Nearly-bare legs are a must for spring 2010.
Showing skin is taking a turn for the demure. London has been chock full of skirts with sheer panelling, a more cautious take on the sheer trend, though no less suggestive. There is certainly no shortage of options, either.
Maybe New York's designers spent their summers rock climbing or bungee jumping, because harnesses seem to be having a moment.
This NY Fashion Week marks the one-year anniversary of Richard Chai’s Love collection. This time around it was still the good girl/tomboy we’ve seen before, but toughened up just a bit with hits of leather and charcoal accents. Chai sent a total of twenty-nine looks down the runway, each averaging about three pieces per look, some with up to five separates, which will amount to a hugely salable bevy of goods. Almost every look included a sheer nude fabric that acted as either the main focus of the garment or as an accent or trim. As for the color palette, if the spring 2011 ‘Love’ collection is any indication of what we'll be wearing next season, it'll be a stormy few months; lots of neutral beiges and nudes, cloudy navy blues, and light grays. Flowing drop-hem dresses, below-the-knee skirts, and voluminous pants all in light-weight and sheer fabrics make for a very comfortable and wearable collection, yet the accents of black and gray leather in the bandeau tops and crop tanks toughened up the overall airiness. For each super feminine dress, there was a dark blazer or other element of menswear to harden it up. True to Richard Chai’s aesthetic, there was nary a high heel in sight--each model wore a lace-less, flat oxford. Certainly the "good-girl-with-an-edge-who-sometimes-wears-her-boyfriends- clothes" attitude was made even more evident by the music choice: a DJ mix of songs by The Arcade Fire.