NY Fashion Week Sunday highlights

I love Bryan Bradley the head designer for Tuleh, his bright and artistic designs are lively and elegant. Given Tuleh's history I was very curious to see how Bradley would react to the current economic calamity. Would he, dare he, try to tone it down? The answer is Bradley is far too clever to simply abandon his clients that way. What he has done for his Fall Winter '09 collection is to shy away from the long flowing luxurious pieces that have been his hallmark and create more structured and layered looks. He's done this without losing any of the dashing style that has won him his loyal clientele. With this collection Bradley really showed his versatility and a great sensitivity to the current climes.

Those of you who have been regular readers of mine through the last year have surely gleaned that I do not like designers who create designs that are not distinct. Those of you who know fashion will automatically know then how I feel about Scotland's own Johnathan Saunders. The boldest of the bold his designs are only for those confident enough to handle the attention they garner. For Fall Winter '09 there was no let up to the experimentation with shape and construction and of course no turning down the amperage and attitude of his palette. The runway looked every inch of a late October Vermont forest in blazing sunshine. Crimsons and golds mixed in with shining silvers and blacks in a parade of brilliant color. Bold, distinctive and perfect for the woman who wants to be remembered.

Jeremy Laing is a designer who lets his shapes and structures carry his fierceness rather than his palette. This is not to insinuate that he does not use color or creates only black, gray and white outfits, rather for Laing color is not what he uses to create his, "wow". He, like many of the designers, I like loves to re-shape a standard item such as a blouse or a skirt. He never loses the female form but still manages to make his pieces worth two looks or more because of his construction and cuts.

Seth F