{"id":17182,"date":"2010-12-14T10:31:52","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T18:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/?p=17182"},"modified":"2010-12-14T10:45:31","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T18:45:31","slug":"2010-fashion-the-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/style\/fashion\/2010-fashion-the-year-in-review","title":{"rendered":"2010 Fashion: The Year In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Style.com<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Year in Style<\/em> mash-up of all that was seen and heard from the fashion world in 2010 is out, and it includes everything from personal style scene-stealers like Lady Gaga and Anna Dello Russo to digital fashion endeavors and movers and shakers like Terry Richardson and James Franco. The fashion Web site\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s review is pretty complete, but we would like to put our two cents in on what was important this year in fashion. Here, we present our take on the year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hits that Style.com left out or paid too little attention to (and a few fashion misses as well) in Signature9\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2010 fashion wrap-up.<\/p>\n

Alexander McQueen Moves Forward<\/h3>\n $\"\"$
Goodbye Mr. McQueen, hello Ms. Burton. Long live McQueen.<\/p><\/div>\n
Style.com covered the passing of Alexander McQueen <\/a>and the showing of the final collection he designed, but something that was equally important this year was the success of Sarah Burton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first show <\/a>as the new designer for the McQueen label. The passing of such a genius creative mind was indeed tragic, and the showing of McQueen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s last collection was a special moment, but Burton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s signal that the brand can honor McQueen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legacy while moving forward was absolutely stellar.<\/p>\n
John Galliano\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dior Couture Wows<\/h3>\n
$\"\"$ Dior haute couture was in full bloom this year<\/a> when John Galliano showed his Spring 2011 collection of flower-inspired looks. The imagery and execution of the designs combined with the high, tulip-like hair of the models for a full package display of gorgeousness and perhaps our favorite moment in fashion of 2010.
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Big Trends: the 2010 Mood Board<\/h3>\n
One thing missed entirely was a mention of the biggest trends of the year \u00e2\u20ac\u201c those that you will remember as distinctly 2010 when pulling out old photos in years to come. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a roundup: nude shoes<\/a> and dresses, half-moon manicures, everything greige, red hair, jeggings\/leggings\/skinny jeans with oversized booties, monokinis and fedoras. Also, Style.com mentioned Lady Gaga\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s raw meat dress <\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c a very important style moment of the year \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but failed to point out a bigger trend Mother Monster kicked off on runways last year<\/a> and passed on to the rest of the Hollywood community this year: going pants-less.<\/a><\/p>\n
Fashion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Night Out: The Show<\/h3>\n
$\"\"$ <\/a>Style.com highlighted Lincoln Center\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first season as the home of fashion week but didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mention the biggest event that took place there this September. Though news spread recently that Fashion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Night Out: The Show will not return next year (guess Anna\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not in to outdoing herself \u00e2\u20ac\u201c or perhaps FNO didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t boost sales as much as it was supposed to, which PS we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still waiting for word on<\/a>), the mash up of designer looks set to thumping music in front of an audience that included regular folks along with the show\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eventual air on television was an important step to bringing the consumer and runway fashion closer together. Becoming more relatable to the average person is just what designer fashion needs to remain relevant into the future, and Anna Wintour and co. helped bring that goal within sight this fall.
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State of Modeling<\/span><\/h3>\n
Miranda Kerr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appearance at Balenciaga’s Spring 2010 show as well as Prada and Louis Vuitton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s use of\u00c2\u00a0 other Victoria\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Secret Angels like Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima and Bar Refaeli were mentioned by Style.com, but the runway diva trends of 2010 warrant a broader discussion of the state of modeling. Not only were older, curvier models seen on runways that are typically reserved for the tall, tiny and teen, plus size girls like\u00c2\u00a0 Beth Ditto<\/a> popped up on the catwalk\u00c2\u00a0and the not-quite-plus, not-quite-sample-size Crystal Renn was everywhere from shows to editorials and advertising. We still think these appearances are more the result of designers trying to grab attention than an actual sea change, and 71-year-old Veruschka had similar feelings of being a gimmick after walking the London runway for Giles. Nonetheless, model diversity was a definite 2010 trend. Also worth noting: the battle of the celebrity versus the model for magazine covers raged on this year, with\u00c2\u00a0 Marion Cotillard grabbing the first French Vogue cover to go to an actress <\/a>in years \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and a September at that.<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Lanvin for H&M<\/h3>\n
$\"\"$ Style.com did feature Alber Elbaz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stunningly popular Lanvin for H&M collection, but we feel it merits more attention than the 3 short lines it was given. In a year when designer collaborations with mass market retailers were a dime a dozen, Lanvin for H&M managed to capture a massive amount of attention (including several posts<\/a> within the same day on this very Web site). To be fair to Style.com, Lanvin for H&M can actually be summed up in two words: Fashion frenzy.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd some 2010 fashion faux pas:<\/p>\n
Katy Perry<\/h3>\n
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Katy Perry is gorgeous (and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll admit we dig Teenage Dream), but her fashion sense is dead off way more often than it is dead on. The light-up dress she wore to this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Met Gala sticks out as her worst offense of 2010, but there was also the gumball dress, the Sesame Street inappropriate-ness mishap, the\u00c2\u00a0 poorly received figure skater dress she wore to the VMAs <\/a>(that we secretly love) and of course the blue hair. We like quirky and we don’t dislike the famous California Girl, but let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hope Mrs. Brand improves her over\/under on style hits in 2011.<\/p>\n
Jimmy Choo for Ugg<\/h3>\n
$\"\"$ If Lanvin for H&M was the Holy Grail of designer\/retailer collaborations, Jimmy Choo and Ugg Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s partnership <\/a>was the antithesis. The studded boots were something no actual rocker chick in her right mind would wear, and Jimmy Choo is just generally way too high class an act to associate with a brand whose name is short for ugly for a reason.<\/p>\n
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Model Falls on the Burberry Runway<\/h3>\n
$\"Model$ <\/a>
Model Down! Model Down!<\/p><\/div>\n
Models fall on the runway all the time, but when a tumble makes primetime newscasts that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty bad news for the label. Burberry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Spring 2011 show <\/a>was ripped by critics regardless of the models\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 obvious struggle with their shoes, but one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nasty spill just added insult to injury.<\/p>\n
American Apparel<\/h3>\n
$\"\"$ Oh, where to start with this one. Dov Charney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s questionable business practices like anti-ugly employee policies <\/a>and racy, bordering-on-porn ads<\/a> just make the already eyebrow-raising clothing American Apparel sells that much less appealing. If the brand were doing well financially it might save some face, but their pretty serious money struggles made the news this year as well and it doesn’t seem like hipster sexy is going to be enough to save the brand.<\/p>\n
Charney’s focus on appearance isn’t totally unjustified<\/a>, and we do hope the company’s less controversial employment policies can survive, but it’s getting harder for Charney to blame the recession as other stores begin to emerge from the slump. All together now: Womp womp.<\/p>\n
Fashion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Continued Reluctance to Accept Technology (let alone embrace it)<\/h3>\n
We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve repeated it ad nauseum this year: if fashion wants to remain relevant into the future, everyone in the business needs to get over the irrational fear of technology and insistence on ignoring it until it goes away. Style.com highlighted the parts of fashion that were digitized this year, but we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think the slow acceptance warrants praise. Yes, many more eCommerce stores were launched this year, Burberry made a noble attempt at adapting their runway shows to the times <\/a>and DKNY PR Girl achieved Twitter genius status, but other industries have left fashion in the dust on this one and even some brands are social but still making seriously stupid mistakes<\/a>. Ok, now we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll stop preaching it. For now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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