BCBG Max Azria Fall 2011; New York Fashion Week

Everyone who went to BCBG Max Azria Fall 2011 show in New York Fashion Week was impressed by the luid silk dress layered over white turtleneck bodysuit with black cuffs. The minimal creations of the Azrias also include slim belts, color-blocked tunics, halters, stacked heels and knee-high boots.







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Stars At New York Fashion Week Spring 2011

The New York Fashions Week is not only a showcase of fashion trends for Spring 2011. This runway show is also a fashion event for Hollywood stars. Check out some of the stars who attended the New York Fashion Week Spring 2011.

Day 8: Katie Holmes and Julianne Moore at the Calvin Klein Spring 2011 show. Both actress wore Calvin Klein pieces from head to toe.


Day 7: Rachel Zoe at the Marchesa Spring 2011 show.
Leighton Meester at the Proenza Schouler Spring 2011 show.


Day 6: Sarah Jessica Parker at the Narciso Rodriguez Spring 2011 show.


Day 5: Ashley Greene at DNKY Spring 2011 show.


Day 4: Sarah Jessica Parker and Rachel Bilson at the Diane Von Furstenberg Spring 2011 show.


Day 3: Claire Danes and Shenae Grimes at the Z Spoke by Zac Posen show.
Kim and Kourtney Kardashian at the Jill Stuart Spring 2011 show.


Day 2: Diane Kruger at Jason Wu's Spring 2011 runway show.
Ashlee Simpson at Max Azria's Spring 2011 collection for BCBG.


Day 1: Blake Lively attended Chanel's Soho event in a dress from Chanel's Fall 2010 collection.

New Miley Cyrus Line For Wal-Mart

Once again, Miley Cyrus collaborated with BCBG designer Max Azria to create a new collection for Wal-Mart. The new collection includes printed shorts, skinny black jeans and cute rompers. Check a few promo shots of Miley Cyrus collection for Wal-Mart!





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Fall 2010 Trends Recap: New York Fashion Week

Here are the fashion trends that dominated the runways of New York Fall 2010 Fashion Week.
Fur
Altuzarra, Proenza Schouler, and Ohne Titel


Layered Outfits
Rag & Bone, BCBG Max Azria, and Michael Kors

Velvet
Alexander Wang, Diesel Black Gold, and Diane Von Furstenberg

Long/Short Dresses
3.1 Phillip Lim, Preen, and Alexander Wang

BCBG, Max Azria and Herve Leger Fall 2010 Inspirations

A few days ago, I have posted an article about Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week Inspirations featuring the themes for the Fall 2010 collection of DKNY, Tibi and Malandrino. Today, I will feature BCBG, Max Azria & Herve Leger collections.

Max Azria unveiled that BCBG Max Azria’s Fall 2010 collection is inspired by “a fusion of extremes” (middle). He also reveled that Max Azria’s Fall 2010 collection is inspired by “minimalism evolved” (left) while Herve Leger is all about “the art of function” in bandage dressing (right).



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BCBG MaxAzria Spring/Summer 2010 Ad Campaign

Again, we all have the reason to get excited with the spring and summer season! BCBG MaxAzria released their latest campaign ad for their Spring/Summer 2010 collection. I really love the vibrant dresses, the perfect shoes and the matching handbags.

See the upcoming fashion trends for Spring/Summer 2010!









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New York Fashion Week Spring 2010 Preview and Schedule

From Fall 2009 fashion trends, let's jump to Spring 2010 collections that will be showcased in New York Fashion Week.

Before the fashion show kicks off, InStyle has compiled a sneak preview of the designers' collections that will be presented in the said event.

1. Herve Leger, BCBG & Max Azria - Herve Leger is inspired by "Artisan hand treatments" and BCBG is a collections of "street meets art" clothing. Meanwhile, the Max Azria collection is inspired by "movement and effortless silhouette".

2. Jason Wu - The Spring 2010 collection of Jason Wu is inspired by the character named Sally of The Nightmare Before Christmas.

3. Tommy Hilfiger - According to him, his Spring 2010 collection is inspired by the 1960s looks in California.

4. Rebecca Taylor - Her collection will include a combination of colors, prints and textures.

5. Tracy Reese - The Spring 2010 collection of Tracy Reese will add a bounce into your steps because it is insprired vy "vibrant hues and the combination of architectural shapes and easy folds on drapey materials."

