Barbara TFank Spring 2013 Presentation at the penthouse of 36 East 72nd Street on September 10, 2012 during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week consisted mostly of a variety of feminine, full-skirted dresses.

Negris LeBrum Spring 2013 Runway entitled “Memoirs of a Party Girl” was held at the Shop Studios on September 10, 2012, in New York City during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.

San Francisco designer Sarah Ahn showed Spring/Summer 2013, at Concept Studios. Structured jackets and tops with very strong lines contrasted with light, flowing long dresses. Fabric bands providing structure to garments were a common thread throughout.

With fringed over-sized tanks, a nice combination of pastels (sky blue) and prints, Altuzarra’s Spring 2013 collection had a lot to offer on the runway in New York during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.

Sally LaPointe’s Spring 2013 Ready-to-Wear collection was one of structure and flow. The well-constructed pieces incorporated styles of geometric influences with the fluidity of chiffon draping, as well as other similar fabrics.

EDUN Spring/Summer 2013 had a nice array of cargo pants with a little shine and sheer prints, crocheted patterns, jacquard dresses paired with utilitarian outerwear, and patch work with hand drawn and etched florals.

Daisy Fuentes’ Spring 2013 collection during New York Fashion Week was clear in its theme: Bohemian, sexy, and siren, just like Daisy Fuentes. So it’s no surprise that the inspiration was Daisy Fuentes herself and the gypsy movement, giving the strong presence of “sexy.”

The Fall 2012 L’Une Presentation was displayed outside in the courtyard of Vibiana during Style Fashion Week LA. This presentation was the Mid-Summer’s Night Dream of the fashion lineup for that evening.

Since runway shows for men’s collections are so few and far between, the Madison Park Collective show was a welcomed departure from the usual. The collection, designed by a showroom owner Trey Alligood III, whose experience and direct contact with retail buyers undoubtedly gives the market what it needs, did not overwhelm.

For a mainstream casual line distributed in many of the major retailers, most of the XCVI knits, jersey separates, and accessories had just enough of that little detail that managed to push them across the line from basic & boring to interesting.