Marni Spring 09 a welcome relief from the market’s irrational exuberance fallout.

Even with America’s greatest financial bailout since the Great Depression looming large over our heads, life goes on, thankfully for most of us, mercilessly for some of us.

Catwalks in Milan provided the backdrop for Wall Street’s theatre this week as well as Capital Hill’s. The contrast at times was eerie (just by virtue that the shows continued) and at other times, as we say in the biz, spot-on (as evidenced by Jil Sander, Fendi, Burberry, and Prada to name only a few).

The real question is, how will main street react to Wall Street’s reaction to Capital Hill’s reaction to main street’s reaction?

Burberry Spring 09 Arguably one of Christoper Bailey’s better collections to date.

If you think that’s ironic, consider this, Milan produced some of the more progressive fashion to hit the catwalks since, well, since the 80’s…..that other fabulously progessive time in our recent financial history.

If it’s true that fashion is a barometer of our times, does this mean that indeed next Spring’s wardrobes will find us on the path to recovery and financial prosperity?

We can only hope that our designers have indeed been able to divine that notion. Until then let’s just review the week, shall we? (pix and analysis to come…)

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Loved these shoes and had to post the image as well as reference you to the New York Times article, Smooth Translations, and their slide show on some of their yummy finds on the genre. Have you found any you’d like to share? I’d love to hear from you: send your image to me to post an I’ll be sure your name is listed with it and whatever the source of the image is.

Shoes, $350.00, from Opening Ceremony, NYC.

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I’ve been sitting on this one for awhile until the obvious hit me over the head and I found the way to bring these lovely pieces to the viewers of my blog….Laura Bezant makes jewelry that mimics the tattoo without having to get one. At the same time, it hits the trend of fretwork and filigree. Laura is a Central St. Martins grad who has worked with the likes of Cartier, Links of London, and Cool Diamonds but now works on her signature style which she laser cuts from leather and juxtaposes with hand pierced silver or gold butterflies. The filigree is actually lettering making up words that you can only distinguish the closer you get.

You can find out more about Laura Bezant on her website. You can even order your own customized version of her jewelry by sending her your favorite line of poetry, song, or wedding vows.

I’d say it can do for the body what tattoos can’t, wouldn’t you?

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