Marc by Marc Jacobs SS 2010

He's fashion's biggest superstar, no question, and he earned that reputation all over again this week with his fantastic signature collection. Under the circumstances, it's probably no surprise that his little-sister show, with its best-bits-from-the-vintage-store mentality, can be something of a letdown. But the Marc by Marc Jacobs line he presented for Spring today was one of his liveliest in a while.

Boy by Band of Outsiders: Spring 2010

Scott Sternberg comes from the movie business; he loves a set. This season it was sand dunes, hammocks, and little toy boats floating in miniature lakes. So, we were at the beach. "Malibu in the seventies," to be specific, he said in between greeting his grandparents and Jason Schwartzman (another previous campaign star, Kirsten Dunst, was also there). "It started with a Jacques Cousteau documentary, Le Monde du Silence," he explained. "And from there I started listening to Dennis Wilson." As in the Beach Boys.

Sternberg's familiar shrunken, double-breasted navy blazers were paired with suspender skirts—kind of like a preppy Hervé Léger or, to put it another way, an urbane surfer. The seaside motif continued via a cute seersucker popover top paired with a faded denim bubble skirt, and a boat-print blouse worn with cuffed shorts and a decidedly not-weatherproof anorak with a feather-trimmed hood.

It's not the collection you expect to see in New York. Obviously compared to Marc Jacobs, Band of Outsiders may result much more "wearable", because any of this looks can be used without any changes on a daily bases.

Here's the womanswear collection by Boy by Band of Outsiders:

ADAM: Spring 2010

We are approaching the last days of New York Fashion Week, so I'm going to start posting some of my favorite shows. Mainly I'd like to focus on the less-known designers, who without a doubt have captivated me this season. I'll start with ADAM. Now in his fourth season showing on the runway, Adam Lippes is clear on his "mythical muse," as he puts it: the gyp-setting girl who's equally at home in New York City, Paris, or a tiny hut on the Indian Ocean. For Spring '10 she traveled to Lamu, Kenya (where the designer vacations).
Here's the collection: