In pre-show materials handed out at last week’s show, the clothes for Fall 2007 were described as being for the girl who spends her weekend shopping at outdoor markets, going to a friend’s art opening, or riding around town with her boyfriend on his Vespa.
Sounds pretty good, except for the vespa part. In general, the clothes that came down Twinkle’s runway last week were a little too fancy or skirty for the laid back activities described here. Still, a lot of the pieces were clothes you would actually want to wear.
As always, Twinkle featured a lot of knitwear — chunky bulky knitwear–hats, scarves, cardigans. To be honest, I have often found her pieces to be too bulking and overwhelming, working best on tall and skinny girls, with bodies that are able to handle extra layering and bulk. But on the runway, with the movement of the models, I think I might be changing my mind. The blousey berets that almost all the models work, not only united the collection, they also looked great over messy long hair. And the cardigans were almost doable.
I am a pretty mean knitter… another reason why I am interested in Wenlan Chia’s knitwear. So I was pleased to find out she was finally releasing a knitting pattern book,
Twinkle’s Big City Knits: 31 Chunky-Chic Designs, to coincide with her fall 2007 collection. The book features over 30 designs from Twinkle’s past collections, none of this season’s chunky concoctions, but they certainly are variations on the same theme.
These aren’t easy patterns, but they seem to be good ones for the experienced knitter. If you start knitting now, you may get a piece done by next Fall if you are lucky.
I always feel that Twinkle has a few great pieces, but that in general, its nothing incredibly new or innovative (This is how I and many others felt about Fall Fashion Week 2007 in general). That doesn’t mean that if I lived a life where I had to get dressed up for work or better yet didn’t have to work and just had to worry about where I was going for lunch, I wouldn’t love to wear the grey dress below as much as possible.
Finally, I am still feeling the bib detail on shirts and dresses. I know that the bib front has filtered down, considering I have been buying bibby shirts at stores like forever 21 for months now. I am going to hold on to it though. Maybe the bib front will just become another style, like a turtleneck, as opposed to some sort of trend.
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February 14th, 2007 at 9:38 am
It look as well. I do like long hair. Thank you for a nice blog.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:44 am
I loved this collection; I think it was definitely one of my favorites at Fall Fashion Week. To be honest New York was a little bland and I think this definitely shed a little light on the whole fashion industry. I liked the layering and the wearability of these clothes.
It was probably one of the only collections that I can say that each outfit really hit a nice spot with me.
February 15th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
I love this collection, my hair is always messy so I instantly related to the styling of the models. And I love the looks of silky vintage inspired slippery dresses paired with chunky knits. But the one thing I never understand about great winter sweaters like these is… how do you get you coat to fit over them? Oh well, I guess if you are wearing these clothes and trotting around town on a Vespa you can just leave your coat at home…
February 20th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Pretty collection with a lovely vintage feel. I’ve been lusting after that bib/yoke detail for ages and finally got a shirt from Forever 21. I figure if it gets played out, at least I didn’t spend a ton of cash on it.