BCBG Max Azria Fall/Winter 2008 Show at New York Fashion Week

The BCBG Max Azria Fall/Winter 2008 collection isn’t exactly what you might expect for fall/winter clothing: short sleeves, short skirts, sleeveless coats, even shorter skirts. The new BCBG collection by fashion designer Max Azria was shown during their runway show at New York Fashion Week.

Karla Martinez, women’s fashion market director, had this to say about the show, which took place at the tents in Bryant Park:

About the clothes: Muted colors — a lot of beige, pale gray and plums. All very wearable silhouettes in the first part of the show and the finale dresses are great for ladies with great legs! Standouts: Gray wool long pleated dress. Pretty, delicate layered collars.

The California-based designer’s collection was the first major women’s catwalk show of New York Fashion Week. The collection featured lots of subdued neutral hues, though there were a few brighter colors here and there – like cranberry, golden yellow and teal.

Many of the looks featured pleated details. Lots of the designs were paired with belts; many of the more flowing, silky silhouettes were paired with rope-like belts. It appears that belted waists are popular this season and were also seen in the BCBG Max Azria Spring 2008 collection.

And there were, of course, very short hemlines. This seems to be a staple feature of BCBG Max Azria designs — even though this is a fall collection, — though there were also a few items with longer hemlines (notably the evening gowns).

As usual, the fashion designs that stood out the most from the Fall/Winter 2008 Collection were the BCBG Max Azria dresses.

The collection, as a whole, is being called a “fresh departure” for BCBG Max Azria, featuring some designs not typical of Azria’s repertoire.

Apparently, one of the models fell while walking down the runway, but was unhurt and picked herself up and carried on like a consummate professional.

As expected, many celebrities attended the show, notably Joss Stone, Ana Ortiz, Sophia Bush and Christina Milan.

 
 
 
Sources: NY Times: The Moment; NY Post: Fashion Week