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Trends with Benefits

Asymmetric hemlines, bold prints, bright colors and even (gasp!) sneakers. These spring looks took best in show at NYC Fashion Week.
By Kirsten Fleming Photography by Elizabeth Lippman

The mullet hairdo all business in the front, party in the backis still a style dont. But the 80s-retro mullet skirtshort in the front and long in the backhas become a major style do. Born on the Alexander McQueen runways last year, mullet skirts were the toast of Fashion Week last month. Now showing up at mass retailers like Zara and Asos, the silhouette is undeniably versatile. Im really short, so its a good compromise to show off a bit of leg, says NYU student Sarah Ryder in a bronzed Max Azria number that morphs mini into maxi (top right).
Student Glenn Kowalewski (left) goes from mini to midi with a camel chiffon skirt.

Mullet Skirts

Ive worn this to a ball and more casually today, says Sarah Ryder (above). Into the Gloss beauty blogger Emily Weiss (below) works a subtle leather skirt with gladiator pumps and a wool sweater.

French heiress Prisca Courtin-Clarins (above) swans about in a colorful Christopher Kane number. Later on, she dresses up an acid yellow skirt from Jason Wu (far left), while her sister Jenna toughens up her peachy look with combat boots.

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Sporty Spice
This season, Fashion Week-ers earned their varsity letters, turning up in baseball caps, letterman jackets and hightop sneakers with hidden wedges. I like mixing up the sporty with tailored sharp pieces, says Ramya Giangola (right), who runs luxury fashion consulting company Gogoluxe. That juxtaposition is key. With Big Apple sports teams scoring big lately, the timing for the haute uniform look couldnt be better.

Model Sofia Sanchez (above) is all flower power in Rodarte separates. Blogger Blair Eadie (right) blossoms in DVF pants and a poppy red purse.

Ramya Giangola (above) goes for tomboy chic in Isabel Marant kicks, while Nylons Dani Stahl (inset) rocks racing stripes in a leather Adidas jacket. Googles Krystal Bick (left) likes the spunk the cap added.

Vogues style editorat-large, Elizabeth von Thurn und Taxis (left), balances a feminine Balenciaga top with a masculine fedora, while student Adi Heyman (right) taps her inner Rachel Zoe in a vintage floral dress, oversize frames and Alice+Olivia leather jacket.

Flower Power

Stylistas hit the petal on their looks, mixing winter blooms into suits, tops and skirts. And the look thats coming up roses this season: floral pants. I love wearing florals, says Canadian writer Niki Blasina (left) in an Asos floral pantsuit. Even though I look like Hillary Clinton on hallucinogens, she jokes. H&M, Jil Sander and J.Crew are all stocking botanic trousers, so get ready to take a walk in a garden this spring.

Ellie Eckert (right) works H&M racing pants with fur, while Vogues Chioma Nnadi (below) is the picture of sporty cool as she mixes a cap and neoprene bomber with a sweatshirt and leather skirt. Model Joan Smalls wears her boyfriends Rag & Bone varsity jacket.

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Trouser Tents
Skinny is out! Voluminous wide-leg pants, so big they could masquerade as skirts, are the trousers of choice this season. I wear a size 2, but these are a 12, admits writer Maria DeNardo, 27 (bottom left). I had them tailored so they would fit perfectly, she adds. Handbag designer Emily Gellis (right) teamed flowing Zara pants with a tweed blazer. Its always good to have a chic outfit and be comfortable at the same time, says Gellis, 25. And they hide everything.

Nordstroms Fashion PR director, Pamela Lopez (right), shows off her Loewe square cross-body bag. Im just all about the neon now, she says.

A show attendee (above) pairs wide pants with a streamlined blazer and chunky sweater. Emily Gellis (right) mixes a tweed blazer and ombre hair with Zara trousers.

Go bold or go home is Katherine Bruss philosophy in stripes and neon (left), while MTV stylist Alana Kelen (below) says, Neon brings me back to the 80s.

Ive never had one item that garners such attention, says Meg Moore (left). Maria DeNardo (left) isnt afraid of bold colors and silhouettes, while offduty model Frida Gustavsson (right) channels Katharine Hepburn in high-waisted steel-gray pants.

The neon satchel was the bag of choice for a clutch of top editors during Septembers shows, but by February the colorful pops had proliferated. I came in September and saw a girl who had one, says Chicago Sun Times editor Meg Moore (left), pointing to her hot pink Cambridge satchel. I ordered it right after. Most chose to pair the boldly hued purses with allblack ensembles, but not Katherine Bruss (above center), who owns a boutique in Hamburg. She proudly showed off an orange Pucci bag with a striped fur from The Row. I always like to mix lots of colors. It looks fresh, she says.

Bold Bags

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