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New York Fashion Week: Days 3 and 4

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Elyssa Goodman

I love it when fashion makes me think like art does, whether I don’t understand it or I can just appreciate it.

One line in particular that made me think was Cynthia Rowley’s Spring 2011 collection. She mixes brights like mustard with pastels like periwinkle for a harsh but thoughtful contrast which I think will make an interesting addition to the look of spring. I really like her use of geometry with the cutouts. She puts a modern spin on a lot of more classic pieces, and I have a lot of respect for that. Here’s one outfit I especially like:

http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2011/spring/main/newyork/womenrunw…

I also have a lot of respect for newcomer Prabal Gurung’s line. While a lot of his dresses and skirts were the same length, but his silhouettes are so clean and sophisticated. Like Cynthia Rowley, he also makes interesting use of geometry:

http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2011/spring/main/newyork/womenrunw…

Although Christophe Lemaire is leaving Lacoste after this collection, he’s certainly going out with a bang. He’s done a lot to change Lacoste from being just about polo shirts. So much of Lemaire’s designs are thoughtful and are really taking the line in a new direction, like this one:

http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2011/spring/main/newyork/womenrunw…

Lastly, I thought Lela Rose had to offer for the upcoming season. Her designs are playful and youthful but elegant. It’s rare that I see designs that I both like and could see myself actually wearing, but there are tons of those pieces in Rose’s collection.

http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2011/spring/main/newyork/womenrunw…

Stay tuned for more highlights from fashion week!

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Elyssa Goodman likes words and pictures a lot. She is a Style Consultant at Her Campus, was previously the publication's first Style Editor, and has been with the magazine since its inception in 2009. Elyssa graduated with honors from Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied Professional Writing, Creative Writing, and Photography. As an undergraduate, she founded and was the editor-in-chief of The Cut, Carnegie Mellon's Music Magazine. Originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Elyssa now lives and works in New York City as Miss Manhattan, a freelance writer, photographer, stylist and social media consultant. Her work has appeared in Vice, Marie Claire, New York Magazine, Glamour, The New Yorker, Artforum, Bust, Bullett, Time Out New York, Nerve.com, and many other publications across the globe. Elyssa is also the photographer of the book "Awkwafina's NYC," written by Nora "Awkwafina" Lum. She loves New York punk circa 1973, old-school photobooths, macaroni and cheese, and Marilyn Monroe. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @MissManhattanNY.