Behati Prinsloo's Bikini Line

When Behati Prinsloo celebrated the opening of the very first Victoria’s Secret Pink store in New York City, she spilled on a little secret. The bubbly model actually turned designer and created her very own line of swimsuits for the brand!

Inspired by her home in Namibia, Behati explained her design process by saying, “We came up with the idea of Africa being the inspiration, since I am from there. But I wanted to make it very fun. There are four bikinis and some cover-ups in the line and everything has a bit of African inspiration. It’s not just the old animal print look. There’s a tiger on one, and little shells on the strings on another. Lots of cool details – I am really excited.”

And the end product is simply adorable. Keeping with the swimsuit trend of cut-outs, her one piece provides for just a slight bit more coverage, while the prints on her bikinis will make your friends in boring black suits extremely jealous.

The line retails for $24.50-49.50, includes one pieces, bikinis, and cover-ups,

Karla Spetic, The Dreamer

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Miu Miu, Resort 2011

Fun, sensual, insolent.

Miuccia Prada's prescription for Miu Miu's Resort collection nailed its naughty little heart. The clothes were inspired by lingerie shapes and lingerie fabrics like crepe de chine, satin, and sable, but there was another story, too.

Prada's undying reverence for Yves Saint Laurent is a strong strand of her design DNA, and there were echoes of YSL's notorious 1971 collection, the one that was scandalously inspired by the shady ladies of Paris in the early 1940's. That old-time raciness was reflected in the

"come hither" neon brightness of Miu Miu's color palette, carried over into armfuls of bracelets, and prints of apples and hearts whose cuteness was cut by the fact that they were slightly blurred, like a neon sign.

The languid line of a keyhole-neckline crepe dress or the masculine/feminine flared, cuffed cotton drill pants paired with a fitted military jacket could have been out of Dietrich's closet (her again!), except that the designer preferred the more playful, less ambiguous comedienne Carole Lombard as a reference.

"Keep things simplest" is Miuccia's new mantra. Word to the lookbook: one of the most seductive re-creations yet of the glamorous harpies who ruled the pages of Vogue Paris in the heady seventies. As far as the historical references go, Miuccia's convinced nobody remembers anything anyway, which means that Miu Miu fans will find irresistibly colored clothes in proportions that look sexy and new to them.

McQ, Aftermath

Sarah Burton proved she's the only choice to expand on Lee McQueen's legacy with a Resort collection that effortlessly updated his design codes without losing his drama. There's so much great material lying fallow in old McQueen collections that it would overwhelm anyone without the empathy, experience, and ability to edit that Burton brings to a difficult job.

Significantly for the future, proportions were lifted, with a higher waist taking some of the edge off of McQueen's traditional silhouette. Pieces like this have a straightforward chic.

It worked spectacularly well with evening dresses that fell away beautifully from the torso. One of them—in what looked like blood-drenched chiffon—evoked a vision of Isabelle Adjani in La Reine Margot, one of McQueen's favorite movies. It seems a taste for the macabre comes as naturally to Burton as it did to him. She shares his instinct for extreme glamour, too. His Hollywood clientele will scarcely be disappointed.

The tension between hardness and fragility that characterized McQueen's work was successfully sustained in defined shoulders (some armored like a samurai's) and tailored torsos that fell away into fins of diaphanousness. Burton continued to hybridize fabrics as she did in the Fall collection—lace transformed into chiffon in one cocktail dress.

Touches like that should allay the inevitable fears of McQueen's fans that continuation of his line would involve some kind of sellout. Burton hasn't neglected the dark romance, either—the brocades, the bullion embroidery are still here. She's simply let some light in.

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Givenchy, The Bone Collector

From Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy, an obsessive, intricate couture collection inspired by the human skeleton.

His latest Couture collection for Givenchy proved that he shares the grandmasters' fanatical devotion to realizing an intensely personal vision through cut, cloth, and, extraordinarily elaborate ornamentation.

The darkest color in the collection was the chocolate brown on those feathers. Otherwise, everything was white, flesh-colored, or gold, with a salon dedicated to each shade. Even the baboon fur that was attached to a swallowtailed knit jacket was spookily bleached.

He claimed his inspiration was Frida Kahlo and her three obsessions: religion, sensuality, and, given the painter's lifelong battle with spinal pain, the human anatomy. The zipper pulls were little bones, a belt was a spinal column re-created in porcelain. The dominant motif of the collection was the skeleton, laid out flat in the lace appliquéd on a long tulle column, or rendered in three dimensions in obsessively dense clusters of crystals, pearls, and lace on the back of a jacket in double silk duchesse satin.

In obsession is born the cult of couture.

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LV, Prefall 2010

There weren't any Afro wigs, but the vibe at Louis Vuitton's pre-fall presentation was just as playful as at the Spring ready-to-wear show—think crocheted tube socks in place of furry clogs and micro-mini cashmere sweater dresses instead of pleated kilts.

