Vena Cava can do it

The moment I saw Vena Cava’s designs I  thought of this poster. Not just because of the overalls, the scarf tied around her head or her color palette ( there’s     a  lot of red, blue, black and yellowish tones), but because there’s a sense of female empowerment in her collection. Maybe it’s the shoulder pads…  I’m a           little tired and I have to go to bed so I’m just gong to post what I liked about it.

I was os excited to see red and I love the  color combination

I love this top

I like this dress too it’s very ” Project Runway”, and I mean that in the best way possible

The Shoulder Padsssss

Rachel Coney, bringing back the sixties

Rachel Coney’s Spring 2011 collection is all about the dresses and right now I’m really into dresses so you’d think I would like it but I don’t. The fabric choices just ruins them for me. Most of them have this abstract print that looks like Technicolor static. Most of the dresses are sleeveless, they either have a boat or a crew neck  and  have that straight sixties cut but this fabrics are not stiff enough for it.

Because of the fabrics it’s a really brad color palette, with some odd combinations.Most of the prints are black and white or balk and blue, but there’s one that’s orange, purple, black and white. There’s also a little pink, lots of tan  and camel, a little brick-red, some olive oil green and white.

Here are some iconic looks from this collection

( this type of print just isn’t my cup of tea)

this is sooooo 60’s

I  would  like this dress if it didn’t have that whole thing going on in the middle

And now the pieces that  I actually thought were pretty amazing

If you want to see the entire collection go to http://www.fashionologie.com/Spring-2011-New-York-Fashion-Week-Rachel-Comey-10903263?page=0,0,56#56

Fashion Week —-> Nicholas K

It’s fashion week ( I just said that with a squeaky quirky voice).  This isn’t a fashion blog but it will temporarily convert to one until fashion week is over. Aaaaaaand I’m going to talk about Nicholas K’s collection for 2 reasons: 1) Pictures of his collection are available online and well I’m in South America and all the runway shows are at New York so… 2) I don’t want to study for my math final tomorrow

Nicholas’ K’s collection for Spring 2011 has an army inspired vibe. The models wear berets, combat boots and aviator sunglasses and his color palette is very similar to the army’s, so obviously there’s several shades of  green, brown, beige and gray. There’s also some white , a substantial amount of black, but those  colors are  a staple in  almost every collection,  and  there’s also a a little paid. Mostly you see a lot of stripes, you get them in dresses, shorts, as coat lining, on shirts etc I love stripes so to me that’s awesome. Hooded trench coat like jackets in  almost all the afore-mentioned colors are the trademark of this collection and of course the shorts too, you don’t see a lot of pants down that runway.

The clothes are pretty loose-fitting and flow-y, and even though a couple of bandeaus and a few bare midriffs make an appearance , it’s fair to say that they fall in the  “understated sexy” category  with just  a hint of morning-after  grunge. In my opinion the following pictures pretty much sum up collection.

And these are my favorite looks

If you want to see entire collection go to http://www.fashionologie.com/Spring-2011-New-York-Fashion-Week-Nicholas-K-10897979?

Ps: I think Alli Lohan modeled for this collection but I can’t be sure. She’s wearing sunglasses but it looks a lot like her.