More Photos We Love!

Here are some extra photos we loved but didn't have room for in our Spring 2010 Issue

Photos by: Zan Schmidt, Caroline Mills, Kristina Duffy, Madeleine Little, Katie Johnson, Eushavia Bogan and Nikola Turner.

We hope you enjoyed our Spring Issue as much as we enjoyed working on it. Please do not hesitate to give us your comments and suggestions, we need your feedback to make Contrast better!

Prints Charming

Over at The New York Times, Anita Leclerc has some rules about wearing prints: mix and match big and small prints; vary fabric texture and weight; stay in the same color family, etc.

David Roemer/ New York Times

The advice is extremely sensible, and I love the outfits in the accompanying slideshow. However, I'm not entirely sure how wearable they are. Yes, they're youthful and cheerful, and we especially need a dose of happiness right now. I can imagine wearing one especially lovely print, but three at the same time? What says thou?

Spring 2010 Fashion Trends

It might seem like a million billion years away, but spring is coming! And soon. Judging from the runways, here are some trends to look for in the coming months (all images Style.com. Click to enlarge.):

General: The general silhouette is similar to past seasons: volume concentrated at the shoulders and a small belt at the natural waist. This season, we're seeing some new twists on the big shoulders--out with the 80s and in with the girly, there are transparent sleeves, puff sleeves, even slashed sleeves, which should stay in style forever and ever because they're pretty and medieval-y. This season's colors are also in a more muted palette, thanks to Dries Van Noten's wonderful Fall/Winter 2009 collection, which pleased the eye with its slightly off pastels and tan.

 

aquilano.raimondi

 

Celine

Transparency/ lingerie: Fashion is beginning to move away from the tough-girl 80s look of the past few seasons. It's still around, but we're also looking at lots of lace and sheer layers for the spring.

 

John Galliano

 

 

Donna Karan

Denim: Early 90s denim is back, guys! Take that as you will. I myself will shake my fist at the uncaring heavens.

  

 

Stella McCartney

Bondage Warrior: Yep, she's still here, but with a more futuristic edge. Thanks, Gucci. Balmain also continued its widely successful military streak, bootleg versions of which you can now find at your local Zara.

 

Gucci

  

Balmain

Prints: Computer-generated prints are going to be big this season. These prints, mostly digitally altered images, were first introduced by Alexander McQueen (and, if I may say so, were used spectacularly in his Spring/ Summer show. Yay fractals!) but other houses are using them too. Tribal prints are also "back." It always makes me laugh when fashion editors proclaim that "ethnic" is in, because when is it not? But here we are.

 

 

aquilano.raimondi

 

 

Dries Van Noten