I arrived at to the show early – always a mistake – gave my name and received the dreaded card “Standing.” I was so happy to be there but to be early to a fashion show that never starts on time and wearing five inch high-heeled boots — it was an orthopedic nightmare!

As I walked along way in the back where all the other designated pigeons had been directed, I began to think, “I love these designers… how am I going to get a seat – moreover – get a front row seat? ” As people started filing in, I had my eye on a spot near the photographers in the front row – best seat in the house if you ask me. Somehow I used my magic and managed to score the seat – success at last!

The music fit the collection to a T: each body, swaggering left to right, hit every note from the MisShapes linesheet. The shoes (Giuseppe Zanotti) complimented the clothing’s shape, stature and color. Even the models’ hair, perfectly coiffed, had correlating lightening streaks of hairspray reminiscent of the color of the clothes they were wearing.

The base of the collection was comprised of ultrasuede in asymmetrically-hemmed dresses, pencil knee-length skirts, some silk jodhpurs mixed with black, skinny, stretch-denim, stovepipe-silhouette pants. The highlight for me was the unique use of drapery with the ultrasuede, whether it was demonstrated with multiple layers of pleating and pin-tucked, asymmetrical hemlines of the dresses, or the bubble and parachute skirts (which made a full circle away from and back in towards the body). I felt like I could have gotten lost in that draping.

The silhouette that stood out to me the most was certainly novel to my eye. The shape centered on the various tops and the torso of dresses, mirroring that of a Jodhpur pant turned 180 degrees to make Jodhpur sleeves. It looked incredibly chic and strong. The women looked fearless.

My favorite accessory I have seen so on my fashion journey was 100% in this collection. The necklaces, chokers wrapped around twice and three times, the lariats, the simple strands of Swarovski encrusted hand knotted ultrasuede were to die for. In some instances incorporated into the neck line of the dress or attached around the trimming of the top of the blouse, these necklaces were mesmerizing. From far away, they looked like stiff, almost glazed, stones and rope that looked heavy and strong with a dash of dominatrix – but then, you see them up close and they look like thousands and thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and real gems and diamonds encrusted together with a shiny blackened gold. They went from being S&M to being as elegant as a string of pearls. The stones encrusted in the ultrasuede sparkled from each model’s first step on the runway to her last. They were like stars that I could follow home if I got lost.

That’s it for tonight… see you tomorrow for more juicy fashion show details!