Favorite of the Day: Iceberg

First and foremost, when I get dressed in the fall and winter, I think of how to stay warm. Stylishness, though not forgotten, comes second. There are exceptions of course, but I try to remember that not loosing feeling in my extremities should always be at the front of my mind. Finding those items that will keep you warm while also allowing some expression of individuality can be difficult. To wear those heavier fabrics of the season without getting lost in them can seem impossible.

At Iceberg, tweeds and nubby, thick knits dominated.

But they came in cuts and colors that allow the wearer to peak through.


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Favorite of the Day: Bottega Veneta

Lace can be many things. Bridal. Fragile. Ladylike. Sensual.

Yet there are some words that are rarely said alongside the fabric. Innovative. Adventurous. Those words are saved for the new. For those things with less history attached to them. Less expectations of what they should be doing and how they should be used.

At Bottega Veneta, there was a feel of the ladylike in the way the lace was utilized.

But in the way it complimented the prints and was used to enhance the feel of the color blocking, there was a sense of the new. That elusive grail that fashion is always in search of.


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Favorite of the Day: Fendi

Staid was the first word that came to mind as I made way through yesterday's Fendi show. But the Fendi woman inspired a second, searching glance. There was a hint of rebellion there, just below the surface. Brightly colored tights made her legs pop against the more classic colors of fall. The warm browns and deep grays and navies. Fur accented her coats and jackets.

She seemed both loose and wound tight all at once.


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Favorite of the Day: Alberta Ferretti

I often find that I enter moments of reverie without any warning. As I wait for my coffee, I examine the pattern of chipping paint on the sweatshirt of the patron in front of me before being shaken into reality by the shout of my order. I listen to my iPod and inspect the different flecks of colors on the floor of the train. It usually occurs with items that are complex yet cloaked in simplicity.

Much like the colors on display at Alberta Ferretti.

They urge you to inspect them more deeply.


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Favorite of the Day: Erdem

Learning about the adult aspects of florals has been a slow process. It started with those patterns that barely alluded to blooms.

And it's been urged forward by Erdem.

The fall collection was much darker than its ethereal spring counterpart. Less stark and more muddled. But, of course, there are some things I prefer that way.



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Favorite of the Day: Margaret Howell

I prefer writing outside of the house. On a stoop. In the back corner of a coffee shop. At the library. On those days that I can devote completely to writing, or to reading whatever book I can get my hands on, my wardrobe shifts. There is little fussiness. No headbands and bracelets and all those things that seem to get in the way when it's time to settle down. That, if I do find myself writing while wearing them, have to be taken off and placed on the table next to me. I prefer clothes that are easy, comfortable and classic in those moments. Margaret Howell showed a runway full of those types of clothes.

The kind that make me want to reach for my notebook and lose an afternoon.



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Favorite of the Day: Jaeger London

Women are not often taught to play with proportion when it comes to dressing. It is a tricky task to undertake as one can easily become convinced that she'll be accentuating all of those things she's spent a lifetime learning how to obfuscate. Yet at Jaeger London, there was nothing to fear as classic fall pieces in not quite right shapes made their way down the runway.

Oversized lapels engulfed peacoats. Shoulders were large, rounded and reminiscent of those seen in the 1940s as opposed to their shaper 1980s counterparts. When you reach the end, none of it seems as off as it did on first viewing.



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