NY Fashion Week round up: 3.1 Philip Lim

3.1 Philip Lim's runways were peppered with bowl cuts from YSL circa 2008. Straight and flipped under all the way around. Bottom lashes were long and doll-like and skin was even and very porcelain. No blush, no bronzer. Lips were nude. Sorta reminds me of Liza pre-Studio56... Very 1970s, early 1980s. I definitely sense an '80s theme for A/W 'o8. I feel a bit of Dolly Parton from Nine to Five here... maybe a touch of Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie?

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NY Fashion Week round up: Marc Jacobs

For A/W 09, Marc Jacobs seems to have taken inspiration from Melanie Griffith a la Working Girl, Sigourni Weaver whilst possessed in Ghostbusters and Grace Jones. Gashes of blush, dark, heavily rimmed eyes, prominent eyebrows, big hair... We kinda like it. Very Lady Ga Ga. Very power suit, 1980s Wall Street (with maybe a teeny hint of Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra)... maybe this is the American expat's way of giving the down economy the double-fingered salute.

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