Top 10 Spring 2009 collections
Wall Street and Main Street may be in a slide, but in Fashionland it’s Spring, and everything’s coming up roses…and fringed, embellished, graphic & tailored. Here are pinfou’s picks for the Top 10 Spring 2009 collections:
Chanel the signature tweeds, bows, camellias & frocks you’d expect
Dolce & Gabbana Hugh Hefner’ish pajamas meet Minnie Mouse
Dries Van Noten “eclectic-ethnic” dusters, dresses & walking shorts
Giorgio Armani big shouldered, besuited 80s American Gigolo
Jil Sander 20s Parisian avant-garde flappers discover African art
Koi Suwannagate float like a butterfly, sting like a swarovski crystal
Lanvin dark times call for fun, fabulous clothes
Louis Vuitton Jazz Age Parisienne princess
Marc Jacobs an American Mary Poppins in Paris via Siam
Rodarte how beautiful alien androids would view earthling style
The cast of characters includes a party-hopping heiress, sexy Latin pool boy, boozy plastic cougar, gold-digging maid, a hidden sex tape, and an uppity French bulldog named Chester who delivers commentary, blogs…and likes to watch. Even the shopping area is interactive – point & click on the style you want to check out, and a model struts up to a central podium in them, giving you a handy 360 degree view of them on.
it’ll reflect the designer’s signature rocker influences, including studs and fabrics with tattoo prints…and available, of course, for a limited time only, so be sure to mark your calender.