Fashion and Style

Fashion and Style show March 2007. Marc Jacobs now in his tenth year at Louis Vuitton had a knowing tag for the season. He called it girl with a monogram hand bag. At the end of the show, which also featured a plethora of references at Jacobs previous LV outings. All he would declare was clothes and more clothes. Also on the runway was leather circle skirts and loose backed jackets falling in a curve at the back and a great oversize blue gray sweater over slim plants.

Fashion and Style show in New York 2007 Derek Lam. On the Runway was a pair of black leather and suede riding pants, leggings with boxy asymmetrical boiled felt coat. Other exhibits included a bustier dress, a clingy bolero worn with a flippy tweed skirt and an otherwise office ready gray flannel sheath with corsetry seaming on the bodice.

Fashion and Style show New York February 2007 the Jason Mu collection. On the runway he had a strapless cocktail piece and several belted coats were dresses down in a fine basket weave fabric that mimicked dark denim. Metal buttons peeked from beneath plackets, half exposed for a bit of whimsy, and the lines of a potential stuffy dress were broken in the back with soft pleats.

Fashion and Style show New York Bill Brass. On the runway came knit dresses for autumn, one a burgundy and camel color coat, a sable lined silk anorak and a pinstriped suit with just the right insouciance. A strapless black satin evening gown also made the runway.

Fashion and Style show New York Anne Klein. Anne Klein was a pioneer of American sportswear who back in the seventies pushed for the idea of mix and match separates for the workforce of women heading to the office. On the runway they had several pleated dresses and a red cord coat dress with peplum.