D+G Spring 2011 - The Epitome of Spring

The runway appeared to be straight out of the Garden of Eden

Spring is almost here, and now that the days are starting to become longer and warmer I'm craving some bright new clothes to go along with it. My favorite collection this spring is far and away the garden inspired D+G collection. Full of flowy boho dresses, sky high espedrilles, flowers GALORE, and even a Disney T-shirt or two.. I admit, every S/S fashion week I secretly hope that my more designers will debut collections like this!

I particularly love the mix of different floral patterns paired with my favorite shoes for spring- Wellies and sky high espedrilles! Time to break out your favorite rompers, garden party dresses, and throw on some wedges because SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

You can shop some of the collection here.

La Mode, Paris

I don't even want to write a review on Alexander McQueen because I don't want to take that joy away from LB because I know this is one of her favorite lines. Let me just say it was breathtaking artful garments. To see what I mean just look at the picture below. Sarah Burton really put in the detail that the late Alexander McQueen would have done himself.


Chanel was full of chunky heels, chunky sweaters, and chunky jewelry. Almost every piece had some type of tweed on it but this collection felt more office appropriate than a ready to wear line. I really liked the dress below sans the leather legs. I thought that was one of the edgier pieces in the collection.




I think I can honestly say that I would wear every single piece in Valentino's newest collection. Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri created absolutely beautiful silhouettes for this collection. Every piece was extremely feminine and delicate. I loved also that each of the pieces was transparent and that added to the delicacy of the garments. This is definitely one of my favorite collections for Spring.

Roberto Cavalli and Dsquared

After looking through all the the shows for Spring 2011 RTW, I've started to notice some new trends. The cut out look has much bigger cuts coming out of the garment showing a lot more skin. Embellishments are huge. Roberto Cavalli heavily embellished each of his garments with tons of sparkle. Another trend that I noticed was the criss-cross tie. Cavalli has tons of pants with this style on it just as Emilio Pucci did with his dresses. Keep an eye out for these trends!




Dsquared showed some very promising pieces in their newest collection. I didn't find it too exciting but their pieces were very easy to wear. I really liked the sweater and skirt combo the best.

Fashion in Milan Shows Promise

As I was looking at Dolce and Gabbana's newest collection, I felt that I was watching a group of '50s housewives about to do some work at home. There were tons of florals and the cuts of the dresses and tops along with the high-waisted shorts really seemed based off of the past. One of the looks even had an apron and most of the models were wearing handkerchiefs. I do love the use of floral and platform heels with the big flowers attached to them.




Emilio Pucci's collection was breathtaking. His first look was so fierce I immediately knew that the rest of the collection would prove to be the same. The knee-high boots in the first picture below were in many of his looks in different fabrics and I fell in love. His pieces were scandalous but in an artful way with his cutout dresses and lace up fronts. I wish I could put his entire collection on here but I picked my five favorite looks (which was really hard!). I encourage you to see the rest of the collection.

Emilio Pucci

Alberta Ferretti's new collection is perfect for the modern day tree hugger (like myself). It looks like it belongs in a fairy tale in some far away forest. There were a lot of sheer pieces and a lot of lace and chiffon. Everything was very flowy and gorgeous and most of the dresses were floor length. This collection was just simply pretty.

Alberta Ferretti

I loved the animal and jungle prints for Trussardi 1911. This black and white leopard print dress would be amazing to wear for a night out on the town. I love the oversized bow that goes around the neck. For whatever reason I also liked the dress in the second picture below. I'm not sure if it's the cut or the fabric but something about it caught my eye.

Trussardi 1911

The collection for Just Cavalli was covered in crazy bright prints. I didn't notice any sort of tie that these patterns had together but just a mish mosh of different ones thrown together. Style.com reported that the show had a circus theme and from looking at all of their looks you would think they were dressed for a circus. I wouldn't really waste my time looking through the entire collection.

Just Cavalli

More Fashion Week Stuff

Burberry was simply amazing in London! I LOVED everything! Their modern take on the trench coat is to die for. The motorcycle themed trench with the spikes is one of my favorite pieces that I've seen for Fall 2011. You seriously need to look at their entire collection. Fantastic!

Burberry Prorsum

Gucci used a lot of vibrant colors for their show in Milan but also had a lot of nude pieces. This bronze belt was also all over their looks on the runway.

Gucci

Sass & Bide

Sass & Bide

Thakoon

Thakoon

Review Trois of Fashion Week

I think Nanette Lepore is my favorite collection so far. I don't really know what to say about it except that I loved it. The colors and the patterns and the fabrics and designs were all amazing. All things that I would actually wear that doesn't have to be worn to a red carpet event. Big win in my book!

Nanette Lepore

Marc Jacobs did everything BIG this year. Big bows, big accessories, big pieces, and big hair. When I say big, I mean HUGE. I'm not exactly a fan of that... yet. I also noticed that the length of the dresses has gotten longer also. In fashion we constantly go from short to long and back so I noticed that all of his dresses hit the girls in the mid-calf region. Maybe we're moving to longer skirts.

Marc Jacobs

I loved the patterns that Gwen Stefani picked for her L.A.M.B. collection. All of her pieces were spunky just like her but I really like them all. There were a lot of really cool/fun dresses.

L.A.M.B.

Really did not like Hervé Léger's collection this year. It had bizarre cutouts and puffs and slits and this outfit below sort of looks like she should be in space.

Hervé Léger by Max Azria

Review Deux of Fashion Week

I've been loving Diesel's slogan "Be Stupid For Successful Living". I liked their use of leather and the sort of animalistic approach that they had to their collection this year. I really want that dress in the second picture! I love that it ties down to the side.



I hate to say this because I really love Diane von Furstenberg but I was either really disappointed by her color choice or her patterns or maybe just the combo of them together.

Diane von Furstenberg

I usually love Betsy Johnson with her fun patterns and awesome party dresses but I am almost speechless when I saw what she created for Spring RTW 2011. Her looks are all over the place and none of them have a good theme. I'm also not sure how I feel about all of her models wearing huge blinged out necklaces that say "Ride Me". You really should go and see the entire collection at style.com.

Betsy Johnson

Anna Sui seriously impressed me. I wanted to put all of her looks on here but of course we don't have room for 48 of them so I picked my favorite 3. I'm really loving her earthy take and the hippie-esque designs that she had. She did a lot of bold patterns and dresses with boots. I'm also noticing a ton of lace and eyelets in all of the fashion shows so keep a look out for those trends.




At first I thought Alice + Olivia was a hit again but I think I may have only liked half of the looks that they had. I do really love some of the pieces but I don't think they did as well as they did last year.

Alice + Olivia

Alice + Olivia

There will definitely be more and more to come so keep coming back and checking!