BCBG Max Azria: Spring 2008 RTW
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The Fall 2007 collection of BCBG Max Azria was very dark and heavy. There were clothes with tons of layers and voluminous trapeze dresses that hid your curves, but the Spring 2008 collection is the polar opposite. The clothes are light, airy and accentuates all the right places.
There is playful balance between what is demure and fit for a lady and what is flirty and very sexy. This was most evident in the dress lengths. The longer dresses were all below the knee, but if the dress was short, then it was very short like the black mini dress Bruna Tenorio came down the runway in.
The collection almost gives off a 30s boudoir feel. All the fabrics either have a gauzy texture and are sheer or a very satiny look to them. Even the more demure looks like the dress on Masha Tyelna looked almost like an old fashion dressing gown. The length of the opaque part also plays into the Lady and the Tramp dichotomy.
The most noticeable part of the entire collection were the belts. Almost every piece that came down the runway had a belt. This made every model even the rail-thin, boy-shaped ones look as if they had an hour glass figure.
Perhaps curves will be coming back after all!
This collection just makes you want to buy a vanity and some very pale loose powder and then perhaps go visit a private eye who’ll sweep you off your feet as he looks for your long lost sister.
See a video of the show here!
Photos courtesy of Style.com
