NYFW: Backstage & Beauty (part one)

Glamour Girls: Carolina Herrera, Badgley Mischka and Monique Lhuillier

Few designers do glamor as well as Carolina Herrera, Badgley Mischka and Monique Lhuillier.  I really loved Herrera's boundary-pushing evening wear.  The sequin dress and the black and white stripped column dress are amazing.  Badgley Mischka's collection had some amazing velvet looks and sequin dresses, and Monique Lhuillier's red looks were total stunners.  I really hope we see a few of these looks on the red carpet coming up, maybe even at the Oscars if a celebrity wants them bad enough!

Carolina Herrera

 

Red Carpet Picks from Pre-Fall 2012

Award season is upon us, and I know I say this in a lot of my posts, but there's so many great looks this season, from Pre-Fall alone, that deserve to have a moment.  Here's some of my picks, and one (green Jason Wu dress) already got rocked by Emma Stone at the Critics' Choice Awards!

What do you think?  Any I left out?

Burberry

Best Looks from Pre-Fall (part one)

You'd think Pre-Fall collections would be a time when designers embrace the casual chic girl, but Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta and Zac Posen embraced the glamazon.  These three designers put out Pre-Fall collections that have red carpet written all over them, take a look for yourself, and try not to drool over the gold fringe de la Renta dress, the body conscious ball gowns Posen perfects, or the classy and sophisticated dresses with fun patterns that Herrera has mastered.

Carolina Herrera

NYFW Trends: Hello Sunshine

While red is fall's power color, get ready to start investing in some yellow-colored garments for spring.  Yellow in all sorts of shades made a huge statement on the runways this season making appearances in fashion shows from the likes of Oscar de la Renta, Proenza Schouler, Carolina Herrera and Jason Wu.  I am foreseeing yellow working its way into the prom dress circuit and along with the pastel trend, high school seniors could look like an array of sweet-colored candies come May.  Anyway, back to the runway, in the words of Rachel Zoe, yellow totally "had a moment" this season, so what do you think?  Will you be embracing the new it color or letting it pass by?

Nicki Minaj at New York Fashion Week

As some of you may have seen, Nicki Minaj made her way around NYFW and attended shows like Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera and Prabal Gurung. While she might have seemed a little out of place sitting next to Anna Wintour, she definitely made a statement.  Check out these great photos of her zany style from front row.

NYFW: Backstage and beauty

NYFW: Backstage at Anna Sui, Carolina Herrera and Rag and Bone

Anna Sui

NYFW: Red Carpet Stunners from Marchesa, Reem Acra and Carolina Herrera

Here are some gorgeous dresses (and a few day dresses) that I really hope end up on the red carpet.  While I know some of the Marchesa ones are way too outlandish to make anything but the worst dressed list (ie: the dress Charotte Free is rocking), I put them in this post because they are gorgeous in theory, just maybe not at the Oscars.  Reem Acra's dresses are glittery and feminine, and one reminds me of the dress Cameran Diaz wore to the Oscars a la Oscar de la Renta.  And Carolina Herrera's bird print is to die for.

Marchesa

NY Fashion Week: Glamour Done Right

Here's two collections from New York Fashion Week that have pieces that I think epitomize glamour.  Donna Karan and Carolina Herrera's fall 2011 collections were elegant, refined and let's face it, down right pretty.  They both used fur and metalic fabrics, which were both big hits on the runway this season.  I like the mostly muted tones Karan used and as for Herrera, I love her use of sequins and the last dress below is so pretty and different with it's business shape but evening wear accents.

What collections do you think had a lot glamourous looks?

Donna Karan

One more post professing my love for Resort collections this season:

I am completely obsessed with Preen's collection, I think it definitely makes my top 5 favorites.

Some more of my favorites...

Oscar De La Renta

Monique Lhullier

Preen

Nina Ricci

Gucci

Erdem

Carolina Herrera

(photos from style.com)