The Best Dressed: New York Fashion Week Edition

Yesterday was a bittersweet day for us at Harper’s Bazaar. It was the end of New York Fashion Week, that wonderful series of days when the fashion industry’s runway becomes more important than anything else (including, in our case, food and sleep and quality time with anyone that works in any other industry apart from fashion). To celebrate the American collections, our editor at large, Derek Blasberg, is devoting this week’s Mr. Blasberg’s Best Dressed to the fine front-row confections we saw here in New York. As it wound down, editing the list down to an easy 10 was difficult; the ladies brought their A game this season. One trend that was undeniable was that color was big, and the brighter the better. (Our theory is that after a chilly few months—not too long ago we dedicated an entire Best Dressed list to looking chic in black— people are now looking for brighter, warmer weather!) Yesterday’s Calvin Klein show provided not one, not two, but three solid bold hits courtesy of Kate Bosworth, Kerry Washington, and Olympia Scarry (in orange, purple, and yellow, respectively). But the bright trend had several notes, getting texturized by Marchesa for Blake Lively, embroidered and tasseled by Pucci’s Peter Dundas for Julia Restoin Roitfeld, and graphic by Marc Jacobs for his devoted pal Leighton Meester. True, it was sad to see the collections leave New York. But the good news is that we’re following them to London, Milan, and Paris. Check back next week for 10 more of the chicest looks!