NYFW: Polka Dots

I posted about a little polka dot trend that seemed to be happening over the summer, but based on the runways, it looks like spring will be filled with the innocent pattern too. Designers across the boards have incorporated polka dots into their collections, and I'm interested to see how long these spots will stick around for. Here are some of my fav polka dot looks from the shows...

victoria, victoria beckham

karen walker

diane von furstenberg

rebecca taylor

christian siriano

jason wu

NYFW: Rebecca Minkoff

On Friday afternoon, I had the pleasure of attending the Rebecca Minkoff runway show at Lincoln Center. RM is by far one of my favorite accessories designers, but after seeing her spring collection, I'm so in love with her apparel as well. She was totally working off of the 1960s and 1970s vibe that we've been feeling for the past few seasons (using Slim Aarons photographs as inspiration), but she totally captured the true essence of that time period and made it super modern and easy to pull off (or so the models made it look!). Floral prints were all over her collection, as well as lots of white, lots of short shorts, and of course, some killer shoes. Oh yea and did I mention that the ever so beautiful Hillary Rhoda closed the show? Ah-maz-ing.

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NYFW: BCBGMAXAZRIA

With fashion week in full swing, I've been noticing a lot of similarities amongst the collections that have walked down the runway so far. One that I'm kind of loving is bringing black and white together for spring.  You don't normally find black as a staple for such an easy, breezy season, but I find it to be kind of fresh and cool- a total step away from all the pastels and neons that we saw last spring. I've always been partial to black-although color is littered throughout my spring/summer wardrobe-and I'm looking forward to taking spring to an edgier level.

BCBG seemed to embrace this trend the best, but stayed true to who they are, with bondage-esq cutouts with light and billowy fabrics. I've always been a huge fan BCBG (most of my wardrobe comes from the multiple lines from the fashion empire), and can't wait to get my hands on some of these amazing pieces. 

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