Angie, you kill me. Already looking forward to NAS!
(I also loved the Michael Kors show. So luxe).
I am really excited about A-line skirts, high necklines and Bohemian influences.
Beautiful images!

I didn’t look through all of them, but my favorites were DKNY, Diesel Black Gold, Rodarte, Carolina Herrera, Badgley Mischka, Rebecca Minkoff and Jason Wu.

I’m definitely the most excited about longer skirts and dresses but a-line skirts are right up there, too.

Last year I was also following your report from Fashion Week, but I wasn’t really able to visualize any of it as something I would be wearing in six months. It seemed very abstract, and to far away in the future.
This time it somehow made more sense, which probably means that I am a bit more educated and advanced in my interest for fashion. I also look forward to some new lenghts, shapes and colors.
Thank you!

Lots of exciting and inspiring looks to delve into – thank you, Angie, for being our “ear to the ground” for coming trends and wanna-haves!

It’s interesting about the ’70s influence already waning, isn’t it, at least in terms of pants? I agree about the tapered trouser (sometimes cropped, sometimes loose, sometimes stovepipe slim) continuing its reign in the fall. Overall, I’m happy with the trends–I loove the high necklines and longer skirt lengths, and the somewhat androgynous looks many designers dipped into. My faves were Preen, Duro Olowu, Derek Lam, Thakoon, DVF, Band of Outsiders, Narciso Rodriguez, and Zero + Maria Cornejo. I usually like Vera Wang, and it was okay. Very disappointed in Rodarte, especially after their fabulous spring show. I think I’m over Marc Jacobs, though I still look, of course .

Thank you so much for doing this. Michael kors was one of my favorites but I loved Marc Jacobs. The polka dots are fabulous.

Thanks Angie!
Black and cream and red.. well I’m a happy lady!

Anna Sui was one of my favorites. I still haven’t looked at a lot of them.

Thanks for the great coverage Angie!! Looks like I will LOVE Fall 2011!!!

I guess I have to start working on incorporating color in my wardrobe. Yikes! The strange thing about 3 years ago I had all sorts of color, then I dropped off the cliff so to speak.

Thanks for the great coverage, Angie. I didn’t watch any shows online and instead relied on your notes I especially liked the Jason Wu and Marc Jacobs collections, plus Jill Stuart’s owl fabrics. I love love all the colors and color combinations featured for fall, very exciting, and the color blocking is an awesome trend. Also happy that tapered trousers rule over wide legged ones.

Since I’ve spent the last year gathering basics in black and cream, I’m thrilled to hear they’ll be on trend. And cobalt blue is one of my favorite colors. Glad to hear A-line skirts will be back- helpful for those of us who are pear shapes.

but I LOVE pencil skirts

It has been so much fun sharing FW with you Angie, the circus has now rolled into London so I’m excited to see how the season continues to unfold. My favourite has been 3.1 Phillip Lim as I adore the uptown sportswear vibe but I also loved Jason Wu.

Really excited by the black and cream combos, high necklines and myriad of skirt options. I have seen enough already to know I will be happy next Winter.

Thanks for following my coverage.

Teri, pencil skirts won’t die so not to worry.

Jonesy, I like your #NYFW talk!

RoseandJoan, I also liked 3.1 Philip Lim’s collection. And I forgot to mention how much I enjoyed LAMB’s collection. Her tartan ties are delicious.

I love that you cover all of this in such detail. I’m still all at sea with this sort of thing but love hearing your (and others’) enthusiasm, plus, guiltily, know that I can rely on you to sift and explain it all.

Love your list of trends. I’ll use this to inform my thinking as I plan what I’d like to buy over the next few months and look forward to your more detailed descriptions.

Thank you for covering all of this for us Angie!

Fabulous, Angie!

Thank you SO much for this wonderful post. I am paying special attention to Fall 2011 colors, so I can incorporate them into my jewelry designs.

Details are SO important.

I love the succint post – easy to read and so informational. Thank you, Angie. I have to say, I’m super excited for red (especially tomato red), cobalt blue and fuchsia. And of course the longer and A-line skirts and dresses. I’m tall and minis can be way to short on me.

You’ve made me want to go look at some of the other designers when I get a chance. I’m looking forward to more cream vs white and longer skirts, but not front vents or tapered pants. I’ve mixed feelings about a-line and flowing skirts. I’m glad there are choices but feel like my legs look too thin under the fuller skirts and wonder if anyone else feels that way.

