Fug Girls: A Fall 2012 New York Fashion Week Superlatives Wrap-up
Fashion Week always goes by more quickly than anticipated. One Thursday, you’re thinking, “I can’t believe I’m going to see Angela Simmons approximately 35 more times this week,” and the next Thursday, you’re thinking, “Where did the time go, Angela Simmons?” Turns out, it flies when you’re living at Lincoln Center, although we love every second of it. Before we sleep off the season’s joys, though, let’s take a look at some of the week’s highlights and lowlights. (For more Fug Girls, go here.)
Best Color We’re suckers for the dark red everyone seems to be calling “oxblood,” even if that also sounds like something GOOP would tell us to d...
Best Color We’re suckers for the dark red everyone seems to be calling “oxblood,” even if that also sounds like something GOOP would tell us to drink as part of a spirit cleanse.
Trend We’re Happy To See Listen, we always say we’re going to do thirty pushups every morning before we have our coffee, but we can count on zero...
Trend We’re Happy To See Listen, we always say we’re going to do thirty pushups every morning before we have our coffee, but we can count on zero hands the number of times it’s actually happened. So we’re thrilled to see that the upcoming sleeve options for us are sexy and fluttery rather than dowdy. Thanks, Downton Abbey.
Trend That's Picking Up Steam There's something so cheerful and refreshing about something that isn't a solid. Funky patterns stepped up a notch ...
Trend That's Picking Up Steam There's something so cheerful and refreshing about something that isn't a solid. Funky patterns stepped up a notch beyond mere flowers and plaids, for example: a dress at Tommy Hilfiger printed to look like a cable-knit sweater; the handprints at DVF and Rodarte; a printed vinyl puffer vest at Oscar de la Renta, who is probably the only person in the world who can convince us we simply must have such a thing even though we live in a warm climate.
Trend We Hope Catches On It wasn’t just oxblood — there was an explosion of color this week, from bold red at Calvin Klein (!) to aqua at Proenza...
Trend We Hope Catches On It wasn’t just oxblood — there was an explosion of color this week, from bold red at Calvin Klein (!) to aqua at Proenza Schouler to the dusky rose at Carolina Herrera and exuberant palette of Nanette Lepore. We hope this tidal wave hits the Oscars next Sunday, because if we see another starlet in a delicate neutral, we may go completely mental.
Trend We REALLY Hope Catches On Jeremy Scott sent this rainbow onesie for men down his runway, and it looks like a hilarious novelty roll of Swee...
Trend We REALLY Hope Catches On Jeremy Scott sent this rainbow onesie for men down his runway, and it looks like a hilarious novelty roll of SweeTarts. Women have had jumpsuits foisted upon them for several seasons now – which only look good on the 0.000002 percent of the population that is Heidi Klum, and even then it’s hit or miss – so we’re hoping men will finally going to feel our pain.
Most Surprising Absence We were going to say Jessica Chastain, because she wore Calvin to the SAGs and we felt sure she’d swing by the show on he...
Most Surprising Absence We were going to say Jessica Chastain, because she wore Calvin to the SAGs and we felt sure she’d swing by the show on her way back from the BAFTAs. But then we realized: Why hasn’t anyone snagged Lady Mary Crawley? Michelle Dockery is gorgeous, she’s becoming a megastar, and – judging from the number of Downton-esque collections and the reaction Ralph Lauren got when he used the theme song to kick off his runway show – the fashion world is completely obsessed with her show. Just call her, people. They do have a phone at Downton now. Photo: Ray Tamarra/2012 Ray Tamarra
Biggest Cognitive Dissonance We’re not saying Vera Wang can only make wedding dresses or party frocks. But orange biker shorts, a sheer smock, an...
Biggest Cognitive Dissonance We’re not saying Vera Wang can only make wedding dresses or party frocks. But orange biker shorts, a sheer smock, and a microskirt-belt? Do those words even make sense in that order? Photo: Frazer Harrison/2012 Getty Images
Best Bod This is not to demean anyone else we saw at Fashion Week, but sweet pasta sandwich, Maria Menounos has an amazing figure. We’re going to...
