Ashleigh Verrier F/W 06.07 NYC

[kimair]

the show was last night...these pics are from getty...i'm gonna hunt around for some more, because i liked that she did for s/s

 

[Caffeine]

Thanks for the pics! I like her spring collection, too!

 

[Diorling]

I really liked her spring collection too.

 

[Kimkhuu]

I am not liking it at all. nothing new or original....

 

[fouroclock]

That juice must be really sour.

 

[fashionista-ta]

So far, not liking this as much as spring ... I see the Ferretti/Prada straps are spreading ... still don't like 'em, they remind me of seatbelts

 

[laurlaur]

Nothing you couldn't already find anywhere else.

But I do love the orange juice.

 

[new_dawn_fades]

^^^ nice one! i thought the same.

 

[lostinemotion]

the juice is sour in one,and the other pic, the girl in the background looks like she is possessed...LOL

 

[laurlaur]

The chairs don't look that comfortable either.

 

[Curious]

disappointed in this one too

 

[jadore21dior]

Not groundbreaking, but i kind of like it...very prim and sophisticated.

 

[vee]

some of it is alright but i don't feel very interested.
i'm not really sure about the very first one either...i usually am kind of fond of that kind of collar. i think the red top puts me off the most.

 

[kimair]

some more pics from getty...

 

[masquerade]

i like it

 

[Kimkhuu]

Style.com's article:

NEW YORK, February 4, 2006 – For her debut last season, Ashleigh Verrier, a Parson's grad and one-time Proenza Schouler intern, showed a breezy yet sophisticated 12-piece collection that referenced early American sportswear. Fall also found her looking back in time, in particular to fashion's favorite surrealist, Elsa Schiaparelli, whom she admires because "she wasn't afraid to experiment." You can't blame a young designer like Verrier for wanting to do the same, though the result was a presentation that wasn't as tightly focused as her first outing.

There were some charming silky dresses and blouses delicately embroidered with a bow motif, a nod to the trompe l'oeil bow sweater that was Schiaparelli's first claim to fame. Verrier also nailed thirties glamour, another of her stated influences, with a smoking ensemble and a dramatic long black silk gown with Swarovski crystals. At other times, though, she went too far (or perhaps not far enough). Cape jackets and pencil skirts that extended to the rib cage heavily cited vintage pieces, but without the crucial adjustments that would have rendered them modern.

Sophomore shows are notorious stumbling blocks for designers, and the issue here seemed to be an overabundance of inspirations. In addition to Schiap and the thirties, Verrier bandied about the twenties, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and the Damned, sailor blouses, even eighties-era Versace. It's no wonder that the collection occasionally looked confused. Still, Verrier's ingenuity was evident in dresses that looked like two-piece tops and skirts, and her attention to detail, as seen in the fine beading on collars, the rope embroidery on a jacket, and the floral velvet trim edging a coat, showed sensitivity and skill.

– Laird Borrelli

 

[Kimkhuu]

Verrier F/W 06.07
Source: style.com

 

[em 692]

^ that first dress is really the only one that impresses me...

 

[em 692]

this one's not too bad:
...though the jacket seems sort of "L.A.M.B-ish"

style.com

 

[Kimkhuu]

it was so lovely last season.... ...but it's a bit too boring this season, and some of it is extremely tacky....!