Duckie Brown: Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013
This photo cracks me up. It looks like the runway is about to devolve into a Sharks/Jets type rumble. Bring on the high-stepping and finger-snapping, good sirs.
Duckie Brown: Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013
Straitjacket chic!
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Some of the silhouettes in this collection felt Downton-inspired, which I have a feeling we'll be getting intermittently the next few seasons.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Lady Mary would probably not mind wearing this. And somebody in real life probably will.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
I call this Downton Jedi.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
The way the lace hangs off her shoulders makes this look like a giant mustache.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
This is really pretty to me. I just wish the model didn't look like she was about to punch someone in the jugular.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
The blousing at the middle AND the longer, ruffly hem kind of jack with what could've been a nice line.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
I really liked this, except for that pronounced hip seam, which hits right where no woman wants to look wide. It also makes the skirt look more like a lampshade.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
This didn't really work for me, either. Again, beyond the actual details, it's a shape that's not going to be especially flattering. If it's not great on the MODEL...
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
This was the finale look. It's hilarious. I really want someone totally random to wear this, like... I don't know. Pregnant Kardashian, or Sally Field.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
There's a lot of nice drama here, with the mix of red and black, but up close it did feel like one dress pasted over another.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
If someone wears this, do we think she will cut the sleeves short? I feel like the wearer either needs to be REALLY sweet, like Shailene "Topknot" Woodley, or over-the-top dark, like Rooney Mara back when she had her Lisbeth Salander hair and looked angry a lot.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
This is pretty. Um... Catherine Zeta-Jones?
Timo Weiland Women's - Backstage- Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Gold snakeskin oxford loafers. That is... a lot happening on one foot. But they're groovy. The kind of thing I would never attempt but I hope someone else does, just to see.
Timo Weiland Women's - Backstage- Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
The black and white version look like they should be off doing the Twist somewhere.
Tadashi Shoji - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
This was one of the Daily Shoe posts (which are on Twitter, @fuggirls, and my hcocks Instagram). They also came in black with gold piping.
Timo Weiland Women's - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
This dress is fine, but seriously... WHAT are the shoes on her feet? I couldn't find a close-up of them. I am so confused by what is going on there.
Timo Weiland Women's - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
But this coat does not confuse me. I wish I was wearing it right now.
BCBGMAXAZRIA - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
BCBG showed a lot of laser-cut leather, which was pretty in some executions.
BCBGMAXAZRIA - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
But I kept thinking Max Azria was pushing dresses over pants, and I thought, "NOT AGAIN. NEVER AGAIN."
BCBGMAXAZRIA - Runway - Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
But it turns out they're just trouser-like knee-high boots. Still, tread carefully. You don't want people to make pantsy assumptions about you that different shoes could have avoided. If you ever buy these, maybe carry a sign.