Ah, the obligatory Monique Lhuillier post. Homegirl is stealing my heart right now. Loved the fabrics, loved the colors, loved everything.

Refined dressing at Badgley Mischka… I especially loved that yellow dress Chanel Iman is wearing.

Now I’ve been sitting here looking through the shows. Heee. Loved the laser cutouts, artful shape and graphic prints from Lela Rose.

More transparency at Luca Luca… in this case in a wash of pinks and pale blue.

I’ve been getting so caught up with work that I haven’t been paying much attention to this year’s shows… last night, however my good friends Jules & Joe invited me to accompany them to the Marc Jacobs show at the Armory. Joe actually was part of the team who designed and built the set so it was especially special for my first time at a show.

It was all so theatrical… and surreal. (Heath Ledger, Michael Stipe and Helena Christensen conversing in a huddle next to us… Courtney Love smoking in the front row. Ahh! Worlds colliding!) And everything ran in reverse. Models first walked down the runway for their “finale” followed by Marc Jacobs himself. The show began with evening dresses, models entered through a wooden frame while a projected film showed that same model walking down the runway in her underwear and accessories.

The concept made sense… lots of the pieces were very sheer. The effect was like you were watching with x-ray vision. The hair was done up bouffant-style, the accessories, especially the bags, were the most drool worthy.

For now, the photos above are my favorites from the show… I’ll have my own (very amateur) photos and some random video later today up here.

Edit: See some photos on my Flickr stream. (To be updated with even more later…) View a short video on my Vimeo of the show.

Spied these limited-edition chromaprints from Publique Living in the summer issue of Blueprint and totally loved the graphic nature and the simple typography. The prints are a collaborative between Jean Orlebeke and Lian Ng.

From Publique Living: “Grafik180:CityArt is a series of artwork inspired by the distinctive architectural skin from buildings around the world. Whether it be a pattern or shape that distinguishes these buildings, it is the first layer of visual iconic recognition. The cities in which these buildings reside in are called out by their airport code instead of their names, creating another layer of graphic distinction, akin to the visual alignment between architectural skins and buildings. The codes also function as a beacon of destination, proclaiming the cities’ association with inspiring architecture.”

Such a great gift for architecture and design aficionados.