vera wang spring 2015

Vera Wang is always a sleeper collection. Sometimes it's incredibly good and no one notices, and sometimes its pretty tacky and no one notices. I still try to keep my eye on it despite this. This latest collection, described by Wang herself as "Boyish Boudoir, Baby Bohemian" is an all-black, bruised eye beauty. Lots of tailored, belted pieces with frills and pleats contrasted with floaty layered dresses that weren't quite floral but not polka-dotted either. There's no direct theme to this collection, you can't call it one style or another, and there's no direct narrative, but I think it is a beautiful collection of clothes. What caught my eye the most was the beauty aspect though. The wavy hair with the hidden braids underneath paired with a personal favorite, bruisy purple eyes was kind of like a dream come true. One of my go-to makeup situations is very similar, a discontinued dusky purple eyeshadow from Clinique called "Enchanted", but the outcome is the same: really beautiful eyes. I certainly wouldn't put this in my top ten collections, but there are several backstage shots saved to my makeup files. If the all-bare trend continues in Milan and Paris, it may be one of my favourites of the season.

sources are style.com and stylebistro.com/runway