A bit late to the game with this, but to celebrate its 10th b-day, Style.com, our go-to site for everything cool and fashiony, worked together with 10 designers to do commemorative T-shirt designs incorporating the Roman numeral for 10 -- X. The one I want, Lanvin, has already sold out, but there are other cool ones after the cut. They retail for US$45 a pop, but don't ship to Hong Kong. Boo. What's your pick?

Get them here.

Boobie traps by Alexander Wang:


Esoteric as usual at Rodarte:


Graffiti-ish at Proenza Schouler, sort of like last season's fish print:


Prada's usual brand of bizarre:


Goth a Givenchy:


And I guess this would be my second fave, deconstructed at Balmain:



Images, as always, from Style.com

Sometimes the best things to see at fashion week aren't the various trends and colours and new things that you have to buy, or new things that you don't have the money to buy. Sometimes it's just noticing little details, like a new way to carry the shoulder bag you already have in your closet. At Burberry and Proenza Schouler, shoulder straps were purposefully created yet even more purposefully ignored, carried as clutches with the straps loosely bundled in the hand.

It took me something like a month to zip through some 100-plus episodes or five seasons of How I Met Your Mother. And if there's one fashion voice to heed in that show (certainly not Robin's), it's Barney Stinson's, he who loves the salary-man look. Is it his favourite one-liner call-to-arms, "Suit Up!", that infiltrated the inspiration boards at Christopher Kane and Proenza Schouler for Spring Fashion Week 2011? Or have I been irrevocably affected by HIMYM-itis? Most likely the latter, but I like to think it's the former.

Either way, both of these arguably more urban, street brands have gone a little bit prim 'n proper, but not without their subversive elements. Like with a colour palette of neon green and yellow. Or a suit jacket that's shaped more like a cardigan, and a bra top under a boxy-fit blazer. And as separates, these integrate perfectly into a gal's wardrobe too.

Given the fashion world's attempts to fatten up, between banning too-thin models and championing big-boobed corseted loveliness a la Marc Jacobs and Miuccia Prada this season... it's kind of scary to see the Proenza Schouler boys go the scary photoshop route with their first print ad campaign. I can't decide whether this is a case of virgin campaign creators overlooking the non-existent waist on the model (one of Ann or Kirby Kenny, the twins)... or if this is Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez's convoluted way of asking Kiefer Sutherland to head-butt them again. I'm certainly ready to. No! BAM! One's! BAM! Waist! BAM! Is! BAM! That! BAM! Slim! And also, can I have a PS1 please if I stop head-butting you guys? No? BAM! Here we go again...

Images from Style.com, more shots plus a behind-the-scenes video after the cut.

Remember, while I was ogling looks from the CFDA awards, I mentioned I want to sell my house and spend all my money on buying a giant PS1 to move into? It looks like the boys of Proenza are getting me one step closer to that dream with the mega PS1 from their resort collection.

Everybody's always on about Proenza Schouler for their amazing bustier dresses, the newest non-It It-bag PS1, their collaboration with Target for Go International. I fell in love with their footwear back in 2003, when their Spring 2004 collection hit the runway and these traffic-stopping beauties below certainly halted me in my tracks. What I love about them is that they're lady-like enough to go with a suit, but show enough toe cleavage to be sexy, and the yellow binding even hints at the designer duo's signature corsetry expertise. Images courtesy of Saksfifthavenue.com and Style.com