New York Fashion Week FW ’18 In A Nutshell

New York Fashion Week is officially over and we can now focus on London Fashion Week! However, I feel pretty much obliged to bring you the highlights from the fall/winter shows. When I started this blog back in November, I backdated and included all of the posts I wrote since September 2017 when I made the decision to launch a blog. I intend to continue this tradition until I can or I’m told off by you guys! Ahead, this year’s New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter ’18 highlights, followed by the compulsory gallery with the best picks!

New York Fashion Week FW ’18 Highlights

Audra Danielle Noyes’s latest collection was inspired by seasons of uncertainty.
Grey Jason Wu’s secondary line was held in the dining room of his beautiful downtown apartment.
Lisa Perry brought a little optimism by keeping her Fall offerings light, happy, and upbeat.
Rachel Zoe doubled down this season – flares got wider, prints got louder and plunges got deeper.
Alena Akhmadullina gave us her usual dose of extravagance – intricate embroideries and rich furs were presented at this year’s New York Fashion Week.
Rachel Antonoff’s Fall 2018 Royal Bitch collection was inspired by portraits of staid royals pictured alongside their trusty pooches. Ahem… If you say so, Rachel, if you say so!
Shoji’s collection was all about the #MeToo movement – bold and unapologetic; being sexy and provocative doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be taken seriously! Yes, Shoji, yes!
Ulla Johnson’s presence at New York Fashion Week is a fairly recent development, but she actually launched her line 20 years ago. She decided to put some pants on her Fall runway while looking back to the late-’90s genesis of her label.
Designers Mijia Zhang and Wei Lin’s PH5 collection is designed by women for women, inspiring classic ladies to get a little wild.
Adam Selman outdid himself with his unabashed ode to ’80s haute-camp.
Pamella Roland 2018 Fall collection was inspired by a recent trip to Prague – the historical architecture and applying jewels were seen in many of her pieces.
Yigal Azrouël celebrated his brand’s 20th anniversary by looking through the archives and reflecting on the past.
For her latest New York Fashion Week Fall Collection, Burch presented combinations of sturdy parkas which topped fluid patchwork-print dresses.
Taylor’s approach this Fall season has been simple: to make special, beautiful pieces that will survive in a wardrobe for the next decade or so.
A romantic vibe described this year’s Brock Collection.
Rebecca de Ravenel’s Fall 2018 was still very much designed for the jewellery lover, but with a more magpie-like approach to print, texture, and colour.
Another #MeToo inspired New York Fashion Week collection was presented by Jill Stuart. “Individuality and women expressing themselves through art,” she said of her Fall collection’s message.
Brandon Maxwell left a note with a declared valentine on every seat at the presentation of his Fall collection in New York.
Jenny Packham’s Fall collection was all about the intergalactic vibe.
This New York Fashion Week was the last one for Carolina Herrera. She’s stepping into an ambassadorial role while creative director Wes Gordon will take the lead.
Animal prints of the ’30s and ’40s, sharp blazers in pastel pink glitter and bold-shoulder dresses with crystal trimming down the sleeves were presented by the Area duo.
Sui’s Fall collection was all about the joy of getting dressed up.
3.1 Phillip Lim show kicked-off with a series of cosy colour-blocked skinny knits in pastel shades.
Nicky Zimmermann’s garments were designed for the women who are in desperate need of unfussy clothes.
Prabal Gurung joined the list of many designers who embraced the #MeToo movement this year and continued with his activism from last year when he sent out a parade of slogan T-shirts: “This is what a feminist looks like; The future is female”.