Saturday night, Rickie Gonzales hosted a preview of his VMarie, "Us Against the World," Spring 2010 Collection at the Devil's Martini south.
Although many of his fabrics and colors remind me more of fall and winter than of spring, VMarie holds up to their awe-worthy design style in their Spring collection.
My favorite dress hit the runway first. I was too mesmerized to photograph The Stunner (as I'll call it now) for you, but hopefully you can visualize his masterpiece:
The Stunner is a gorgeous, spring white silk mini dress. Simple, thick, tank top straps, followed by a fitted, v-neck torso and an elegant and flirty waste wrap, which is then fastened by a bow in front. The bright white bow flows into a vertical, cupcake layered skirt. Inside each fold lies the only color on the dress--a light blue, hollow circle pattern.
The Stunner is...well, stunning. The inspiring colors and womanly figure captures VMarie's truly unique vision in today's fashion world.
Like I said before, the remainder of his collection is beautifully and wonderfully complicated. Yet, I'm afraid this young designer doesn't fully capture the spring with his winter white dresses and deep purple and maroon details.
Maybe he'll change his mind and make all our Christmas dreams complete by releasing his collection after Phoenix
Fashion Week!
That's all I have for you today. Make sure to get your Phoenix Fashion Week tickets asap! You won't want to miss VMarie or any of the other designers this year.
Stay sweet, Stay beautiful,
E.
This is my artsy photo of the evening: what is shadow and what is real?