Pursepage at NY Fashion Week: Vera Wang’s Spring 2008 Collection

[Marco]

Purse Page at NY Fashion Week: Vera Wang’s Spring 2008 Collection

Filed Under: Fashion Runway Reports

By: Mariana L.















Friday, 10 am (too early for me) at the Big Tent at Bryant Park
The elegant queen bee of modern bridal designs, Vera Wang’s spring collection proved she could do more than take the sophisticated down the aisle. This show was dedicated to Ancient Rome, with soft, draped, toga-inspired shapes. The colors were at times, drab, like olive, mustard, putty and brown. This is a big contrast to the clean fresh pastels seen in other collections this season. The silhouettes were big and poufy at times, which certainly isn’t flattering for a lot of the population, but she also had very glamorous draped silk column dresses that could make you look like a goddess. There were some soft metallic gowns that were definitely myth inspiring, but in one outfit, there were bright, bicycle-short length bottoms in bright purple. Biggest statement? Lots of chunky, jeweled, hand-made appliqués acting as a necklace/collar type effect.
Spotted in the Front Row: Vanessa Carlton and (Buffy!) Sarah Michelle Gellar
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[kitsch_k]

the color palettes are exciting but the designs are not that great....

[stephpoet]

Not impressed. Vera Wang can do MUCH better. What are designers thinking these days?!!

[kitsch_k]

maybe after doing shows and collections for so long they can also run out of ideas..i mean marc jacobs is a genius but he has a disaster once in a while too..

[DianneMK]

I like Vera Wang but her designs are horrible.They have no form instead they look like she threw some designs out and stuck them on the models and shoved them out on the runway.What was she thinking...****duh*****.