This season, the design backstory goes, the Vuitton woman has stumbled across a stash of brimming LV heritage trunks (lucky girl!). Inside them is a treasure trove of goodies, many with a 1960's slant, from a gray fox vest straight out of Love Story and a swingy cape cut from a vintage Vuitton blanket to reverse tweed skirtsuits and stripey handkerchief dresses.

And then there are the accessories: tote bags in steel lamé jacquard lined in quilted safety orange, and evening sandals complete with fur leg muffs. The collection may be young at heart, but it's 100 percent luxe.

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~ Burberry's Visual Effect

"I've been liking things where you can't quite understand what you're looking at," said Christopher Bailey, searching for words to describe the blurry visual effect of a soft, puffy-edged, bark-textured trench over a short gauze draped dress.

Elsewhere, what appeared at first glance to be a fluffy pale jacket of tufted tulle turned out to be made of leather, minutely shaved with razors to give an "eyelash"-fine 3-D texture.

The intense level of in-house research and fabric innovation is worn lightly, creating a raft of effects here that Bailey described with adjectives like "cloudy," "seductive," and "relaxed."

The result: a lightened-up, youthful lineup of pragmatic day-to-day separates—like puffy-shouldered knits with a knot in the sleeve and pleated pants with rolled cuffs—that pays attention to delivering specialness while deflating any sense of showy luxe.

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~ I Heart Blanco

Yuhuuu! Blanco’s Pre-Spring lookbook has arrived.

It is at times boho-chic/western, at times safari-driven, other times nautical. All of the pieces are perfect for mixing and matching, which is definitely an attractive factor. And... I've got to mention the X-factor Marloes Horst, the favorite-face of the moment, pulls off each ensemble effortlessly.

Once again a splendid visual feast! For full collection, just take a peek here Blanco.com

~ Peter Jensen's Rabbits

Peter Jensen pulled a rabbit out of a hat for his first Resort collection—or to be more exact, a bunny from his back catalog. "I had the little rabbit as a graphic in my Mildred collection ages ago. Then I thought we should bring him back as our logo," he said at a charming presentation in the quirky St. Barnabas House in London's Soho.

Turns out the rabbit got its hands, or rather paws, ears, and whiskers, all over on Jensen's clothes as well as his new swimwear line. A white T-shirt dress with a rabbit-shaped bib has loose ears that tie behind the neck, while a sweet sixties bikini comes with an ears halter. And just for fun there are giant pink, blue, and black plastic bunny sunglasses too, but, Jensen promises, "we're working on ones you could really wear."

The Danish designer had his model pose in a sitting-room set wholly drawn in black marker by his illustrator friend Charlotte Mann. The looks he presented—simple half-flounced crepe dresses and sweet pea-colored sequin cardigans, as well as a shift in a print featuring ants carrying off rings, strawberries, and a Scrabble tile—should be surefire love objects for teen/early twenties girls on the lookout for something cute but not saccharine to spend their babysitting money on.

Happily for Jensen, that market is one of the few that are still bouncing along as if nothing too grim is happening in the outside world, so kudos to him for the focus.

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~ Fun Fall with Kate Spade

Are you a woman who appreciates a fresh sense of style? A girl with fashion sense of your own, quirky personality and not afraid to stand out in the crowd?

Then listen up because KateSpade is right for you!
Official website: www.katespade.com

This cheerful clothing collection from renowned fashion accessories label Kate Spade is the loveliest thing I've seen for some time. For the current fall season Kate Spade launched 60s retro French style looks with a very feminine and optimistic feel.

Bright, joyful colors like mustard yellow, tomato red, cerise pink, as well as shiny sequins or graphic details such as contrast buttons and black-on-white oversized polka dots cheer up quiet neutrals.

Fall 2009 looks from Kate Spade online collection have charming evoking names like "dashing into the office" or "off to the opera" and embrace some of the ongoing season trends such as the sweater dress, the bow-front blouse, the wool pencil skirt, the sequined shift dress, the military styled coat or the cropped faux-fur jacket, all with a discreet, timeless appeal. Take a look for yourself.

~ Stella's Love for Sequin

Stella McCartney Resort 2010 collection made its debut at a soiree the designer hosted in absentia at her L.A. store on Friday night in honor of World Environment Day.

In the first camp, a look that hewed to the saucier side of the designer's sexy/sportif approach: Savile Row-sharp tuxedos and a guipure lace jumpsuit (McCartney herself wore that number to the Met gala).

Next, come along a pair of floral dresses, one in acid-bright sequins and the other in a naive scribble print. Nautically inspired striped sweater dresses, slouchy drawstring-waist jackets,and a romper or two represented the sportier side of things.

Proving that the designer practices what she preaches, 15 percent of the line is partially or 100 percent organic.

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