What is quite the well-known brand in Europe, is slowly but steadily growing its presence in the United States, too. WESC is straightforward, yet still manages to be distinct via fashion forward colors, and unique but subtle cuts. On this page, a grey nylon jacket for fall and on the following a pea coat, a couple of tops and WESC’s first kid’s line (which was a big trend at the show btw….lots of these designers are growing up, having kids and are clearly being inspired by them).

Like I was saying before, there’s no comparing attending a show versus watching it online. You see the trends attendees are wearing, which, fur, fur and more fur–and it was worn despite the rain/snow, you discuss your impressions of the show itself and you see things that just don’t show up on one-dimensional videos. My partner, Samia, snagged the utlimate show chat partner in that she was seated to none other than Miss Jay! And yes, he’s at least as much of a hoot in real life as he is on “America’s Next Top Model.”  When I showed him the image above, he snapped back, “I look 11-years old,” which, lol, can’t argue with that!

Click through to see some of the fur looks, plus Miss Jay’s five-finger ring, which matches (!!) his mani, and fashion maven Zandile Blay.

I’m at Magic in Vegas so I’m going to keep this short, but loved these glowy shoes Rodarte showed at NY Fashion Week. They’re futuristic, but somehow still warm and fuzzy, just like Rodarte! Maybe post-apocalypse won’t be so bad after all.

Images from Wire. Two more looks after the flip.

From the looks of the front row for Marc Jacobs Fall 2010 show, Marc kept good on his promise to de-celebritize his show. Doesn’t mean, however, mean that there weren’t plenty of the industry’s heaviest hittest there. Above we see Marc’s Brazilian bombshell boyfriend (whose interview in BUTT magazine is making him infamous if not famous), Lorenzo Martone, Vogue’s behind-the-scenes genius, Grace Coddington and the father of street photography, Bill Cunningham.

After the flip, Bergdorf Goodman buyer, Roopal Patel, in an amazing blouse and Tavi Gevinson, the 13-year old blogger that’s infuriating the fashion world. Plus, the head designer in charge doing a pretty good version of himself as Tom Ford.

All images Style.

Next in line after the fur bags were the long dresses, detailed with fur collars. The fabric and cut of the dress are very casual and easy but with the fur, oh so chic. Overall the collection was very calm. You can see Marc is in a happy place in his life, which is nice to see. Style quotes him as saying about the collection, “There’s so much striving for newness now that newness feels less new,” which, fair enough…sometimes it’s time to take a breather and refine rather than always reaching for the next summit. Still, one has to wonder if all the chat about Alexanger Wang being the “new” Marc doesn’t light some sort of fire under his behind. In any competetive field, after all, you never want to feel too safe.

Images from Style. More after the flip, including some pretty neat vinyl raincoats.

For Marc Jacobs’ Fall 2010 NY Fashion Week show yesterday the bags were my easy favorite. While high-end labels are getting murdered by fast-fashion knock-offs, savvy designers like Marc know bags and shoes are the last refuge for statement pieces. That being said, I wish designers would be smarter about when they release images of collections to the world. Over the years of doing this blog, we’ve watched much lower budget labels refine how and when they release images to blogs like ours. The best ones aren’t letting us post up images five-to-six months in advance of their retail launch. It frustrates consumers and it gives the copiers too much time.  So while it’s great that fashion is trying to be more democratic, these big-name labels really need to wise-up on how they market. Why not show the fall lines in February just to buyers, but reserve marketing to media outlets later in spring? And I know change is hard, but come on, this is dollars we’re talking about.

There’s lots of discussion out there about designers making their runway shows more democratic by live-streaming them, but at least until the technology improves, aint no way that is replacing actually being there. Case in point Y-3. In reading the reviews on Style, I discover that Yohji was clearly dealing with some anger management issues when he designed this collection because it included tee-shirts which read, “33 Years in Prison” and “23 Years in Prison – 20 = Y-3,” none of which are captured in the photos. And at the end of the show, which was backdropped by Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” Yohji punches a male boxer and then is himself punched out by a woman! Anway, I like this collection because it reminds me of my partner, Samia, all snuggy and layered up….stuff you can hide from the world in if you are so inclined.

Images: Wire.

The ankle high heel boot is alive and well for fall 2010 as shown by this style from Prabal Gurung’s show.luv!  via nymag.Close-up images on the next page.

After the runway show video linked to here, there’s an interview with Alex, in which he discusses his inspiration for his Fall 2010 collection. Until now, he’s been chummiest with the Downtownista, but this time around he pushed her in a more mature direction by fusing her sensibilities with the ultimate ’90s powerbroker, the Wallstreet business lady. Much more secure in her role than she was even ten years ago, today’s business women no longer feels required to mascarade in the female version of a man’s suit. So perhaps it is apropos for fashion to take apart and rebuild the look. Given the inspiration, it’s not suprising that the pinstripe looks are the strongest.  I’m not so sure about other parts of the show. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out in fashion editorals.

Many more images at Style.

No offical show images are on line yet from the Alexander Wang Fall 2010 show, but Wire image did have a couple of backstage images and then some cut-off runway shots. To be honest, I had no idea Alex was this aodrable! He looks all relaxed-casual here with La Diabla herself, but what do you want to bet on the inside his stomach is doing multiple flip-flops?

UPDATE: Watch a stream of the show at SHOWstudio. Loving the pinstripe trousers and skirts. Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, etc….start your knock-off engines!

A close-up on model Agyness Deyn’s make-up and some runway shots after the flip.