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LFW Fall Fashion Week 2006 Wrapup: Camilla Staerk

Camilla Staerk’s fall 2006 collection is what happens when you mix Westwood and Dior. While by no means plaigirizing, you can definitely see the influence. This is never more present than with the leather dresses, the punkish fishnet stockings, the risque’ one piece undergarments and the see-through sheer tops. The only thing missing were the [...]

By Esther | Posted February 20, 2006 in Fashion Week Coverage | Comments (0)

LFW Fall Fashion Week Wrapup 2006: Jessica Ogden

Jessica Ogden based her fall collection this year on Alice in Wonderland. The designs shown were whimsical, creative and to a certain degree, wearable. Only the most daring maven would wear the complete outfits from her show out, much less down the yellow brick road. But in combinations, Ogden’s designs reigned supreme. The attention to [...]

By Esther | Posted February 20, 2006 in Fashion Week Coverage | Comments (0)

LFW Fall Fashion Week Wrapup 2006: Ashley Isham

I died and entered Thai heaven. I swear this line was inspired by fashions straight out of Thailand. The Siam dream started with black, white and gray hued dresses. There was a auburn satin dress that I did not fall in love with simply because it was ill-fitting on the model, then Isham rolls out [...]

By Esther | Posted February 20, 2006 in Fashion Week Coverage | Comments (0)

LFW Fall Wrapup 2006: John Rocha

The prim and proper showing of John Rocha’s fall line demonstrated how hot and cold the design world can be. There never was more a dichotomy than in his design. Rocha used very muted colors on his pieces but also made use of elaborate designs. His use of elastic and tapering brought life to dresses [...]

By Esther | Posted February 20, 2006 in Fashion Week Coverage | Comments (0)

LFW Fall 2006 Wrap-up: Julien Mac Donald

Julien McDonald thumbed his nose at PETA at this year’s London Fashion week big time. Instead of going faux (perish the thought), MacDonald bought out every animal available at show time. The coats were lovely and quite expensive (a gold one with white accents was damn near perfect), PETA might have been oustide, but the [...]

By Esther | Posted February 20, 2006 in Fashion Week Coverage | Comments (0)