Style.com's Top Ten F/W 07.08 Collections

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Balenciaga

After last season's space odyssey, Nicolas Ghesquière returned to terra firma for a show all about the global mix, in which prep-school blazers met ikat print scarf dresses, and sculpted hourglass jackets were paired with sporty track pants. Plenty of big ideas and plenty to wear, too.

Giambattista Valli

The go-to designer for the party set on both sides of the pond, Giambattista Valli added strong, sleek black suits full through the leg to a lineup long on ruffles, feathers, and bright colors borrowed from the work of Le Corbusier. A fab new jewelry line also got hearts thumping.

Jil Sander

A minimalist's minimalist, Raf Simons refined and elaborated the house message of high-powered, low-fuss suiting with dramatically stark capes and deceptively simple sheaths for day. After dark, he loosened up—literally and figuratively—with light-as-air asymmetrical dresses.

John Galliano

Back on form, John Galliano turned his Fall runway into a Pigalle street scene straight out of the 1920's, complete with dripping candelabras, chicken coops, and, best of all, the bias-cut dresses that made him famous in the early nineties.

Lanvin

After researching Jeanne Lanvin's 1930's sketches, Alber Elbaz reimagined sleeves—full at the shoulder and tapering to the wrist. Other innovations? Dresses spiraled around the body from a single piece of fabric, and furs were cleverly constructed to separate into vest, scarves, and undercoats.

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Marc Jacobs

Gone were the layers—grunge, airy, or otherwise—of Jacobs' recent collections, in favor of an austere, bourgeois, and YSL-inflected chic. Tailoring came to the fore, as did Stephen Jones' wide-brimmed hats, quite possibly the accessory of the season.

Marni

Consuelo Castiglioni keeps pushing her playfully eclectic look in new directions, this season adding a bit of futurism (PVC) and old-school chic (fur) to the sporty-arty mix.

Nina Ricci

The label is now Nina Ricci, not Rochas, but Olivier Theyskens' designs were romantic as ever. In addition to twisting statement gowns (based on the curving bottle of L'Air du Temps), there were sharply cut suits, blouson jackets, and add-your-name-to- the-waiting-list gray jeans.

Proenza Schouler

Trading in the eighties for the twenties, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez produced a collection as decorative and polished as any they've done—and one in keeping with the Poiret references influencing fashion this season.

Yves Saint Laurent

Stefano Pilati said goodbye to flowers and frills, focusing instead with razor-sharp precision on new cocooning volumes and captivating textures like sheared furs, stamped leathers, and innovative crocodile-look silks. It all added up to his most confident work yet for the storied house.

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No Prada or Alexander McQueen

 

[Faith Akiyama]

No Miuccia for the first time in a long time...

 

[Manuva]

IMO, that's a hugely predictable list. I agree with Balenciaga, but Marc Jacobs was very, very hit and miss.

 

[Whitelinen]

This is all expected, calculated to sell.

 

[KI_egoiste]

Givenchy should have been in there. I agree about Schouler, Galliano and YSL though. Not Balenciaga or Marc Jacobs.

 

[Mr-Dale]

I agree about Givenchy! I am happy to see Galliano making it to the list...he hasn't been on it since FW 0304. Also, as Faith already remarked..no Miuccia for the first time in years!

 

[Ceptuouse]

Agree about Givenchy too.. Not sure if I agree with everything but its not bad

 

[gr77]

i agree about Givency too.
i don't think Marni,Balenciaga and Nina Ricci should be on this list

 

[style_expert]

If they'd trade in Marc Jacobs for Givenchy, it comes pretty close to my own list.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

I guess i am the only one that is really surprised to see Giambattista Valli making through the cut.
I definitely agree that Givenchy should have been on the list,love that Marc Jacobs made it,but Proenza Schouler?!

 

[Lena]

the big was G. Valli and comes as a proof that after-show parties continue paying back, surprisingly well..

i'm all against Ricci making the top ten, not sure about Jacobs and Sanders ..plus i admit i haven't seen Givenchy, PS or Galliano yet

even so, a surprisingly 'better' list than usual

thanks for bringing this in style expert

 

[Amelia]

I liked Balenciaga, Galliano, Jacobs & Ricci

I didn't really expect to see a list like this. I quite like it

 

[style_expert]

the big was G. Valli and comes as a proof that after-show parties continue paying back, surprisingly well..

and you're welcome

 

[Jacque Marcel]

I think by law they have to include Proenza Schouler since they're Anna's pet project.

 

[fouroclock]

6/10. They chose really good looks for their top ten though, which makes me wanna check the collections again. Go Balenciaga.

But they shouldn't have given Theyskens the credit.

 

[stilettogirl84]

I agree with all of these except for

Marni and Giambattista Valli

I think Givenchy was better than either one.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

I think by law they have to include Proenza Schouler since they're Anna's pet project.

Ooh thats right;how could i have forgotten about Annas never ending politics tsk tsk.

 

[masquerade]

no prada

however, their picks were soooo predictable and ysl was so dissapointing this season

 

[BaroqueRockstar]

yay for no prada
balenciaga should not be on there. i usually love his stuff, but this collection totally didn't do it for me
where is givenchy???