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Headdress' New Frontier?

By The Smart Stylist on October 6, 2008 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

John Galliano Women's Ready To Wear Spring 2009 (photos courtesy of Style.com)

Spring 2009 Ready To Wear Collections have been parading the runways of Paris and London for a couple of weeks now. Judging by Style.com's extensive coverage, there were a few designers that showed better collections from previous seasons. And of course, there are the seasonal fashion criminals and offenders. It's ironic how runway shows, which are supposed to be a showcase of chic, trendy and innovative fashion; the worst are also expected to be ever present. Personally, I like that. Giving collections season after season entertainment value. I said that not undermining and disrespecting the hard work and creative talents of fashion designers.

Junya Watanabe Women's Ready To Wear Spring 2009 (photos courtesy of Style.com)

When browsing the collections for RTW Spring 2009 , I noticed that headdresses are getting taller, bigger and interesting. Feathers, one foot tall bowler hats, tulle origami, cornucopia of flowers and shrubberies graced the catwalks adding more pizzazz to the garments. I contemplated on charging criminal fashion negligence the designers responsible for the over the top head gears but decided not to. As a matter of fact, I enjoyed seeing their artistic expression. Besides there were worst fashion road kill that flanked the runways. So, is bigger and over the top designs are headdress' new frontier? I guess we just have to see.