// Fashion Week! //

In preparation for New York Fashion Week which begins on Friday, designers describe their collections in one word:

“survivor” (diane von furstenberg)

“carnivores” (alexander wang)

“tough” (italo zucchelli, men’s creative director, calvin klein)

“layered” (jack mccollough and lazaro hernandez, proenza schouler)

“proustian” (anna sui)

“nightlife” (chris benz)

“interiors” (derek lam)

“aberdeen” (kate and laura mulleavy, rodarte)

“brighton” (justin thornton and thea bregazzi, preen)

“quality” (michael kors)

“rocknrolla” (phillip lim)

“ménage à trois” (john whitledge, trovata)

“wicked” (yigal azrouël)

“fairytale” (georgina chapman, marchesa)

“hieroglyphia” (christian siriano)

“crystalarium” (lisa mayock and sophie buhai, vena cava)

“pop military” (tory burch)

“polished” (erin fetherston)

“passiondesire ” (chado ralph rucci)

“moonlight” (narciso rodriguez)

“soft-sculpture” (behnaz sarafpour)

“sleek” (nicole miller)

“fancy” (thakoon panichgul)

“divine” (monique lhuillier)

“joyous” (tia cibani, ports 1961)

“powerful” (max azria)

“tactile” (doori chung, doo.ri)

“(real) creative” (donna karan)

“parallax” (francisco costa, women’s creative director, calvin klein)

“geometric progressions” (carlos miele)

“ethnic-psychedelic” (custodio and david dalmau, custo barcelona)

“lustrous” (oscar de la renta)

via jillsies via sarazucker