Apologies for those wanting more commentary - but New Orleans Mardi Gras completely interfered and rendered me incapable of posting all weekend. Thus - the shows unmentioned will definitely appear as the season goes on, but I’d love to close out and spit some fire about my favorite show - Derek Lam.

Derek Lam Fall 09 was furry (more furry than the furriest Dennis Basso show), full of graphic black and white, glossy leathers, and classic trenches. It’s so ironic how the initial shows were so dark, this really turned into the season of prints - Derek Lam being a modern spectator of sorts (I dealt with a lot of spectator at Ralph), which also denotes such a refined and different customer than what we all typically think of the Lam lady. I’m a definitely a sucker for the accessories - the detail shots, the past elbow length gloves and clean, simple gladiators. There was a huge Katharine Hepburn feel to the air of sophistication that I can only imagine seemed to float down the runway - and the dramatic drape of the typical pieces helped to lend a hand to that simple, classic, Americana aesthetic that is often scorned rather than celebrated. Gasp, I’ve fallen in love and it’s not Galliano!