want you to recognize

who even cares about the clothes in this collection? all i care about is sasha pivovarova. oohhhh sasha you kill me you're so good. a master class in modelling. a storm.

{saint laurent resort 2014, photos courtesy of saint laurent by way of style.com}

true, still

i think my pre-fall conclusions are pretty much all that needs to be said re stella and ysl. so.
go back and look at those if you like. or don't. it's cool!

{fall stella mccartney 2012, photos by yannis vlamos at gorunway.com by way of style.com}

 

{fall yves saint laurent 2012, photos by monica feudi at feudiguaineri.com by way of style.com}

monumental momentum

this is the last prefall collection i have clipped. and it might be the last i write about this season, seeing as fall-proper starts, like, NOW! (okay. well. new york starts on the 9th. so. tomorrow.) oh, fashion. how quickly you roll along. you silly, beautiful machine.

may as well end with a big name, as we began with one. YSL. yves saint laurent. you've maybe heard of this line? yes. you have. well. the originator of 'le smoking tuxedo', menswear cut for women. a bit of a legend. (and now in the hands of stefano pilati.) and. yes. i love the squareness. the boxiness. the deep-v's which manage to not look overly sexed. (in leather, even!) the coat which is actually a GIANT TIE. the pantsuitpowersuit. well done, and thank you. YSL.

{pre-fall yves saint laurent 2012, photos courtesy of yves saint laurent by way of style.com}