Vena Cava F/W 11.12 New York

[thedanae]

NYFW on tFS front page today: Vena Cava Fall 2011 Runway Review

Images from IMAXtree via tFS

 

[masquerade]

Those peach pants are awful...

 

[ChrissyM]

i'm not loving what i see so far...
the peachy/orange color just isn't gelling for me

 

[saann]

I take it as a bad sign whenever the designers are dressed better than the models

 

[ChrissyM]

i'll post the rest of the looks... maybe it will get better?

 

[ChrissyM]

style.com

 

[ChrissyM]

style.com

 

[ChrissyM]

style.com

 

[ChrissyM]

style.com

 

[ChrissyM]

a lot of this just looks like bad 90s to me... and i HATE the makeup

 

[Not Plain Jane]

Nope doesn't really get better. : /

The couple polka-dot pieces are about all I really like, which is disappointing as I like some of their earlier work. This just has a bad-trampy-90s vibe. I like some 90s fashion, but not this take.

 

[liberty33r1b]

just bad, what were they thinking??

 

[Not Plain Jane]

Agree Chrissy M - what is with the eye makeup. Yuck!

 

[ChrissyM]

blech... i just looked at it again...
nothing

maybe the last dress with the sheer skirt and the cutout is ok?
but even that i don't really like...
just disappointing because i've liked vena cava in the past

 

[saann]

there are a few nice pieces in this mess

but my god, what a mess it is

I get what they were going for with the hair and make-up but it ended up making the collection look even worse than it is, and I don't like how the materials are photographed. Maybe it looked better in motion?

Thanks for posting the collection though!

 

[KaraDanielle11]

I think I like the eye makeup but I need a close up.

 

[FakeFlower]

Tacky!!! The makeup is awful... what did they think?
Doen't look very wintery and warm either.

 

[saann]

I think I like the eye makeup but I need a close up.

here you go

stylebistro.com

 

[ChrissyM]

oh no!
even worse when it's close up!

 

[mikeijames]

kudos to the girls at vena cava for not only staying true to themselves, but for knowing their audience. while this collection might not read outside of the 718, it's the sort of too-cool-for-school stuff that these girls mix with odd flea market finds and assymetric haircuts. this collection also has play among the manhattan girl who will mix it with wide-legged derek lam, washed-to-perfection rag & bone, and unapologetic kitsch.

meanwhile, the accessories in this collection have that same must-have quality that one used to associate with chloe which is NOTHING but a good thing.