Vera Wang's Lavender Label

The more affordable line from designer Vera Wang, the Lavender Label, had its first runway show, held on January 31st at Bobo, a town house restaurant in the West Village. Lavender Label's fall 2008 collection looks very lady-like with a fifties-sixties retro mood.

Vera Wang Lavender Label Fall 2008

Vera Wang Lavender Label Fall 2008

Luxe accents like fur details, brocade, feminine tailoring such as ruffled blouses, narrow three-quarter-length skirts and dresses, and retro touches of antique pearl necklaces, gamine berets and long braids summarize a very pretty collection.

Lavender Label, New York Fashion Week

Lavender Label, New York Fashion Week

Happily, all that prettiness was punctuated by modern pieces like those skinny jeans, the playful purple stockings or the silk dress with a panel of net and sequins down its front in Vera Wang's signature style.

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