Best Bod This is not to demean anyone else we saw at Fashion Week, but sweet pasta sandwich, Maria Menounos has an amazing figure. We’re going to tape this photo to the pantry. Photo: Frazer Harrison/2012 Getty Images
Messiest In Person Let us applaud Renee Zellweger for not sewing in a thousand pounds of hair extensions. But she’s got to wrangle her natural st...
Messiest In Person Let us applaud Renee Zellweger for not sewing in a thousand pounds of hair extensions. But she’s got to wrangle her natural strands into something better than this mangy updo, which she sported on two successive days. Those put the “ill” in “tendril.”
Most Ubiquitous Every season, there's one front row-goer who's so omnipresent that the press corps starts cracking wise as soon as she sits down&...
Most Ubiquitous Every season, there's one front row-goer who's so omnipresent that the press corps starts cracking wise as soon as she sits down – because no one has anything left to ask her, and we've all officially seen more of her than we have of our spouses. This season, it was Reverend Run’s daughter Angela Simmons, who does have a shoe line, and who may be very nice, but who may also need something else to do with herself. Go home sometimes, kid!
Biggest Danger To Our Wallets It’s no surprise that Fashion Week has great shoes, but this season, we lusted over so many of them, including the ...
Biggest Danger To Our Wallets It’s no surprise that Fashion Week has great shoes, but this season, we lusted over so many of them, including the beaded booties at Oscar de la Renta, the chunky-heeled pumps at Lela Rose, the bright patent heels at Chris Benz, and the covetable spiky Louboutins sported at The Blonds. Why don't we get those in gift bags?
Coolest Under Pressure We enjoyed Nina Dobrev’s answer when someone said she seemed calm amid the flashbulb scrums (“I’m an actress,” she smiled)...
Coolest Under Pressure We enjoyed Nina Dobrev’s answer when someone said she seemed calm amid the flashbulb scrums (“I’m an actress,” she smiled), but this one goes to Smash’s Megan Hilty. While she gave an interview before Cynthia Rowley – with plenty of space around her, mind – a photographer shoved up next to Hilty and all but elbowed her in the head as he tried to get a photo of Angela Simmons (apparently he didn’t know he’d have eighty other chances). We would have thrown an elbow back, but Hilty just noted, “He almost took my ear off,” without a flinch, then kept right on talking like the pro she is.
Quote That Makes Us Think We Might Be Friends At Monique Lhuillier, we heard Camilla Alves noting that she enjoys Fashion Week because she used t...
Quote That Makes Us Think We Might Be Friends At Monique Lhuillier, we heard Camilla Alves noting that she enjoys Fashion Week because she used to be the one on the catwalk, but now she can sit back and relax and have a glass of wine. Someday – albeit hopefully decades from now – we are going to say the same thing about being in the press mob. Photo: Chelsea Lauren/2012 Getty Images
Fashion Week Set We Really Want To Know About Much is written every year about the installations Marc Jacobs constructs, but this season Tommy Hi...
Fashion Week Set We Really Want To Know About Much is written every year about the installations Marc Jacobs constructs, but this season Tommy Hilfiger made the Park Avenue Armory look like an indoor park, complete with a towering brick-like façade and matching runway, properly dusty gravel flooring, elaborately fake cranberry-colored trees (which actually matched his jackets), and authentic seating: the Bryant Park style green four-tops from his men’s show, and park benches and wooden folding chairs at his women’s. We can’t imagine that was cheap or easy, but we were impressed (and a little sneezy) nonetheless. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/2012 Getty Images
Best Tribute As we all reeled from Whitney Houston’s tragic and shocking death on Saturday, we began to worry that every front row interview woul...
Best Tribute As we all reeled from Whitney Houston’s tragic and shocking death on Saturday, we began to worry that every front row interview would be dominated by people trying to milk Whitney quotes from any C-list yahoo who strolled by. And yet, not only was everyone pleasantly restrained on that score, but Donna Karan provided a classy tribute by capping both her shows with upbeat, joyful Houston tunes leaving us feeling lucky for what Houston has given us, rather than just sad for what she would not. Photo: Karl Prouse/Catwalking/2012 Catwalking
Most Salacious Rumor For a while we’ve heard buzz that Renee Zellweger may have gotten breast implants, but after Carolina Herrera the noise got ...
