Badgley Mischka wow’d New York on December 10, 2008 with their breathtaking Pre-Fall 2009 collection. The dresses were stunning and beautiful - beaded, paillette, and feather-dusted cocktail dresses and gowns.
A sequined tank dress sashed high on the waist and a ruffled halter gown in the must-have shade of marigold were two highlights.
Isn’t this new cocktail suit (below) incredible? Designers said that it was made specially at their customers’ requests.
Simply put, James Mischka shared, “we just did pretty clothes that people want to wear.” And they did just that. It’s not fair that the ENTIRE collection is incredible.
“Oh Santa? I have a few more to add to my Christmas list….”
Just in time for Christmas, Donatella Versace shares her pre-fall collection with New York on December 15, 2008. The graphic little coats with contrast piping and tiny cocktail dresses were all Versace.The emerald green is simply stunning!
Everything was strictly above the knee, except for a handful of gowns.
Love the black lace with a slit up to there and a star detailed in peekaboo mesh on the torso.
Linley Hall in Victoria was transformed overnight into “Stella’s Gym,” complete with Olympic athletes including Allyson Felix and Victoria Pendleton—at the launch of Stella McCartney’s Spring 2009 Adidas collection. I love the hem and high waist of the muted pink tennis outfit above. Stylish, flirty, yet still functional.
The collection spans running, gym, yoga, dance, tennis, golf, swimwear, and accessories, all characterized by a sharp eye for fashion detail and, this season, popping with neon pinks, grass green, yellow, and periwinkle blue. In one corner were gymnasts performing on the balance beam in leotards and yoga sweats; in another, the tennis team knocked balls about in scalloped-edge dresses over orange shorts. Elsewhere, runners warmed up on treadmills wearing high-tech spray-painted leggings. McCartney’s personal trainer, Tracy Anderson (the woman behind Madonna’s and Gwenyth Paltrow’s killer bodies) has consulted on the development of McCartney’s gym line.
Diane von Furstenberg called her show Rock Goddess, but the collection had a distinctively more bohemian feel. The Spring collection was breezy and consisted mostly of dresses (which I love!). The models wore silk flowers and feathers strung from leather cords in their loose hair, and there were all manner of sixties standbys, from plissé wrap gowns and short tunics to a Saint Laurent safari dress and ribbed knits worn with denim flares.
Loved the beautiful boldly colored fabrics splashed with lush prints or trimmed in crystals and beads. So pretty!
Normally not a fan of lace, I love this lace bell-sleeved dress (above right). DVF manages to elude a simple sexiness while embracing the innocence and modesty of white lace. One of my favorite pieces!
DVF embraced the hippie chick Rock Goddess in the abundance of flirty dresses that gives us Aphrodite-like powers over men, so much the better. We can all use a little more of that.
Get ready as many of our favorite designers showcase their Spring 2009 collections in NYC beginning today, September 5th, 2008. The shows will run until next Friday, September 12th.
It’s time to embrace the next season of beauty and design.
Here is the first batch of movie posters from High School Musical 3: Senior Year featuring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman and Lucas Grabeel.
The theatrical release of High School Musical 3: Senior Year is set for Friday, October 24.
Love the girls only and boys only posters!
Enjoy a video of the song Now or Never off the soundtrack set to be released on Tuesday, October 21.
The second song off the soundtrack, “High School Musical”, will debut on the Disney Channel next Friday, August 8.
