This Week in ‘Fashion Week Spring 2010′ Shoes

-Christopher Kane and Jonathan Saunders’ Strappy Shoes for Spring 2010 [via TrendHunter]

-Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte Spring 2010 [via Jak & Jil Blog]

Would You Wear a Designer’s Clothing or Shoes to His or Her Show?

What do you think about wearing the designer’s clothes or shoes to their show? Is it like wearing a band’s t-shirt to their show? Would you wear Zanotti to go meet Zanotti, or Manolo to meet the master?

Adorable (but has perhaps gotten too skinny, as is sadly not unusual of course for young starlets on their way up) Rachel Bilson, who first stole our hearts on The O.C., has fashion sense as zingy and hip as her characters. She and Michelle Williams are some of my favorite young starlets who know how to dress in the crossroads of young, edgy and hip, designer fashionable and somewhat tasteful and classic.

I love Ms. Bilson in DVF, but I’m not sure about this dress. Would definitely look tacky on a blonde, but I feel like it’s saved by her being a brunette. She wore this DVF resort dress to the DVF Spring 2010 show. Many other stars did the same for their favorite designers. It seems to be a pledge of allegiance and a show of financial/media/moral support in hard times.

What do you think about the etiquette of to wear or not to wear the designer’s clothes to his or her show? And do you dig the black booties with the colorful dress?

Love DVF’s clothes, but I was at her store on Fashion’s Night Out and am still not extremely digging the accessories excepting the Molto sandals with her traditional emblem, the love knot, on sale at Bluefly for $135.15. They’re classic, and you’ll definitely wear them if you’re going on vacation this winter.

The bags I looked at on Fashion’s Night Out were a bit furrily frightening, and the shoes have a way to go. The shoes this model and many of the other models sported are, however, interesting. (Sadly, they are not available on her website yet, though by winter resort time I assume they will be. Many people think this is what’s wrong with the fashion industry — that by the time the clothes and accessories are produced, you’re over them because you’ve been looking at them for months online, and they’re old hat to you.)

Not at all bothered if you feel differently, dear readers. It’s fun to wear what’s au courant. But I personally would pick a middle ground by wearing something vintage by that designer that’s not so recent or in circulation, or by wearing a little known designer friend to give him or her attention. But as for wearing the designer to the show, I just would feel like I couldn’t compete with those models and their height, and even as a starlet, I think they look a little silly posing as fashion plates of the most recent clothes the designer made. But I guess I like my things vintage and old!

Three cheers for DVF for resort, anyhow. It’s been out for months but I still love it. I think the collection is much lovelier than the regular Spring collection, even with the giant head bows hats. If I end up actually going on vacation this winter, I’ll be considering her resort clothes!

Prada Spring 2010 Shoes

Continuing on the see-through theme we saw with Christian Louboutin for Marchesa, Prada’s Spring collection was equally transparent,  but not in a good way.  The chandelier-ish skirt was bearable, but the naked handbag didn’t work for Chanel and Prada still wasn’t able to make it work for me in 2010.

As for the shoes, I’m not a fan of clear PVC footwear.  Shoes need to breath.  So not only are these Prada shoes pretty ugly, but they are pretty impractical and surely aren’t worth the hefty pricetag they will carry.

Images:  Style.com

Burberry Spring 2010 Platforms

Burberry’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection was titled “Twisted Classic”.  The theme was evident right down to the footwear, which included leather platforms which were either braided or twisted.

If the above neutral palette leaves you craving a little color,  Emma Watson attended the show decked out in a head to toe Burberry Spring 2010 ensemble, including black twisted platforms.   Wonder how she scored the pieces early?  Besides her celebrity status, Emma recently modelled for Burberry so I’m sure wearing anything but Burberry would have been a faux-paus.

Spring 2010 Christian Louboutin Heels for Marchesa

Bare with me.  I’m still catching up with fashion week and though these posts are a a bit late, I would be remiss not to share the gorgeous Christian Louboutin shoes worn by the models for Marchesa’s equally stunning Spring 2010 collection.

First up is this beautiful cutout black and white Marchesa dress. The collection was supposedly inspired by Madame Butterfly. I love the twists and turns on this dress and wonder how the curvy design remains intact.  The model is wearing patent mesh ankle boots with this dress.   If the shoes look familiar, they are indeed very similar to the Louboutin’s Bridget and Bridget Strass shoe, which most of you liked seeing on Sarah Jessica Parker in a scene from SATC 2, the most.    The mesh bootie shows how curled up these model’s toes were.  I would pity her except she gets to wear this dress.

Here’s a white version of the Louboutin heel we just saw except the heel cap seems to have a bit more texture.  The bow on the dinner jacket reminds me of a wedding cake.

Louboutin seems to favor see-through, mesh detailing for spring.  Here’s a  fuschia peep-toe creation with weaved embroidery.

If I wasn’t already married, I would want to buy these Louboutin shoes for my wedding.  Hmm, maybe we should renew our vows.

Images via Coutorture and TrendSetter