this pain in my chest

where have you been all my life gabriele colangelo?! okay. so i understand this is your first prefall collection. that makes me feel a bit better about not having known you. phew! sure, there's a few pieces that look as though they might have construction/fit issues... hard to say for sure... but on the whole? i love love mad love this collection.

i clipped more pieces from this than any other prefall, i think. i couldn't stop clipping. and i'm not going to edit it down because it flows so nicely. it really is a collection, you know? with one strong thought throughout which is gently tweaked and twisted and beautifully realized. siiiigggggghhhhhiiiinnnnnngggggg.

ghost trees! shadows! wool and fur and fuzz and shag! crispness. airiness and weightiness. whiteness! greyness. those gloves. that shade of yellow green that i am sooooo glad i can wear. (sorry all y'all with more complex complexions. it is one of my great triumphs. but my insides are hopeless and frail, so i think you probably win. don't worry.) red... (in the voice of mandy patinkin in sunday-in-the-park-with-george.) and another camille-cole-like model.
those are some of the things. that are. so. great.

{pre-fall gabriele colangelo 2012, photos courtesy of gabriele colangelo by way of style.com}