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Dasha Zhukova, an art gallerist, has been hired as Katie Grand's replacement at Pop magazine.
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On Tuesday we visited Coterie's eveningwear selections for fresh runway looks but most of the action was taking place in the contemporary market over on the Piers. Buyers worked themselves into a frenzy over collections from Tracey Reese, Velvet, Geren Ford, Inhabit, Shin Choi, Marc Bouer Glamit, Cynthia Steffe, Twinkle, Betsy Johnson, Harlan Bel, Nieves Lavi, Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent, Anna Sui, Nanette Lepore, Citizens of Humanity, Seven for All Mankind, Foley and Corinna, Julie Haus, Erotokritos, Nicole Miller, Vera Wang Lavender, Tibi, Shoshanna, Alice and Olivia, Rag and Bone, Diane Von Furstenberg, Earnest Sewn, Adam by Adam Lippes, Diesel, Milly by Michelle Smith, Helmut Lang, Iodice, and Sunner.
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Sometimes we wonder about the social consequences of the soothingly feminine collections that are so often the provence of spring. We were never much for Foucault but at we feel like we are watching the History of Sexuality play itself out over and over again. And we never enjoyed his thesis of sexuality as an analytics of power, but all this damnable romanticism just reeks of what Foucault called our repressed sexual natures. The first few minutes of the runway unfolded to a song that cooed "just make me beautiful."
The clothes went from watery pastels to more vibrant colors as the runway went on. Tracey may have the best eye for color of any of the contemporary womenswear designers. We can never find fault with her color stories. More designers could do to edit her colors the way she does. We also apprecaited the few patterns we saw as well. Organza, chiffon, and brocades were shown in her new Black Label collection. We guess contemporary doesn't make enough money anymore. Better to trade up while the geting is good, the middle market urban women willing to pay $300 for a frock are dwindling, but the rich ladies willing to pay a grand are only growing stronger. So what were we saying about power again?
Now don't mind us since we love us a nice Tracey Reese frock. They fit, they look good on many types of bodies, and they sure make us feel pretty. But for some reason we feel a tad unsettled at just how "happy" everything is these days. Perhaps its a form of escapism, perhaps its a power grab in a kind of matriarchal chic way. Except these are sexy pretty mothers. So we might just have to be at a loss. So umm pretty yay?!?!
In addition to the boom of floral prints expected for Spring, we'll be seeing a lot of rose-colored frocks. Red is a classic color, and appears every season, but the most common shades this season are rose and poppy colored. So it seems, florals are back in more ways than one.
Click through our gallery with rose and poppy colored garments from
Carolina Herrera,
Rebecca Taylor,
Three As Four,
Temperley, and
Tracey Reese. To drive the point home, we've even included a few red floral prints.
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Hugo Boss
Alviero Martini
Korres
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