Articles Tagged "Pre Fall"

If there was one word to describe Louis Vuitton’s Pre-Fall 2012 collection, it would be whimsical. During a season in which most designers went with streamlined silhouettes and cool sleekness, this fashion house’s design director Julie de Libran moved to her own beat. This beat could...

This interim season marked Prabal Gurung’s first ever Pre-Fall collection, and he had the blogosphere and editors eating out of the palm of his hand. Since the presentation of the collection, images of the 30-plus looks have been circulating the Internet, a clear sign of approval from...

When you think of Lanvin, you may imagine fairy-tale ball gowns and some red-carpet glamour. But for Pre-Fall 2012, designer Alber Elbaz moved in a fresh, modern direction. The collection still exhibited the Lanvin opulence, but this time around, it also featured a progressive, ladylike...

For some designers, Pre-Fall is a filler collection that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. But for Givenchy, Riccardo Tisci took the season by the reins – literally – and created a collection worthy of a full-blown Fall line. The collection was inspired by the 1950s silhouettes of...

T by Alexander Wang may be Alexander Wang’s line of affordable basics, but it’s not exactly your mother’s basics. Instead, it’s a collection of basics reinvented with Wang’s modern twists and expertise on fits. Every season he manages to create simple yet perfectly versatile pieces that...

You can always count on Alexander Wang to impress with his effortless, cool vibes. It seems as if fashion’s boy wonder can turn any ounce of inspiration into the next biggest fashion must-have. For Spring, he gave us a NASCAR and BMX racing-inspired collection that had all the...

Few designers can pile on endless layers of chevrons patterns, florals, stripes, geometrics and prints the way Angela Missoni can. And Pre-Fall 2012 demonstrated exactly how effortlessly Missoni envisioned her extensive world of patterns. Look after look of mishmashes of cozy layers and...

 The boys behind Proenza Schouler – Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough – have been on a roll these past few seasons with their heavily sought-after PS1 and PS11 shoulder bags and Spring’s San Francisco-circa-1960s-inspired collection. For Pre-Fall 2012, the duo didn’t lose their...

In Fall 2011, Hollywood’s super stylist Rachel Zoe launched her eponymous contemporary line, which flew off the racks and created an immediate cult following. All Zoe’s fans lusted for her glamorous “high fashion meets vintage” styles. For the stylist turned designer, creating a...

At a quick glance, Diane von Furstenberg’s Pre-Fall 2012 didn’t appear like the usual DVF. For starters, it exhibited studs, chains and zippers – oh my. Called Macadam Diva (“macadam” means asphalt in French), the collection’s name refers to its new hard vibe. The elements weren’t fresh...