New York Fashion Week Roundup: Black and White

09.12.08 | Posted in: Fashion | By: Laurel Dailey

Tags: New York Fashion Week

Top row, L to R: Elie Tahari, Tibi, Staerk

Middle row, L to R: William Rast, Rachel Roy, Trovata

Bottom row, L to R: Jason Wu, Lacoste, Preen

These days, most things tend to eddy in the gray areas - morally, politically, socially. It’s no wonder that plenty of designers sent those ambiguously mixed messages down the runways in the form of muddied neutrals, yet where else but in fashion are you finally able to see clearly? It’s a black and white issue for Spring 2009, and the only thing to decide is: prints or solids?

Top row, L to R: Reyes, Rachel Comey, Alexander Wang

Middle row, L to R: Rock & Republic, Tibi, Charles Nolan

Bottom row, L to R: Shipley & Halmos, Yigal Azrouel, Staerk

Top row, L to R: Zero Maria Cornejo, Carolina Herrera, Twinkle

Bottom row, L to R: Hanii Y, Ports 1961, Zero Marie Cornejo

These days, most things tend to eddy in the gray areas - morally, politically, socially. It’s no wonder that plenty of designers sent those ambiguously mixed messages down the runways in the form of muddied neutrals, yet where else but in fashion are you finally able to see clearly? It’s a black and white issue for Spring 2009, and the only thing to decide is: prints or solids?

Top row, L to R: Proenza Schouler, Zero Maria Cornejo

Bottom row, L to R: Twinkle, Narciso Rodriguez

Cynthia Steffe

Michael Kors

Narciso Rodriguez

Michael Kors

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