Trend Alert: Skeletal Chic

Christian Lacroix, Spring 2009

What many felt was a snub at 'skeletal chic' by designer Rosa Cha in Spring '08 has apparently taken on a life of it's own in '09. While it's too early to call it [NY fashion week has only just begun] it would appear that bones -- rib cages, skeletons, pelvic bones, spines etc. -- have inspired a new architecture, perhaps an evolution of the fall 2008 'cage' (think Jean Paul Gaultier). Now if we could just get a wishbone stiletto, I will be one very happy girl. (And can I just say that I'm glad to see the models actually wearing bones instead of being the bones!)

Rodarte, Spring 2009

Givenchy, Spring 2009

Alice McCall and Felipe Olveira Baptista, Spring 2009

Louise Goldin, Spring 2009

Chado Ralph Rucci, Giles – Spring 2009

Ohne Titel, Spring 2009

Hisui, Spring 2009

Somarta, Spring 2009
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, A/W 08

Iodice, Spring 2009

Herve Ledger, Spring 2009

Jeremy Laing, Spring 2009

Alena Akhmadullina, Spring 2009

Alexander McQueen, Spring 2009