Alexander Wang - New York 2011 Pre-fall collection

This was undeniably a collection made to sell, stocked as it was from one end of a rack to another with solid Wang classics: biker jackets, pale washed denims, easy silk jersey dresses, slouchy knits, and lean tailored blazers. "It`s out best-selling pieces with a ligher hand and a new femininity, "Wang said. You saw an unaccustomed softness in a biker jacket in unlined caramel suede instead of black leather, and in subtle flash of zipper edges on white shirthing where once there might have been sharp studs. Even the new version of the Diego hobo, called the Robin, is considerably lightened up in the hardware department.

A slim leather shirtdress and wool pencil skirt with a trumpet them that reached below the knee also spoke to grown-up direction with which Wang has been flirting for a few seasons. There was a restrained elegance to a simple jersey dancer`s dress with midi hem and pretty draped back. by Meenal Mistry