Dress Style

this was by far my favorite day of all 4 fashion weeks...I will start with Maison Martin Margiela. I am no authority on fashion...I look at collections with my background in fashion design and textiles science. Interesting sewing techniques, textile manipulations, unusual color schemes and unconventional silhouettes always make me drool. (of course judging from previous posts, I DO like a good old 'cute dress' now and then) I always love when anyone, in and out of the fashion industry challenges the way I think, and certainly Mr. Margiela does that every time. even his 'a wardrobe for women' is full of unexplored territory. after looking at his spring 09 collection, I'm ready to run home and begin sketching out some of the ideas that ricochet from his runway presentation and my design aesthetic.... its not that i want to create duplicates of what he's presented but i'm always intrigued by the way someone in my industry can interpret such complicated visions so seamlessly through a collection of stitched fabric. done are the days where i sweep those (at the time) 'crazy impossible' ideas under my couch. seeing a collection like his makes me feel a little less afraid & sometimes its just the little nudge I need, especially since I've been in an overall designing low in the last few months.