Thakoon F/W 2011

How cool are these nomad-inspired updos, woven with colorful knitted pieces of yarn, at Thakoon? (images from here and here)

Band Of Outsiders F/W 2011

The original inspiration for Scott Sternberg’s Band Of Outsiders Fall Collection was the book The Stonemasters and its images of California rock climbers in the 70s (brilliant!!). And the result was two women’s collections: Boy and…

Norman Ambrose F/W 2011

Walking into Norman Ambrose‘s debut presentation at New York Fashion Week was like going to a glamourous party in the 70s where you didn’t really belong but also didn’t ever want to leave. Being fashion…

Jason Wu F/W 2011

Today we saw an amazing Edwardian & menswear inspired collection at Ruffian. Then Jason Wu’s Victorian & Baroque inspired collection really pushed us over the edge, having us immediately lusting over cigarette pants, lace and…

Richard Chai Love F/W 2011

Richard Chai‘s Fall Collection had us wishing we had a closet (or suitcase) full of muted greys, silk maxis and boyish oversized coats . . . like, yesterday. (images from Style.com)

Twenty Seven Names A/W 2011

The ladies behind Twenty Seven Names have produced another delightful lookbook featuring their Winter 2011 Collection (as well as jewelry from fellow New Zealanders de_luxe). My favorites are the über feminine white chiffon blouses and horizontally pleated…

Framed

Though lovely, the frocks from Madame Hawke‘s beautifully shot lookbook have been upstaged...

Yeojin Bae

There really isn’t anything I don’t want/need/covet/crave from Yeojin Bae‘s Spring 2011...

Zimmermann F/W 2011

Full lengths, sheers, lace, fringe, florals and flares are staying strong and continuing into Zimmermann‘s Fall 2011 Collection and that is just fine by me. I’ll take those shoes too – in black and nude.

Givenchy Spring 2011 Couture

Holy moly. This shit is gonna spread like wildfire. Oscars? Anna? WTF. WOW. Update (now that I’ve picked my jaw up off the floor): This collection was initially inspired by Riccardo Tisci’s admiration for Kazuo…