6. Monique Lhuillier - Monique's collections is inspired by Massai, a group of indigenous African nomads.

7. DKNY - Donna Karan's collection is expected showcase a "floral fling".


Here's the schedule of the shows & presentations for New York Fashion Week Spring 2010:

Sept. 10: BCBG Max Azria, Monique Lhuillier, L.A.M.B.
Sept. 11: Jason Wu, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Rag & Bone, Nicole Miller
Sept. 12: Alexander Wang, Boy by Band of Outsiders, Lacoste
Sept. 13: DKNY, Diane von Furstenberg, Herve Leger
Sept. 14: Zac Posen, Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, Thakoon, Jill Stuart
Sept. 15: Vera Wang, Badgley Mischka, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Narciso Rodriguez
Sept. 16: Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta
Sept. 17: Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger

Bridal Binge: Wedding Dress Also-Rans

I found it. The Dress. It took four separate shopping trips and innumerable visits to sites like preownedweddingdresses.com and Once Wed, but I found it. I wouldn't dare post it, of course, in case the other One happens to look here (he doesn't want to see it till I'm walking down the aisle -- cue awwwwwwws). I will say that I got a gorgeous Anne Barge dress at the Bridal Garden, a not-for-profit resale boutique that sells only samples and donated dresses at heavily discounted prices and gives the proceeds to a charity for New York City children. I was hoping I would succeed there, and I can't tell you how great it feels to support that instead of the money-grubbing, bloodsucking wedding industry. (Getting a crazy bargain feels pretty good, too.) Here are some of the other dresses I bookmarked, tried on, or otherwise drooled over in the course of my weeks-long quest for The Dress:

Watters "Monclova" dress, about $1400. This was one of the first dresses I tried on. I love love loved the folds and ruffles at the bust; it's exactly the kind of organic detailing I was after and had a hard time finding amid all the beading and bling. And it made my waist look small. Ultimately, however, I didn't think that cool bodice was enough, and I wasn't crazy about the huge skirt. Or the price (even though, in wedding land, that is considered one-dollar-sign).


Watters "Torrean" dress, $1300-ish, I think. I started off against strapless but ended up liking a few of them anyway. And I discovered I liked lace, although in retrospect I think it might have been more that I just preferred lace to beading. I'd done my research and put this one on my radar, but it was a little too sparkly in person.


Mary L. Couture bias-cut gown, sadly unavailable. This would have fulfilled one of my major requirements: boob-flatteringness. I wanted something like that: sexy but not slutty. My mom and I might have disagreed on whether this dress falls into that category, but it's worth noting that she, a proper Englishwoman, opined without prompting that I would want something "sexy" and seemed to agree that that was okay. I do not believe I ever heard my mother utter that word before in my life, and I was mildly scandalized. Moving on...


Alfred Angelo style 1127, price unknown, but you can get it on discount sites for a couple hundred bucks. Another boobalicious style. Loved the top, wasn't crazy about the length. Would be perfect for someone who wants a shorter dress but prefers something more modern than the whole vintage/tea-length look, though.


Nicole Miller aqua one-shoulder gown, $620. Not technically a wedding dress, but who cares? I love the one-shoulder look and the crinkliness, and this definitely has a wow factor. Nicole Miller has a ton of sleek, elegant, white wedding dresses in addition to this series of stretch metal ones, too.


BCBG one-shoulder silk gown, $358. So elegant. Hilariously listed as a "mother of the bride" gown.


Jessica McClintock "Charleze" dress, $167. Before I got my dress, I was thinking how fun it would be to have a costume change and be able to dance freely, in a short dress, at the reception. Now, I just can't imagine taking off my dress for anything.


I even think it's better than this Oscar de la Renta embroidered number, a heartbreaking $10,500...


...which sort of reminds me of this Kelima K gown. We saw a whole bunch of their pretty dresses this weekend at the New York Wedding Workshop Signature Event this weekend, and by we I mean Tamar and me, not me and my betrothed, although there were plenty of couples walking around sipping the cocktails and tasting the cupcakes and sitting on the rented white furniture. Only one person, who shall remain unnamed, was blithely tossing piping-hot crab poppers hither and yon. Good times!


But I digress. There were a few dreses I ripped out of magazines more than once (note: I LOVE wedding magazines! weird!), so that I now have multiples taped into my all-important wedding binder. This Melissa Sweet Cosimma dress is one of them. God, I love floral appliqués.


This crazy Betsey Johnson gown also appears several times. I just love the ruffly ridiculousness!

Another heavy hitter in the bridal world is Lela Rose, whose feminine dresses are so pretty and unusual (for bridal). I saw a couple of her dresses at the Bridal Garden, but unfortunately, they were too small. Some examples of her work:







Finally, there is a Seattle designer who makes some truly amazing nontraditional gowns. Tamar, you must get one of these Wai Ching dresses! It's a little scary ordering a custom gown over the Internet, but if they did it right, how awesome would some of these gowns be? The color, the detailing, the sheer fun!