymmetrical dip-dyed sci-fiesque dresses too.

7. The highlights of VERA WANG’s collection for me were the adorable gothy princess dresses.

8. MARCHESA also nailed the goth-princess look, and took this season’s fixation on body art in a beautiful new direction.

9. The least practical and wearable (at least outside of the A-list lifestyle) aspects of REEM ACRA’s collection were also the most desirable - a coat full of holes and the oh so shiny and wonderful full-length gowns.