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Alexander Wang T changes the direction of collection…

Alexander Wang‘s lower-priced basics line, Alexander Wang T, is getting beefed up for Fall. What was once a line of t-shirts and tanks is now burgeoning into a complete lifestyle brand. “T represents the fluidity and casual aspect of how t-shirts are worn, but will now transcend into different categories,” Wang said. Anticipate wool blazers, skinny pants, denim jackets, hooded ponchos (left), zip dresses, beanies, and even bras, wholesaling from $38 to $107. Remember, Wang encourages shopping from bed, so score the new Fall line when it lands at AlexanderWang.com.

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Pantone has nominated the following colors for Spring 2010…

1. Violet
2. Aurora
3. Turquoise
4. Fusion Coral
5. Tomato Puree
6. Tuscany
7. Amparo Blue
8. Pink Champagne
9. Dried Herb
10. Eucalyptus

With names such as “Dried Herb” (a questionable name at best) you may be wondering how Pantone comes to peg these colors as trends for 2010. Pantone simply interview New York fashion designers and collate the data.

Like ourselves, they understand the importance of Spring 2010 collections and colors in determining the future of many a fashion label. As such, “the vibrancy of the top five colors, versus the neutrals we see toward the bottom of the ranking, show that designers are choosing optimism for the season,” explained Leatrice Eiseman, a director at Pantone. And equally they note that, without any brash colors in the mix, the Spring 2010 color trends are optimistic yet cautious.

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(Left-Right) Mo’Nique, Amber Riley, Jill Scott

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Our clients, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen attended the ELLE Style Awards in London last night. Celebs arrived on the red carpet including, Naomi Campbell, Leona Lewis, Kristen Stewart, model Agyness Dean, and many more.

Betsey Johnson presented her latest collection on Valentine’s Day in New York City. Read Style.com’s review of our client’s designs…

Betsey returned to the runway and—to prove her performance skills hadn’t dulled—made sure all the high-camp high jinks of old were in place. Kelly Osbourne, looking model thin, came out first, walking on a hay-strewn surface. She exuberantly tore off the bandanna covering her face, and…yee-haw! We found ourselves in the Wild Wild West.

Johnson’s inspiration this season was, modestly, 45 years’ worth of her own archives. “I’m working on my stuff, being very true-blue Betsey,” she said. Her signature gun prints were there in spades, accessorized with candy-bright plastic pistols; there were striped bodysuits and tutus. The models sashayed along in groups with monikers like Banditos, Madames, and Brothelettes, usually with one among their number clad in a sweater so long it required a union suit-clad male escort to carry it.

Lots of buy-now, wear-now Spring looks were added to the Fall catwalk lineup. “We’re not in seasons anymore, anyway,” Johnson said. “We’ll show a little bit of now and a lot of later.” She’s always been a crowd-pleaser, above all else, and is canny enough to know that her most important audience is not so much the fashion editors and buyers in attendance, but the Betsey faithful around the globe.

Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen have been making their rounds during Fashion Week in New York City. The duo kicked off the week with an appearance at the amfAR New York Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street last week.

Mary-Kate Olsen was later spotted, along with actress Selma Blair, at The Proenza Schouler Fall 2010 show last night in NYC.

Tadashi presented his latest collection during this year’s Fashion Week. RedCarpetFashionAwards.com reviewed the collection…

Tadashi Shoji’s Fall 2010 collection is quite easily my favourite so far this fashion week.

I think my jaw is still at the tents.

Tadashi Shoji was inspired by patterns, shapes and textures. He experimented with new techniques to bring us a truly fabulous collection.

The colour palette consisted of teals, rich purples, greens plus shimmering silver and bronze.

The tiered and frayed cocktail dresses were playfully girlie but in a grown up way.

Metallic dresses gave the collection an edge with some accented with fringed detailing on the shoulders, whilst we also saw flirty lace dresses and gowns.

It wasn’t all about evening wear. We also saw some day dresses including one long-sleeved ivory number.

I loved the pailettes covered dresses, especially the asymmetrical gown above. It made my heart stop as it shimmered down the runway.

The fan pleated finale gown worn by Bruna is still giving me goosebumps. My neighbour and I gasped as the model walked the runway.

Fellow blogger Sydne tweeted “Wouldn’t Lucy Liu look majestic in Tadashi Shoji’s final fan pleated gown?”

Oh yes. Let’s pray.

Celebrity guests included Alfre Woodard, Adrienne Bailon, and Sherri Shepherd.

Our client, Christian Siriano presented his Fall 2010 collection this past weekend. See the review from Style.com below…

Aside from the wafting dry-ice smoke and thumping techno, Christian Siriano opened his show on a surprisingly untricky note—a stylish black-leather peplum jacket and pencil skirt that would elicit neither silly catchphrases nor eyebrow-raised double takes. Like it or not, this is Siriano’s fourth outing on the non-Project runway, and he’s making an effort to transition from reality television into plain-old-vanilla reality. According to his notes, this collection was inspired by the head-to-toe propriety of European women in the sixties. And so the dramatics of seasons past were all but excised, leaving passably chic coats, cocktail frocks, blouses, and pencil skirts with a flourish here and there, but little to tell you about a designer’s vision. (Not that we’re encouraging the mad hattery of previous shows.) Backstage, Siriano said his niche was glamour, but to really move forward, he’ll have to expand that one-dimensional notion into something more original and thoughtful.