Friday, September 7, 2007

Fancy Hemlines - Maybe a Trend?


White short sleeve shirt with string black tie, cheeta pattern U shaped top, oversized black belt, black miniskirt with ruffles, black knee high stocks, black high heel shoes from the L.A.M.B. collection for Fashion Week New York Sprint 2008
Mini skirt from the L.A.M.B. Collection




Neither a taxicab strike nor those famous diving pigeons of Bryant Park could put a damper on the beginning of Fashion Week in New York City.


With so many shows to go, it probably to early to call any new season trends.


However, one definite observable trend is the embellished hemlines.


Whether short or diagonally cut, the hemlines have been embellished with lace, satin ribbons, or mini petticoats.



Black Miniskirt Dress with low cut U neckline ruffled hemline skirt form the BCBG Collection at Fashion Week New York Spring 2008
Hemlines from the BCBG Collection


This is an interesting trend, since the eye is immediately drawn to the hemline.


Hemlines - Still Up


For those of you who follow one of the sexier market indicators - the hemline indicator, well you don't have anything to fear.


So far, hemlines have been way above the knee.


This sexy economic indicator, dubbed the "hemline effect", was first observed by economist George Taylor in the 1920s and has proven to be a pretty reliable indicator.



Black zip up jacket with V neckline and see through black lace pattern mini skirt from the L.A.M.B. Collection at New York Fashion Week - Spring 2008
Lace Mini Skirt from L.A.M.B. Collection


When hemlines rise, so does the stock market and when they fall, so goes the market and the economy.


Walking Skeletons


It seems that all the attention on barring size zero models from European fashion shows had no effect on New York City Fashion Week Shows.


We are all for free speech and artistic expression, but these walking skeletons, a.k.a. fashion models that have graced the catwalks, so far, are appallingly thin.



White off the shoulders just above the knee dress with inverted V front open V shjaped slit at the hemline from the Yigal Azroul Collection at Fashion Week New York - Spring 2008
Hemlines at Yigal Azroul Collection


We know the industry considers models to be just cloth racks - but with the high hemlines these models are wearing, ones eyes are drawn not to the clothing, but to the bone coated skeletons that are wearing these designer clothes.


No wonder, there are no new supermodels, as supermodels have been replaced with actresses, singers and celebrities on the covers of international fashion magazines.


Fashions should be used to enhance and complement a woman healthy beauty; these walking skeletons are a bad examples for young women and consumers alike.


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