FRENCH REVUE DES MODES F / W 10.11

INDIA FARRELL

HIND SAHLI

JENEIL WILLIAMS

KATE KOSUSHKINA

TARA GILL

GWEN LOOS

HANNA HOLMAN

ANNA CLEVELAND

YULIA KHARLAPANOVA

MAYARA RUBIK MARCHI

LISANNE DE JONG

MATHILDE FRACHON

MEGHAN COLLISON

BY THIERRY LeGOUES

FRENCH REVUE DE MODE # 17

JENEIL WILLIAMS

FRENCH REVUE DE MODE # 17

VENA CAVA SPRING 2011 READY TO WEAR

CATHERINE

It's still early, but we're willing to bet that "classic American sportswear" will be a phrase you'll be hearing almost as often as "How do I get to Lincoln Center?" during this New York fashion week. Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock used it backstage before their show, professing a newfound interest in "practical, matter-of-fact, not too over-styled clothes." That puts their collection of linen shorts suits, ankle-skimming shirtdresses, and "stay-press" flaring trousers squarely at the center of things.

QUINTA

These designers have always preferred elegance to edge, but this season, the results looked more effortless, without the superfluous extras that have proven a bit too distracting in the past.

Buhai and Mayock know their way around a halter dress. Taking cues from the eighties Memphis design movement, their new ones skim the body in color-blocked shades of khaki, black, and red, or cool tones of blue. But the one that really grabbed your attention came in solid poppy, with an asymmetric shorter-in-front, longer-in-back hem. It looks like minimalism suits Vena Cava.

ALYSSAH ALI (IMG)

JULIANA SCHURING (FORD)

NATALIA

RENEE GERMAINE VAN SEGGERN

EMILY SENKO (FORD)

LUISA BIANCHIN (DNA)

COLLEEN MINER (ELITE)

OLESYA SENCHENKO

LUANA TEIFKE (MARILYN)

ALICIA KUCZMAN

PAULA KLIMCZAK (FORD)

BRENDA

MEGAN McNIERNEY (IMG)

ANDREA

AMINATA NIARIA (IMG)

TAYANE LEAO (FORD)

JULIE

MELODIE

MARCELINA SOWA (NEW YORK MODEL)

CHANTAL STAFFORD-ABBOTT (MARILYN)

ANAIS MALI

JANI

SIMONE

JENEIL WILLIAMS (NEW YORK MODEL)

Emanuel Ungaro Spring 2010 RTW.

Yulia Lobova (MAJOR)

The wall of cameras at the end of the runway was double the size it was last season, and there was an impressive turnout of industry professionals and curious onlookers at Ungaro today.

Siri Tollerød (MARILYN)

In a bid for easy headlines, CEO Mounir Moufarrige recently replaced Esteban Cortazar with an unusual team: the little-known Spanish designer Estrella Archs and, as "artistic adviser," the actress turned self-bronzer entrepreneur Lindsay Lohan.

Thana Kuhnen (NATHALIE)

Would the move turn out to be a bit of counterintuitive brilliance—the Olsens, after all, have had a bona fide hit with The Row—or would the results be as embarrassing as a streaky orange fake tan?

Katie Fogarty (NEXT)

In separate interviews a couple of days before the show, Archs discussed reviving the DNA and Lohan mentioned injecting a bit of youth into the brand—not necessarily mutually exclusive notions for a label that was beloved by eighties party girls.

Kinga Rajzak (IMG)

The show opened on an up note, with a strapless fuchsia plissé minidress—two Ungaro signatures rolled into one—and Archs turned the house's polka dots into a charming enough heart print on colorful sequined jackets. So far, not so bad…but it wasn't destined to last.

Egle Tvirbutaite (NEXT)

This quickly devolved into a bad joke of a fashion show, one with questionable color combinations, "bad eighties" draped silk jackets and drop-crotch pants, old-fashioned and ill-judged fur stoles, and, yes, tasteless sequin pasties.

Tati Cotliar (NEXT)

To top it off, the fabrics and the construction lacked the finesse you expect from a famous Avenue Montaigne brand.

Kinée Diouf (VIVA)

To be fair, Archs had just about a month to design the collection. But both she and Lohan (if she sticks around long enough) will have to work a lot harder next time to impress the editors and buyers who witnessed this disappointing debut.

Marina Peres (IMG)

Skye Stracke (VIVA)

Imogen Morris Clarke (NEXT)

Tanya Dziahileva (MARILYN)

Viviane Orth (IMG)

Luca Gadjus (WM)

Kelli Lumi (MAJOR)

Georgie Badiel (ELITE)

Kristy Kaurova (MAJOR)

Anya Kazakova (MARILYN)

Sheila Marquez (WOMEN)

Liu Wen (MARILYN)

Mathilde Frachon (NEXT)

Xue Zhang (SLIDES)

Ali Michael (VIVA)

Angelika Kocheva (MARILYN)

Jennifer Messelier (ELITE)

Egle Tvirbutaite (NEXT)

Kinga Rajzak (IMG)

Jovana

Denisa Dvorakova (ELITE)

Iekeliene Stange (MARILYN)

Georgie Badiel (ELITE)

Melodie Dagault (ELITE)

Asia Bugajska (METROPOLITAN)

Skye Stracke (VIVA)

Marina Peres (IMG)

Anna Gushina (IMG)

Alina Ismailova (VIVA)

Katie Fogarty (NEXT)

Alex Sandor (METROPOLITAN)

Yulia Lobova (MAJOR)

Kinée Diouf (VIVA)

Jeneil Williams (FORD)

Imogen Morris Clarke (NEXT)

Irina Lazareanu (MARILYN)

Estrella Archs and Lindsay Lohan