Paris Fashion Week has ended and Bridal Fashion Week is now pulling up the fashion caboose.  What I love about bridal is that it is all about the dream… the wedding fairytale.  It is always fun to look, even after you’ve been the bride.

Thursday, Lela Rose celebrated her 10th bridal collection, showing in Union Square.  While I always love Lela Rose collections (I wore Lela Rose for my wedding), the use of pearl detailing, head wraps and short veils, textured fabrics and range of silhouettes were lovely combinations and perfectly polished.  Exactly how every chic bride would love to look on her wedding day.

Feauture: @lelarose Photo 1: @marths_wedding Photo 2:@lelarose Photo 3: @heed_fashion Photo 4: @aachild Photo 5: @anniecavallo

I loved New York’s Spring 16 Fashion Week.  This is a rarity for me, as I tend to gravitate towards Europe’s shows.  But this year, there was so much amazingness coming out of NYC, it was kind of shocking.  Not only was there innovation in the fabrications, but clear color trends emerged (oranges and reds), along with new and exciting design concepts.  And it was all done really beautifully.  The looks were well-styled from hair to toe.  The complete gestalt.

Not only am I inspired by the creativity the designers put forth in their collections (Marc Jacobs especially), but there was a major wearability component present in NYC, which is not always the case on the runway.  I find the balance of imaginative and wearable collections to be critical.  You want the art, but then you also want to be able to wear the clothes (or at least dream to) day to day.

My favorite show goes to Ryan Roche.  I basically want to live in this collection.  Forever.

Here are some of the highlights from the week…

Photos – Clockwise from top: Delpozo (@tmagzine), Tome (@margaret__zahng), Victoria Beckham (@ellestrauss), Zimmerman (NY Mag), Carolina Herrera (NY Mag), Proenza Schouler (NY Mag), Carolina Herrera (NY Mag), Ryan Roche (@tamumcpherson), Prabal Gurung (NY Mag), Altuzarra (NY Mag), Alexander Wang (NY Mag), Altuzarra (NY Mag), J. Crew (NY Mag), Lela Rose (@fashion_week), Jason Wu (@real_kate_foley), Cushnie Et Ochs (NY Mag),