In the closet with Louis and Louboutin:

Doing some vintage/consignment shopping which in the Hamptons means Louboutins in exactly your size. Spent the day walking around town and then at the beach even though it was so foggy we could barely see the next wave coming.

But hey, we like to live dangerously right?

I love this town.

Even after 17 summers spent here.

top: Ralph Lauren

shorts: H&M

scarf as belt: Alexander McQueen

bag: Louis Vuitton

heels: Christian Louboutin

liberty walk - miley cyrus

Araks - Fall 2010

There was homage to the '90s minimalism with shapeless black leather-looking dresses, skirts, and jackets which is not somewhere you want to go if your trying to reinvent fashion and come up with new ideas instead of redoing old ones everyone has seen before. A major trend here was menswear inspired pieces like long over coats in navy and overall type jumpsuits. It makes sense that there was quite a bit of inerwear over outerwear because first and foremost, Araks is a lingerine designer.

The Araks show was decent, if not a little dull do to the poor styling techniques. Apart from the cool way that belts were tied, the color combinations on the runway were the best part of the show and quite a few of the pieces would be nice by themselves like the sheath dresses and tops but when put together they didn't work.

highlights:

Best Dressed: Devon Aoki

at the CFDAs in Zac Posen.

Best Dressed: Chanel Iman

via Harpers Bazaar editorial

Best Dressed: Liu Wen (3)

Best Dressed: Liu Wen (2)

Best Dressed: Liu Wen

Best Dressed: Diane Birch

Love the vintage style here and how each piece is so easy to get for anyone (american apparel, chloe sevigny for opening ceremony..) I am quite obsessed with those shoes! There are so chill and with the elastic straps in front, a cinch to walk in.

We all need hats like this one on a daily basis.

Antonio Berardi - Fall 2010

While watching the show, my first though was '50s era sleuth (think nancy drew) but then as the show went on I was surprised with how conservative the clothes were at the hemlines, but then when you look up many of the dresses just had completely sheer fabric taking away the conservativeness. Not something I would wear, but I really think that with an awesome bra in the same color as the dress (most were black) it could really work. The dresses were very sophisticated and I'm not excepting anyone under the age of 25 to be wearing any of these pieces anytime soon but I do hope that we'll be seeing some of the dresses in magazines and on celebrities.

As far as the not so great pieces go, there was a weird wannabe american apparel bodysuit with pants and everything made of stretchy black lace. Because really, who wants to be american apparel? Some rather bulky dyed fur coats, and I'm sure almost every look up there had been done before. Style.com references one of YSL's earlier collections, and of course they are right.

There were some cool things to though. Like in one long dress there was a slit down the front of one of the thighs which showed just enough skin without being obvious at all. There were some elegant velvet panels that blended right in as one of those details you have to really look for, and most of the clothes had very flattering cuts. There was an amazing red dress I'll be craving all winter that I'll put in the highlights section. Overall the collection was okay but not amazing.

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Anna Sui - Fall 2010

Anna Sui kept close to her roots as a designer with the usual mismatched combinations of prints and accessories that look to have randomly been thrown together. Although lots of her pieces are very commercial and wearable separately, nothing seemed to work when put together. There were just too many things going on for a single look. Of course, for Anna this is her statement. Its meant to be that way, and hey its working really well for her. Her show was like a parade of all the top models still working in the industry. (Karen Elston, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Natasha Poly...).

No need to worry about throwing out last years sparkly, patterned, or cutout tights because they are still very much a trend at Anna Sui along with her go-western hippie girl. There were lots little bits of fur as an accessory to each outfit. My favorite looks were the sparkly flapper dresses towards the end of the show, I's love to wear it anywhere along with quite a few other dresses from the collection. There was also some weird wedding dress mess at the end that closed the show, not quite sure what happened there.

The over all trends for Anna Sui were mixing patterns (and we aren't talking littel florals and stripes we mean big florals and big florals in completely different colors.) her usual hippie/boho look, some faux fur around your arms, and relatively high boots with flowy dresses. Quite a respectable view on the theme for this Autumn.

highlights:

Andrew Gn- Fall 2010

Andrew Gn's fall collection was inspired by french royalty and what they would wear today. The whole theme was classic with a modern edge for every piece. The best thing about the collection was the impeccable tailoring and how everything made the models look even more gorgeous than usual.

There were lots of coats, and when I say lots I mean A LOT of coats, but each one was totally different from the next. There were beautiful fabrics- mostly black and dark grays, with the exception of one ruffle-y red cocktail dress worn by Diana Farkhullina, but they looked so soft I just wanted to pet the dresses.

Like a lot of the other shows this season there were a couple of satin trench coats draped or knotted beautifully around the models (like the burberry ones). The thing that most came up in my notes for reviewing the collection was that I kept commenting on how amazing the tailoring was. The dresses were near perfect.

I am not a fan of either the costume like cuffs worn in a few looks. They were too big against the simplest dresses and overpowered what could have been another show stopped, or of any of the long dresses which were very disappointing when compared to the shorter ones. The line was very elegant and sophisticated but there were tons of pieces any age group could pull off- I'm sure this collection will open many buyers doors for Andrew.

Highlights:

Alice + Olivia - Fall 2010

As Alice + Olivia grows older as a brand it keeps gaining and gaining more customers because of their adorable designs that every girl wants to have. Its main client base are teenage girls and 20-something 'cool party girls'. All the dresses are cute, sexy, and fun by using feathers, leather, fringe, coats, layers and tons of other timeless things that have just so many elements of it that they become trendy but non-dateable. I would wear every piece from the fall 2010 collection.

This season the brand did some growing up getting much bolder statement pieces than previous seasons. There were some obvious Alice in Wonderland type pieces that probably came about during the craze surrounding the Tim Burton movie before anyone actually saw the movie - like the little top-hats all the models were wearing in different shapes and sizes. All in all, Alice + Olivia is growing into such a desirable brand she barely needed to have a party/presentation to get people to buy the clothes. The brand is sure to keep getting more and more popular each time designer Stacey Bendet Eisner puts out another most wanted collection.

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