Christopher Bailey delivered an ultimately desirable collection outerwear. Giant-collared shearlings, military-style pea coats, overcoats and parkas (and every hybrid thereof) in all many variations of volume, shape, shagginess with leather strap and buckle detailings.

Bailey said backstage in terms of the collection’s origin:

“I was thinking of uniforms and cadet girls—but it all started when I looked at an aviator jacket in the archive. Then, as I started designing into it, I realized it could be as versatile as the trench—strong and sexy, masculine and feminine.”

Some of my favourites:

A easy equation to follow: jacket; lacey, skimpy, drapey skirt/dress; thigh-high leather boots or shearling-lined with buckles and straps!

In love with the zipper detailing of this overcoat!

The lapels on this blazer are such a good size

This one has Alice Dellal’s name written all over it.

Christopher Bailey nailed proportion and volume ratio in Burberry’s collection. And that shearling-lined leather aviator jacket will be the next ‘it’ jacket. For sure.

Nike Sportswear develops a new jacket for one of its most prized endorsers, Philippines star and Welterweight Champion boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao The jacket, a one-of-a-kind piece, features traditional Filipino color usage with beautiful embroidery throughout, all marking the journey of Pacquaio’s iconic status in the world of boxing and athletics as a whole.

via Hypebeast

The show was opened with a camel coat like most other designers this fall. Valli’s was of a cocoon-molded shape worn with semi-opaques and kitten sling-backs. You know straight away from the model’s classic up-do and black ‘cat’ eyeliner that there would be a little bit of a 60’s theme going on.

Many thigh-high shift dresses, fur, some embellishments and sheer gowns… Absolutely gorgeous as I had expected.

I love how this cropped jacket almost looks like an open cape

How innovative!

So many cute swingin’ shift dresses

Beautiful sheer evening dress, wish I could see it without the blazer though!

Va-va-voom!

Sheer is definitely a huge trend for Fall and it’s all over the runways in Paris and Milan… but please please please don’t over-do it:

Unless you’re a fashion eccentric mega-star like the lovely Lady Gaga then you got no excuse!

Photos via Style.com

The guys @ Selectism are all over COMUNE again. This time featuring an amazing cut and sew hood for COMUNE Spring 10.

http://www.selectism.com/news/2010/03/03/commune-stone-green-turkey-pullover-hoodie-sweatshirt/

Check out what to expect from Sucker’s runway show during Charleston Fashion Week, 2010. Flip to page 100 in the current edition of Charleston Magazine and get the lowdown on our runway show set to shake things up on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7:40 P.M. It’s the world debut of Sucker’s complete line. Beautiful, stylish, edgy and totally original jeans, jackets, vests, shirts and tees will rock the runway. Its our take on the unisex Southern dandy. You’ll love Sucker’s playful synthesis of our proprietary heavy-weight seersucker with fabrics like velvet, denim, poplin, linen, lace and sheer. There will be no mistake about where Sucker gets its inspiration. It’s not New York. It’s not L.A.. It’s the South. It’s Charleston, South Carolina; and Sucker is leading everybody else to this next fashion capital. Come see our completely original casual chic duds with identifiable Southern roots. We’re bringing it to you in turquoise, pink, crimson, white, carafe, cornsilk, mauve, gray, sable, olive, chocolate, teal, puce, red wine, ebony, black, denim blue and purple. Sucker won’t underwhelm you like some some dreary European minimalist gig. It’s the new South baby; and Sucker is happily reinventing Americana fashion, Southern style. Come see the future of casual upscale fashion — Sucker Jeans, March 17, 2010, 7:40 P.M. Charleston Fashion Week, Marion Square, Charleston, South Carolina. www.suckerjeans.com www.charlestonmag.com

You may or may not be struck by the phenomenon that is GLEE, the muched talked about US ‘high school musical’ style comedy drama tv series. Glee is on every week on E4 on a monday night then repeated later in the week on channel 4 too. So one of the main characters, Rachel Berry, featured frequently in the Gentle Fawn Sky jacket, in episode 8 last week.

Yet another amazing jacket that’s just landed from Nigel Cabourn. We’ve seen quite a few brands (Folk, Oliver Spencer, A.P.C. etc.) releasing yellow jackets for Spring but the Mandalay jacket has to be the best one we’ve seen this season. Made of 85% cotton and 15% silk, with a slight fishtail at the back, the special note of this jacket has to be the packaway feature, allowing the garment to be rolled up into the left pocket and turned into a bag and clipped around the waist.  At £455 from Sarah Coggles it’s a lot more expensive than a K-Way (!) but all Cabourn fans out there will know how special and unique this jacket is. (Part of Nigel Cabourn’s Authentic line).