New York Fashion Week :: Heatherette [The ZOO]

Heatherette :: Fall 2006

Oh Heatherette! How we love you! You make us laugh, you make us smile, you make us dance and you make us question our sexuality. We tell ourselves that seven full days of what can be fashion hell; it?¢‚Ç¨‚Ñ¢s all worth it all just to have a coveted seat in your audience full of B-level stars, drag queens and other circus acts. What was fashion week like before Richie Rich and Traver Rains? Yawn!

This season the girls boys at Heatherette looked no further than their own backyard, New York City, for inspiration and designs. The ?¢‚Ç¨?ìGothamism?¢‚Ç¨? line was everything you would expect in a Heatherette collection; lots of large patterns, textures, fur and color ?¢‚Ç¨¬¶ all over the place! Boys and girls can look forward to glittery tops and flared pants, bright bold geometric chiffon dresses with two totally different prints finished at the sleeves with a sweet ribbon bow. Tight pants and little jackets had bold images of rainbows, the Empire State Building and other New York novelties. Usually I am drawn to Heatherette, not because of the wearability or desire to actually own the clothes, but more so by the unusualness and creativity of the whole collection. This season I found myself lusting after more than half of the collection! The sequin flapper dress and shirts with a rhinestone silhouette of the NYC skyline had me thinking ?¢‚Ç¨Àúhello?¢‚Ç¨‚Ñ¢ and the long metallic slate blue dress had me day dreaming about all the Christmas parties there are to come (didn?¢‚Ç¨‚Ñ¢t we just get over that?).

Only Heatherette can create an environment where The MisShapes, The Trinity and Vogue editors can come together and live in harmony. As Amanda Lepore sashayed toward the blinking lights at the end of the runways, she held a sign proclaiming, ?¢‚Ç¨?ìDreams really do come true ?¢‚Ç¨¬¶ in New York City?¢‚Ç¨?. For those 45 seconds the city felt happy as the socialites, hipsters, trannies and thugs all joined in applause?¢‚Ç¨¬¶ finally we all agree on something! [Meghan Casey] more...