With a booth at New York’s Compass shoe show, Repetto continues to makes its push into the U.S. market, showing offerings for Autumn 2011. The range included its famous ballet profile, featuring a range of materials and patterns–especially plaid, while the collection also showed the brand’s push into other profiles including pumps. For parents who appreciate this brand’s ultra-classic approach, there is also a range for the kid’s. See more images on the next page.

Our last but most definitely not least designer spotted at the Capsule show is Lialia, a line designed by two sisters, Julia and Natalia Alarcon, who are new on the scene but whose work already has been recognized by WWD and Gen Art. We spoke last week about how access to computer-generated print programs is bringing excitement into fashion, but what’s neat about Lialia is the attention not just to the print, but the marrying of its earthy designs with light-as-a-feather, futuristic-feeling fabrics for a look that is thoroughly modern. The end result is a next level shift that is feminine and super smart. A couple more looks after the flip.

Wrapping up our coverage of Capsule trade show in New York last week, we bring you some looks from Boxing Kitten’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection. In a shift away from the super bright colors, which have been a theme, designer Maya Lake’s offerings included some black and white blouses, her very first solid-colored garments. And even with the dress shown here, the African-inspired pattern play remains, but again, there’s a shift away from vibrancy, which was very much in step with what we were seeing on the floor of the show in general–colors more subdued with newness generated by silhouettes, fabric innovation, and detailing (which is why I think the Prada rumor is true–bright color just aint “it” for Spring).

The wider accessability of fabric design programs is going to add some some spark to fashion in coming seasons. Case in point, while visiting New York’s Capsule trade show last week, new, Brooklyn-based designer Ellen Van-Dusen for Dusen Dusen caught our eye with her digitally- and hand-drawn-designs, which she applied to cotton and silk fabrics for some fun results. Her popular bags are featured above, but click to the other side for her Spring 2011 cotton shorts, plus some silk crop tops and tunics featuring a shark print.

Berlin-based Star Styling, whose Spring collection we viewed while visiting Capsule earlier this week, is know for its non-serious edge, but behind the joi-de-vivre attitude is a seriously strong color and materials story, which shows itself in the tops above. New technology materials are used to detail a down-to-earth, gauzy cotton for a look that is very new millennium moonage daydream. More after the flip, including some denim dresses and bags. Fun yes, but clever, too.

Jas MB has stayed true to making leather accessories that transcend fads and trends and because of their buttery  texture and design, get better and better with time.  Spring 2011 sees the introduction of hidden hardware, like the chains on the bag above, which add  a  cool minimalist touch. On the next page a few of our faves.

There are a slew of trade shows going on in New York City right now and yesterday we stopped by Capsule, which highlights up-and-coming brands with an edge, a look which is right up our alley.  First stop was A Peace Treaty, who we love and whose scarves we have featured repeatedly. What you’re looking at on this page is its second jewellery collection and it couldn’t be more pitch perfect for right now…the right balance of exotic, earthy and yet still very fierce. Extreme luv, needless to say. More images of necklaces and bracelets after the flip.

Our first dispatch from Magic featured Pet Shop Girls’  designer Joe Chu. I promised I would return with images from her line and voila, that time has finally arrived. Chu honors that part of Asian fashion rooted in eye-winking humor with the sheer wish to entertain and lift the moment via clothing. Sadly it’s a style that’s not very embraced in the States. Though one could argue I suppose that Goth style is somehow related, but in an equal-but-very opposite manner. Anyway, Chu’s line is adorable and the items I photographed are probably her most serious. Check out her site to see what else she’s up to. Two more images after the flip.

While visiting with p.r. champ and pal, Ida, at her newish gig with G-Star, I fell head over heels for the cam0 jeggings featured here. The print is subtle and just the right amount of military, speaking to the trend rather than screaming it. After the flip, more images of these pants, plus G-Star’s star denim bottom for spring, the “Arc” pant, an oh-so-perfectly-broken-in pair of women’s cropped boyfriends.

The reemergence of Palladium Boots in the United States is already a legit and advancing fashion wave for the fellas, and if Europe is any sort of early indicator, the same trend is about to burst wide open for women, too. On this page is one of Palladium’s Spring 2011 offerings, which we snapped at Project last week. Designed for to be worn in warm weather months , it’s part of the brand’s “Lite” line and feature a lining with wicking capabilities. Technical attributes aside, these are a perfect match for denim cut-offs and short skirts. A couple more after the flip, including a low and a hi in Palladium’s heritage hemp colors. And honestly, given this brand’s authentic heritage, the pricepoint is amaaaaazing with most styles priced 70 beans or under.