Falling

Did you know that the fall fashion shows already occurred?

This must have happened while I was traveling in March or June or something, because I totally missed them. (I say that as if I attend these things, when in reality, I just missed the press on them!) Thankfully, Google allows me to catch up on what I've missed.

I don't think I missed much.

Looks like the SATC craze took over for fall and designers presented a lot of achromatic pieces. Of course, there's a lot of black (there always is - especially in the NYC shows) but there's also a lot of greys and some whites. There are very few pieces with stripes or other patterns (except on the tights) and even color/pattern-happy Betsey Johnson was subdued with only a few bits of red and other colors and a couple of patterns.

I really liked Caroline Herrara's colors - warm browns and yellows. It's when I see those colors that I begin that same fantasy of looking good in everything by her, despite the acutal style. (You know the fantasy because you live it too, just with another designer - as long as we don't attempt to make the fantasy a reality, we're safe.)

And if we're not safe, there's always hiatus.