Paris Fashion Week Spring Summer 2011

Who: Akris
What we liked: The use of details and structure on otherwise plain pieces
What we didn't: Some of the show as far too boring and simple

Who: Rue du Mail
What it made us think of: Light shining through water, glass and geometric structures
What we liked: The lightness of the clothes, the colors, the swirling ruffles, the vests, the patterned fringe
What we didn't: The "sexy" fringe dresses with peek-a-book skin

Paris Fashion Week Spring Summer 2011

Who: Lanvin
What it made us think of: A story in subtle textures
What we liked: long full skirts, harnesses, dress halves zipped together, Matrix sunglasses, color
What we didn't: The more Calvin Klein spins on minimalism. A four-digit price tag can't make it more than a sheath dress.

Who: Tao
What it made us think of: Girls who contract cases of the vapors and faint dramatically in Victorian literature.
What we liked: Suessian hair and hats, ruching, colorful flats with monochrome clothes, ruffles
What we didn't: unflattering sheer bits

Who: Ann Demeulemeester
What it made us think of: Black and white photography of buildings
What we liked: funnel necks, graphic prints, buckles
What we didn't: mullet skirts, clunky boots