Compiled by Nancy Won, Randi Bergman, Zeina Esmail and Bernadette Morra
Fashion week is a little like Groundhog Day, isn’t it? Just as you get used to this season’s It bag, you’re thrust into the eye of another must-have storm. A month before we prepare to do it all over again, we look back at Spring 2014 and recount the best looks, most memorable moments and juiciest gossip from the front lines of fashion week. From Chanel’s selfie-primed runway space to Alexander Wang’s logomania, here are the 25 things you’ll need to know from New York to Paris and back again.
Tommy Hilfiger’s breezy California beachscape had me daydreaming of surf, sand and sun all week.
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spring 2014 top New York fashion week moments
NEW YORK
Buzziest show:
Marc Jacobs closed the week on a dark and stormy note. His broken-down beach scene, complete with black sand
and eerie shipwreck, set the stage for his moody prints and Victorian military jackets.
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spring 2014 top New York fashion week moments
NEW YORK
Freshest Swag:
This hot-off-the-runway bag by Ostwald Helgason for Aldo Rise was in my hotel room when I arrived in New York, giving me the street-style one-up on other editors and their (pfff!) current-season digs.
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spring 2014 top New York fashion week moments
NEW YORK
I want:
The cool ’90s tomboy looks at Rag & Bone.
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spring 2014 top New York fashion week moments
NEW YORK
On the street:
Forget wacky sunglasses, kooky clutches and architectural stilettos: Stylish tots were the It accessory at fashion week this season.
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spring 2014 top New York fashion week moments
NEW YORK
Editor’s Must-Have:
When you’re running all over Manhattan, going to 10 shows a day, an emergency candy stash helps take the edge off.
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spring 2014 top New York fashion week moments
NEW YORK
Most Shameless Self-
Promotion:
Alexander Wang and DKNY were inspired by themselves for spring.
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spring 2014 top London fashion week moments
LONDON By Randi Bergman
Fashion shower:
The Burberry Prorsum show turned mega production when the skies broke out into a full-fledged storm (visible through the brand’s signature see-through tent) as models were hitting the runway in a shower of rose petals.
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spring 2014 top London fashion week moments
LONDON
Most luxe runway:
Tom Ford set up plush sofas for guests to lounge on while sipping champagne and ogling Cate Blanchett and Colin Firth, who were holding court front row.
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spring 2014 top London fashion week moments
LONDON
Editor’s Must-Have:
I’d been coveting a particularly vibrant pinky-red matte lipstick since spotting it on runways last season. Serendipitously, M.A.C left that exact shade (“Relentlessly Red”) in my hotel room on my first day in town. Life made!
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spring 2014 top London fashion week moments
LONDON
Buzziest show:
Christopher Kane had everyone talking for days after his psychedelic botany-inspired spring presentation.
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spring 2014 top London fashion week moments
LONDON
Cutest cuppa:
Mulberry took teatime to a whole new level with its spring show invitation, which was accompanied by a custom-made mini Wedgwood cup-and-saucer set.
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spring 2014 top London fashion week moments
LONDON
I want:
Everything about this Simone Rocha look—the slashes on the skirt, the pearl-trimmed knee-highs, the Perspex mom sandals
—makes me wild!
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spring 2014 top London fashion week moments
LONDON
Coolest Collab:
Smythson amped up its spring preview with an exhibit of collages by artist Quentin Jones which blended the brand’s iconic leathers into famous faces like Katharine Hepburn and Dita Von Teese.
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spring 2014 top Milan fashion week moments
MILAN By Zeina Esmail
Buzziest show:
At Prada, six street artists were commissioned (by Miuccia herself) to paint pop art-inspired murals all over the venue. The designs were mimicked in full technicolour on virtually every piece in the collection. Mind-blowing!
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spring 2014 top Milan fashion week moments
MILAN
Best first impression:
Alessandra Facchinetti’s debut collection for Tod’s had editors coveting her colour-blocked leather and laser-cut shirtdresses all week.
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spring 2014 top Milan fashion week moments
MILAN
Editor’s Must-Have:
My Chanel purse and Balmain sunglasses—they go with everything!
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spring 2014 top Milan fashion week moments
MILAN
On the street:
Miroslava Duma’s forest-green Calvin Klein ensemble—strapless and belted with matching pom-pom pumps, tightly bundled scarf and bordeaux Kelly—was my favourite look of the week.
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spring 2014 top Milan fashion week moments
MILAN
I want:
Marni’s embellished bomber.
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spring 2014 top Paris fashion week moments
PARIS By Bernadette Morra
Most irresistible selfie:
I wasn’t the only one snapping pix with the Chanel-inspired artworks (designed by Karl Lagerfeld) ringing the runway of the Grand Palais.
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spring 2014 top Paris fashion week moments
PARIS
Buzziest show:
The scowling step teams Rick Owens flew in from the States to replace
models in his show brought the house down with their aggressive choreographed stomping.
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spring 2014 top Paris fashion week moments
PARIS
Eye spy:
Stella McCartney’s show
invite came with an oversized google-eyes ring, which had me wondering if her four kids had a hand in the event planning.
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spring 2014 top Paris fashion week moments
PARIS
I want:
Raf Simons’s beaded wisteria neckpiece for Christian Dior.
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spring 2014 top Paris fashion week moments
PARIS
Editor’s Must-Have:
I purchased these Prada Oxfords on my first day in Paris and ended up wearing them almost every day!
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spring 2014 top Paris fashion week moments
PARIS
Fade to black:
Marc Jacobs said goodbye to Louis Vuitton by setting his jet-spangled showgirls amid past runway props painted black.
