One of our favorite shows to attend at New York fashion week is Sally LaPointe . From concept to production her runway presentations are shows in the true sense of the word transporting attendees into another world for a few minutes. For Spring the inspiration revolved around decaying architecture, more precisely  “The Renwick Ruins” in Staten Island, New York. Ethereal and bold, silhouettes are long and fluid with a succession of sharp and soft angles. Highly Snobette approved independently of  any pop star endorsements. On the next page we give you a glimpse of the ambiance backstage via Hannah Newbery. More runway images to follow.

Though we thought the painted hair a tad ill advised at the time, looking at newly released backstage images from Alexander Wang’s Spring 2011 runway show, one has to admit that at the very least it was defining. In other AW news, the items featured on the runway hit his etail site on February 1st, and recently the young designer was nominated for GQ’s Menswear Designer Of The Year Award. More backstage images on the next page.

Some headshots from Tom Ford’s super exclusive show have surfaced. There’s been a lot of talk about Tom “dissing the cult of immediacy,” as WWD put it, but the truth is bloggers were invited to the show and it was immediately reviewed and a handful of images immediately leaked out (from the NY Times no less!) and were available on line. I believe in brands protecting their creativity and think images released to the public should be limited or at least capitalized upon like Burberry making the collection available to purchase after its shown. But as far as Tom Ford goes, what if all the hype mainly comes down to him banning profesional photographers and limiting invitees? I mean, until we get a clear vision of the actual rags, we won’t really know will we?