Thanks for the report. Watching 40 shows, wow, that’s a lot of them! I really like that you can provide us a run down (or what I really call my cheat sheet) of what’s to come. I especially like the black and cream pairings, red, and purple taking a back seat. I have far too much purple right now (I’m always wearing purple and blue) and it would be nice to have other color options coming out in stores in the fall. I see flared jeans will not stick around for long, with tapered coming back in vogue. I’m not a big fan of either look so I’ll stick to bootcuts and straight legs.

Thank you so much for reporting on this for us, Angie. Now I’m off to stock up on scoop neck tops and prepare to hunker down.

Of the six designers you featured here, I saved lots of pictures from Marc Jacobs, Jill Stuart, and DKNY. I love the wearability of DKNY and adored the picture of Ms. Karan herself at the end of the style.com slideshow. She will be my new icon for 2011 (move over Carine Roitfeld). Note I pick older women to look up to, older than myself! They look so great at their age, so stylish and individual, it inspires me.

The Marc Jacobs and Jill Stuart collections felt classic to me and not all tricky. The garments look like you could wear them for years.

I’m not an A-line skirt girl, I prefer pencil skirts; I was happy to see a lot of them in Marc Jacobs.

The other two collections I like are Adam and (sort of embarrassed to admit this) … Rachel Zoe. I love her pantsuits and fearless devotion to wide leg and flared pants.

CocoLion,

I like Rachel Zoe’s designs too. IMHO, her own personal style reflects the very best of the 70s vibe.

It looks like Fall 2011 will be something to really look forward to. Like Laura, I can’t wait to see what NAS holds. Must start my NAS fund right away:)

While I’m neutral on longer hemlines and high necklines, I like the idea of something other than pencil skirts. I also love the colors, the color-blocking, the sharp shoulders and the chain-strap handbags.

And I cannot resist a polka dot.

I thought it would be hard to wrap my brain around autumn season because spring is coming, but it’s easier than I expected because it’s still cold here (well, relatively).

Overall, I identified with a lot of the trends Angie mentioned. I’m especially looking forward to black&cream, bold blues and reds and greens, fuchsia with red, color blocking, androgynous or menswear trends, asymmetry, strong shoulders (lots of cool jackets and coats). I’m willing to try A-line skirts again. Maybe I would be tempted to change my mind about lace.

I didn’t finish checking out the collections. So far I liked DKNY, Donna Karan (!), some MJ and Jason Wu, Prabal Gurung, some Rag&Bone, some Thakoon. There are many other individual pieces I liked – I used Angie’s advice to imagine pulling some of the outfits apart (but still keeping note of HOW they are worn).
Also, I liked LAMB’s Mod looks; Diesel’s military jackets (nothing new, but fun and wearable nevertheless). A notable mention for Libertine’s kooky take on plaid.

Angie, thank you so much for your coverage (both here and on twitter).

I forgot to mention I also liked the ladylike, 1940s trends.

Angie thank you so much for all your hard work this week!

My favourite show, hands down, was Jason Wu – I still have his show saved in my open tabs and flick through it most days Marc Jacobs and those polka dots was my second favourite.

I’m looking forward to having a good look at this list, and seeing what I can incorporate into my upcoming Aussie A/W!

And I forgot to say how much I love the background on this page!

Excellent post, you got it all in a nutshell without a huge carbon footprint!

I love your enthusiasm and passion about fashion. It is always great to see these new trends through your eyes Angie. Thank you for your hard work to sift through it all and bring us the highlights.

I wish we could just skip spring and summer and head straight into autumn again. Glad to see flares aren’t dominating and bright reds and pinks will be making a strong comeback.

“Cobalt Blue, Fuchsia and Emerald Green: Either in solid items or as trims. Purple takes a back seat.”

Hooray! I’m already excited for fall.

Considering how many of these trends are not on my favorites list, I’m thankful that Angie and the more fashion-forward YLFers will be around to show us how to wear these things in a flattering way…

I shall try to reserve judgment on high necklines, tapered trousers, and flowy skirts, though my hopes are not high.

My favorite trends, black and cream, polka dots and color blocking. Hands down the best show award goes to Jason Wu who is a GENIUS!!! Like Theresa I keep looking at Jason Wu’s styles over and over again…..

Catching up on your blog posts I like Doo Ri’s collection too, did you see it? I am looking forward to black/cream/red, asymmetry, longer hemlines and higher necklines. Thanks for this recap.