London/Milan Fashion Week F/W 2011 Streetstyle Faves

  Disclaimer: You're about to experience a[n] [ultra-bright] photo explosion. 
 Bear with me, I'm kind of a visual person! It seems that the latest color-blocking trend is a transatlantic one, and we can thank Ms. Anna Dello Russo (Street Style Queen, as evidenced here) for providing us with many, many eye-blinding flourescent-spectrumed outfits - as well as her equally stunning assistant fashion editor (who, I might add, has been channeling bold colors before it hit the runway last season), Viviana Volpicella, among many others...

(Tommy Ton for Style.com: 1, 13, 15, 16; Citizen Couture: 2; Phil Oh for Vogue.com: 4,6; Streetfsn: 5, 12, 17; Garance Dore: 7,9; Style Bubble: 8; The Sartorialist: 10; Stockholm Streetstyle: 11)

 And oh, the arm candy! It seems as if everyone has put aside - temporarily - their Céline Luggage "Mini"s for clutches in every size/shape/color - in fact, upon seeing this picture of the yellow neoprene Marc by Marc laptop case, I immediately shelled out my cash and purchased one in turquoise, here. So affordable! Avant-garde totes are catching my eye as well...isn't the Joao Sabino Keybag insane?! And that Jil Sander Market Acetate bag (that is sadly sold out - would it be too extreme to carry around my own plastic bag in a desperate effort (Hint: That's a rhetorical question...I think)???

The whole Galliano spectacle - upsetting, agreed? Makes the near endings of fashion week more bittersweet than usual...

xx Gaby

P.S. Outfit post tomorrow, if all goes well!
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NYFW F/W 2011 Streetstyle Faves

When I decided to resume blogging, I made a set of rules for myself to obtain in keeping this blog as fresh as possible. One of those rules was to avoid redundancy. We all know that fashion week is in full throttle, and since I don't follow runway all too keenly (it can be disappointing), what comes to mind is the streetstyle of the many bloggers, editors-at-large, models off duty, etc. But we've all seen those photos that go in heavy rotation in the blog-o-sphere! It would be beyond redundant to post them... But just to avoid a blog standstill, I wanted to keep you elated for now with my favorites of New York fashion week. And knowing me, I just might do the same thing come London (going on now!), Milan and Paris . Enjoy!

Do we sense some repetition here? Remember last fall - can you see the heavy contrast? I guess Celine/Chloe-esque beige minimalism has met it's ephemeral endings, rainbow colors and prints dominate as far as the eye can see! Other recurring themes seem to be proportion experimentation (and heavy layering), monster-sized clutches, hair in the brightest of hues and polka dots à la Marc Jacobs. And have any of you caught on to the sea of plush furs (here, and on the runway)? Luxury is making it's way back, I see. Is that enough to make an economic prediction? Hmm....

What other escalating trends have you noticed in streetstyle and/or runway?

(Photo 3 via: The Sartorialist; 2,9: Stockholm Streetstyle, 1,5,6,11: Streetfsn, 7,12: Tommy Ton for Style.com, 8: Street Peeper for Vogue, 10: Refinery 29)