Best Foot Forward

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Pick your color. I'd wear the yellow with this.

Fendi ballet-wrap sandal, from the Spring 2010 collection.
Version of the runway shoe: $885 at Barneys.
[Images via style.com]

Sneak Attack

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I don't love all the clothes, but the sneaker styling is fresh.

Anne Valérie Hash, Spring 2010 RTW

Best Foot Forward

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Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte, $2195 at Mona Moore.
(Ladies, get on their mailing list if you're not already.
Regular prices are outlandish but they have amazing sales.

If you're into this kind of thing, that is.)

Best Foot Forward

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Chloé canvas and leather sandal, $466 at farfetch.com.

Runway photo via style.com

Need vs. Want

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Want. Need something approximating it. This is the kind of basic, classic piece that could easily be dressed up or down and would get me through just about anything summer has on offer. (Heels and a black halter? Yep. Jack Purcells and a short-sleeve v-neck? Check.)

Stella McCartney denim skirt, $365 at net-a-porter.com.
There's probably a facsimile at a thrift store near you.

All Dressed Up and No Place To Go

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These were my birthday present from Strath this year. (!) I'm keeping them, of course, because that's just what a girl does when her number one dun presents her with something incredible that she'd never dare buy for herself.

But because I don't spend a lot of time hanging around the Tuileries or the tents at Bryant Park, and because unfortunately these won't fly in the library, I now require an excuse to wear them.

I'm thinking that no excuse is as good as any, yes?

The Shape of Things to Come

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For the past couple of years I couldn't get enough of the strong shoulder and severe silhouette. I'll always lean toward clean lines, but the easy drape and fold is what looks fresh to me right now.

Lanvin

YSL Spring 2010 RTW

MaxMara Spring 2010 RTW

Burberry Prorsum Spring 2010 RTW

Calvin Klein

Stella McCartney Spring 2010 RTW

Maybe I'm just looking forward to the lightness of Spring.

Don't Wake Me, I Plan on Sleeping In

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Lanvin Spring 2010. style.com

Hello? This is she.... Alber! ça va? ....Yes, yes, of course I would LOVE to wear your incredible dress to the party this New Year's. It's perfect! The necklace aussi? AND the shoes? You're too much! Drinks are on me next time I'm in town!

A girl can dream, can't she?

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See the whole show here:

Courtesy Elle magazine

Image of the Day

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Mary Katrantzou, Spring 2010 RTW (click to enlarge)

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Spring Ahead

. Final walk at Rodarte (click to enlarge)

My trip to Idaho last week and a mile-long 'to do before school starts' list kept me from following New York Fashion Week as closely as I usually do, but I managed to pull some highlights from a few of my favorite offerings for Spring 2010 (click to enlarge):

Zero + Maria Cornejo

Yigal Azrouel

Matthew Ames

Sophie Theallet

Helmut Lang

Rodarte

Rag & Bone

3.1 Phillip Lim

Elise Overland

Jeremy Laing

Preen

Prabal Gurung delivers a great sophomore effort.

Julian Louie

The design team at Halston does a nice job while waiting for Marios Schwab's Fall 2010 debut.

Calvin Klein

Altuzzara

Doo.Ri

Max Azria


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