Top Picks: Anna Sui Spring 2008 RTW

A brief flashback to Anna Sui’s Spring 2008 ready-to-wear collection, since it was such a great moment. A 1940s silhouette with cinched waists and boxy shoulders, brought to short flirty skirts and dresses, pinafores and playsuits in bright colors and bold prints. And I love the strappy platform heels, worn with brightly colored socks – cute!

I normally hate it when designers sent cute retro designs down the runway, paired with mismatching hairstyles and makeup, but in this case the punky ‘dos were adorable and played up the fun attitude of the collection. Bobby soxers meet Harajuku girls…

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Top Picks: Sonia Rykiel Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection

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Ahh, so much to love in this one. Clingy striped sweaters, waist belts, pencil skirts, retro disc fascinators, crystal-covered cats eye glasses, seamed Cuban heel stockings (even in purple!) and rhinestone-covered strappy platform heels. But most of all – happy, laughing, smiling, dancing models! How wonderful.

These photos (infinitely more gorgeous than the official catwalk shots) from The Cherry Blossom Girl.

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Top Picks: Aquilano Rimondi Fall 2009 Ready To Wear Collection

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Exaggerated 1940s shapes, in luxe furs, feathers and satins. Elsa Schiaparelli meets Bladerunner.

From Style.com: “Good taste and chic are needed in fashion,” said Aquilano. “On the runway, you sometimes have to exaggerate, but we also just want to make clothes women will want to wear. And not to keep changing every season for the sake of it. Continuity matters.”

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