NY fashion; what's in store NOW... .Alexander McQueen

The collections have been shown, the reviews are long forgotten but the clothes are still arriving in the stores.  With any luck, maybe you will be able to start wearing them in the next 45 days, but it is a better bet that they will already start being marked down by then. Whether you shop at Saks, Bergdorf’s, Barneys, Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Lord& Taylor,  H&M, Forever 21, or whatever your comfort zone, the trends and styles that were seen and spoken of last October are ready for you ...just in time for the warm weather.  Think of it this way, Fall will start arriving in the better stores by June ! and there will not be any shorts or bathing suits in those shipments.

There can be nothing worse than knowing that what you put forth will be the moment that everyone judges your work.  Sarah Burton, who stood next to her mentor and best friend for 15 years, has shown the world that she is fluent in the vocabulary that was ALEXANDER McQUEEN!!!  This was a tour de force of talent which very few can ever achieve when having to fill the shoes of a genius.  There is no coincidence that within this oeuvre there were symbols of transformation, the butterfly which is said to be a human soul in search of reincarnation and the sheaf of wheat and wheat itself which is said to be a symbol of fertility, prosperity and strength.  It is all true as Ms. Burton has forever endeared herself to retailers, editors and most of all the bigwigs at PPR who will, no doubt,  anoint her as the “second coming.”

She chose her silhouettes carefully, eased them up ever so slightly and in some cases pushed them to the next level.  The fantasy which Mr. McQueen invoked in his shows was not lost on Sarah Burton.  There is no doubt that the darkness which pervaded so many of his shows in the past was banished to white, pure and virginal.  It is almost an unfathomable task to have bequeathed the legacy which Mr. McQueen left and yet it is no less remarkable for Sarah Burton to have continued his DNA with such unimaginable abilities and loyalty.

Her love and respect for ALEXANDER McQUEEN is reflected in these clothes for only with those qualities has it been possible to create and prolong the brand and the man.