Black and White

Bottega Veneta | Street Peeper | Rag & Bone | Background: Proenza Schouler

You can never go wrong with black and white. And this is an especially useful (non) color palette for all your print mixing needs. Easy as pie!

Spring 11: Mesh, Lace, and Sheer

Proenza Schouler, Erdem, Thakoon, Jonathan Saunders

Vivienne Tam, Alberta Ferreti, Erdem, Marchesa

Alberta Feretti, Emilio de la Moreno, Louise Gray, Nicole Farhi

Mesh, lace, and sheer fabrics are all over the runways this season. The lace trend shows no signs of tapering off, and we're mostly seeing traditional lace patterns with lots of feminine whites. For a more modern, sportier look, mesh appears on necklines, sleeves and all over garments. Especially beautiful is Thakoon's white mesh and see-through fabrics together. Sheer textiles appear as layers that soften and add dimension to prints behind them, and as scrims that just subtly (and sometimes not so subtley) reveal the skin behind it. The nice thing about all this sheer-ness is how skin is not just covered by the outfit, but becomes part of it.

Resort 11: Stripes

Suno, Twinkle, Hanii Y, Missoni, Tory Burch

Suno, Naeem Khan, Twinkle, Suno, Diane Von Furstenberg, Proenza Schouler

Stripes big and small dominate the Resort 11 collections.

Pre-Fall 10: Textures

Matthew Williamson, Giambattista Valli, Balenciaga, Derek Lam, Proenza Schouler. Background: Pattern People
Solids can be flat and lifeless, so if you want to maintain a neutral surface while still creating a feeling of luxury, richness, and depth, textures are your answer. Of course, some of the textural prints/weaves shown above take on a life of their own, creating a very bold statement, especially for a non-print print.

Happy Christmas!

Tsumori Chisato (x2) Proenza Schouler, Pixie Market
Here are some of our favorite sweaters for sipping tea near a cozy fire. Mmmmm. Happy Holidays everyone! --Claudia and Jessie

Tie Dye

From Style.com: Tibi, Peter Pilotti, Proenza Schouler, Calvin Klein

“There’s something about tie-dye that speaks to everyone,” says Tory Burch, in a recent story on Style.com.“It’s a little nostalgic but also feels modern.” If Blumarine’s caftan belongs cheerfully in the former camp, Proenza Schouler gave the dyeing technique new life by applying it to sleek and of-the-moment active-sports styles. Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, meanwhile, pieced together ragged, postapocalyptic looks using fabric usually associated with long-haired flower children. Read the rest of the story here.