This was a good day of collections. A very good day. If you want to look through photos of an entire show, I suggest picking one or more of the designers below. We’re still pondering how designers all manage to interpret their inspirations so they end up designing with the same color palette or the same “it” silhouette. So far, the theory of a fashion overlord has been proposed (which Sasha likes to think is Anna Wintour.) On to the shows…

Araks – All the pieces in the little Araks collection look like you could live in them. To be honest, I never paid much attention to the brand until now. The rich coloring gets me. I’m taken with the deep rusty red. All the garments are so preppy in a unique way. It’s like a brighter, well-edited, richer j.crew. [Read more...]