Most Salacious Rumor For a while we’ve heard buzz that Renee Zellweger may have gotten breast implants, but after Carolina Herrera the noise got a lot louder. It was tough to tell conclusively, as she wore nothing skimpy, but our exhaustive subsequent Googling has us thinking it’s just a really good bra – sometimes she’s bigger, sometimes she’s not – and in fact if that’s the case we wish she’d just tell us. We might need to buy one.
Best Commute Discovery According to the folks at Levi's, the hot dude they trotted out to perform a wicked banjo solo at the end of their show wa...
Best Commute Discovery According to the folks at Levi's, the hot dude they trotted out to perform a wicked banjo solo at the end of their show was a busker they found on the subway. Not only could the guy pluck a mean tune, but he also looked like a model. Can't imagine he'll be back loitering outside the 6 train any time soon. Photo: INB/Mandatory Credit: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com
Biggest WTF It is deeply insane that singer Cassie woke up on Wednesday and decided she wanted to wear sweatpants to The Blonds. The Blonds! Wher...
Biggest WTF It is deeply insane that singer Cassie woke up on Wednesday and decided she wanted to wear sweatpants to The Blonds. The Blonds! Where everyone else has dipped themselves in glitter and rolled around in crystals! Adam Lambert changed the color of his eyes for that show. Make an effort! Photo: Janet Mayer / Splash News/? www.splashnews.com
Most Tragic Missed Sighting We were incredibly bummed to miss Matt Damon at Naeem Khan – a show we usually attend, but couldn’t – espec...
Most Tragic Missed Sighting We were incredibly bummed to miss Matt Damon at Naeem Khan – a show we usually attend, but couldn’t – especially given that we were at the L.A.M.B show he was supposed to attend last season (which turned out to be a wacky prank). But while Damon is a delight, we're really bummed that we didn't get to go to Victoria Beckham this season and ogle her superstar underwear-model husband David Beckham in the front row. At least we can go visit his billboard whenever we want. Photo: Stephen Lovekin/2012 Getty Images
Best Mistaken Sighting We were super excited to see Colin Firth sitting next to Molly Sims at DVF, until we realized that a) Colin Firth was in E...
Best Mistaken Sighting We were super excited to see Colin Firth sitting next to Molly Sims at DVF, until we realized that a) Colin Firth was in England, giving Meryl Streep a BAFTA; and b) Colin Firth is most assuredly not Molly Sims' baby-daddy, and ergo, also not her affectionate seatmate. Apparently, DVF is when we reached the point of hallucination this season. Photo: Elizabeth Sullivan / Splash News/? www.splashnews.com
Best Top Model Sighting At Chris Benz, we saw a model make eye contact with a friend, wave excitedly, then start chattering at her – all from her...
Best Top Model Sighting At Chris Benz, we saw a model make eye contact with a friend, wave excitedly, then start chattering at her – all from her perch on the presentation’s dais. Suddenly she clamped shut her mouth and said, “Wait, I don’t know if I’m allowed to talk,” at which point she turned and started yakking with the model next to her instead. The wigs and makeup made it tough to tell, but we think this girl was Top Model all-star Kayla Ferrel – it would make sense; those girls are probably too thrilled (and surprised?) to get work to pay attention to the rules – making her at least the second ANTM alum Benz has used, the first being Kim Stolz. Maybe Tyra does know what she’s doing. Photo: Brian Ach/2012 Getty Images
Best Looking In Person For the first time ever, almost everyone we spied this week looked fantastic. Viola Davis, Minka Kelly, Emmy Rossum, Nina ...
Best Looking In Person For the first time ever, almost everyone we spied this week looked fantastic. Viola Davis, Minka Kelly, Emmy Rossum, Nina Dobrev, Ashley Greene … everyone turned it out. Which is nice for them, but totally boring for the gossips.
Favorite Photographer This year, it was the dude who popped up wearing a Price Is Right-style name tag with a different message printed on it eac...
Favorite Photographer This year, it was the dude who popped up wearing a Price Is Right-style name tag with a different message printed on it each day. He was like the Judah Friedlander of the photo pool. Our favorite? HASHTAG THIS. Indeed. Photo: Stephen Lovekin/2011 Getty Images
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