Flowers, Purple, and Yves, anyone? For S/S 2007, Stefano Pilati outdid himself again with this stroll through the garden, literally. With a lilac flower-covered runway, Pilati referenced the Saint Laurent archives like never before. So gorgeous I will just use this space to fill it up with pictures before different editorials start shoving these pieces in your face. Enjoy!
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Lance Bass? K-Fed? Carmen Eletrca? No, not the 2006 Worst Dressed list, but rather stars in the new October Vogue Italia, complete with Nicole Ritchie on the cover. Shocked is not the word. Usually this listing of people is reserved only for the MTV Movie Awards or something, not the cover of Vogue Italia. What happened to Daria, Gemma, and Hilary? What, have they become more expensive than these substandard celebrities? Now it seems we’re stuck with a Hollywood what-would-you-call? her on the cover and page after page of B-listers in expensive clothes. Sure, I like Nicole and she does look great on the cover, but any and all intentions of irony are non-existent. A social commentary on Hollywood? Keep dreamin’. Instead, this Meisel spread looks like the opening pages of US Weekly except with better styling and lighting. Carmen Electra successfully manages to ruin Chanel, YSL, and Balenciaga all in one shoot, while Kathy Griffith looks like her usual deranged-meets-drag-queen self. As for Lance Bass, too bad this spread didn’t come out a few months ago. I mean, after being photographed in an all-white and all-purple suit, you wouldn’t have to tell people that you’re gay. Up last we have the beloved K-Fed. Yes, K-fed and Vogue. To be honest, I haven’t seen a fit this bad since Mariah Carey’s last public appearance.
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Two words: matchy matchy. Okay, one word repeated. That said, we haven’t seen a couple so like-dressed since David and Victoria Beckham stepped out in matching, blinged-out white duds at the MTV Movie Video awards a few years back. Frankly, I prefer this couple much more, as well as Ms. Barton’s sweet Chanel boots, but if you chopped of their heads, these two would look like 16-year-old mall rats from Napanee, Ontario. The only difference? These two have much better drugs.
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Call her just a famous name, but I think I will always have a special place in my heart for Ms. McCartney. The pineapple pattern? Check. The cutout rhinestone pant? Loved. The zippered jean? Yup yup.

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Besides bits and pieces that looked a rehash of Chloe’s fall ’06 collection, I felt her S/S 2007 collection was very fresh for spring. Yes, there was the ubiquitous bubble hemline, but she did it in shorts (note: not for everyone) and paired it with a long-tailed white shirt. There were some great A-line minidresses covered in studs and a slew of balloon-sleeved tight micro-minis that spoke to this season’s return to 80′s sex. I would caution against the bloomer-like swimming bottoms, as well as the accompanying voluminous tops, though I must admit that the bright palette of green and blue offered them a summertime charm.

For the working woman, suit jackets came long and waistbands came up, a silhouette that recalled the 70′s/80′s. But then again, aren’t all Stella collections inspired, at least to some degree, by the 70′s and 80′s? Overall, another cute offering from Ms. McCartney, but ultimately leaving me wanting more from her.