Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear: Top 5

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Let’s be honest with ourselves, Fashion Week –or months really – is overwhelming. There’s a ridiculous amount of designers showing their best dresses, jackets, pants, bracelets, shorts, skirts, rings, etc. that it’s almost impossible to remember who did what, when was it and what you will actually wear.So, we get to the good stuff and give you a brief wrap of the best of the best. And best doesn’t mean the most out there or best design; it’s the best in its own right.Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen’s dramatic production could easily be the most memorable show of the season. McQueen showed various short hour-glass dresses in digital reptilian prints with full shoulders and exaggerated volume, skinny leather pants, towering iridescent sea monster heels, futuristic booties , metal heels, and braid-sculpted hair all power-walking down the runway to Lady Gaga’s new single. How can you not be fascinated by a show that was inspired from sea monsters, skulls, aliens, and computer technology?Balmain

If imitation is the ultimate form of flattery, then Christophe Decarnin should be beyond flattered. Decarnin has already managed to create back to back collections that are still being trickled down to your neighborhood mall, and for Spring 2010 he does it again. By the time Valentine’s Day rolls around, expect stores to be filled with tattered tees, military tailcoats embellished with fringe and decorative buttons, metallic goddess dresses, black and metallic skin-tight pants, and bullet detailed belts. Girls will be running around in their military/goddess inspired wardrobes praising Decarnin.Burberry Prorsum

Perhaps it was because Burberry was returning to its London roots or that it was the finale of the 25th London Fashion Week, but Christopher Bailey went all out on the iconic trench coat. No longer for dull rainy days, Burberry’s staple trench has been updated with ruche shoulders and skirts, neutral belts, pastels and shorter hem lines. Alongside the trenches were ruche pants, beautifully draped tops, and wrapped platform worn with socks. It was pure genius to take something so simple and classic and make it runway glamorous.Givenchy

When you think goth, Arabic, and Roman, you may not think fabulous, until you see Givenchy’s collection. Young and talented Riccardo Tisci created monochromatic perfection with pant jumpsuits, voluminous harem pants, goddess dresses, and modern jackets. His runway wedges are edgy yet wearable. In his short reign at Givenchy, Tisci has created a name for himself and has risen in the ranks as a favorite.Louis Vuitton

True, not everyone is in love with Louis Vuitton Spring 2010. However, it is probably the freshest step any designer did for the season. Not a stud in sight, well except for the ones on the clogs, Marc Jacobs makes his mark with a plethora of accessories and details for his eclectic collection. A mash-up of neon, ombré LV print , biker shorts, prints, funky slip dresses, military coats, tassels, fox tails, beads, chunky bracelets, Afro wigs and clogs with mustaches could only come from the imagination of Marc Jacobs.