Buddhist Punk

If you’re currently in the Northern hemisphere, you’re probably still miserably wrapped up in your Regina boots but Fashion Week is upon us again with designers showing Fall already. Which means it's time for you to hit the shops and scoop up the men’s and women’s Spring 2005 clothes.

Here’s our guide on what you should bother to buy of the trends for Spring from New York, Paris, London, Milan and LA Fashion Weeks.

EMBROIDERY

Embroidery is everywhere. Basso & Brooke, at Fashion Fringe in London, showed a plunging bodiced embroidered chartreuse dress which reminds us a bit of the Galliano for Dior green dress Nicole Kidman wore to the Oscars some 7 years ago. The item to scoop up is Cynthia Rowley's stand-out jacquard breeches.

AFRICAN

Anything remotely (and even fakely) from the continent of Africa is big. [Editor's Note: And here to stay. Gaultier just showed a tribal beaded dress this week at the Paris Couture shows.] A growing awareness of cultural crossovers such as Fela Kuti is trickling down from bars (think Cain) to clothing. In NY, Keanan Duffty mixed in tiger prints and dreds to his usual Brit punk. Cavalli in Milan showed shifts beaded with African mask motifs. Leopard stripes made their way on Theodora Richards at Buddhist Punk. Scoop up the pieces from designers doing jewelry such as Nicole Romano's horn and bone pendants. Or for more permanence, we love the safari- themed plates at Hermes.... Read More…