Fashion week is now over,it seemed to have a good turnout and some good runway shows. After looking through some runway pictures a few designers caught my eye. I was interested to see what Lauren Conrad was going to come up with and it seems like she stepped up her game. Ed Hardy’s show was very out going and over the top! On top of having the Ed Hardy show, Christian Audigier did his own show, which had some crazy, but cute pieces. I also checked out the Beach Bunny swimwear collection, which never seems to disappoint!

The Lauren Conrad Collection was much nicer than I expected; she had some prints, more detailing, and nicer fabrics. She did have the classic solid colored jersey dresses, but mixed it up with subtle polka-dots. One dress I fell in love with was a beige-and-white chiffon polka-dot tube top dress which had a black trim. It seemed that everything in her collection was sexy and girlie at the same time. Lauren Conrad’s collection was much better than what she has done before.

The Ed Hardy show was over the top! Everything head-to-toe was Ed Hardy. They had ties, shirts, hats, shoes, belts, pants, dresses, scarfs, skirts, visors and even leggings! The models had so much going on that it looked like a mess. Some of the pieces would look okay worn alone with some solid pieces, but the way they displayed the pieces made it look way too cluttered! They pretty much had every color in the rainbow in the collection. It seems to me that they need to calm it down a little.

I’m not sure how, but after designing for Ed Hardy, Christian Audigier managed to put on his own show. I think his show was much better than Ed Hardy. The whole theme of the runway was black & red in plaid and as solids. He had this awesome “Modern Prom Dress,” which was black and red plaid with a puffy red skirt that hit the floor and opened in the front. He had things like top hats as accessories. The whole show was very rock n’ roll!

Lastly I checked out Beach Bunny swimwear. Most of the swimsuits were two pieces. It seemed liked they were using red and white a lot and they had there famous lace trim and bow accents. They seemed to use a lot of jewels as accents this season, which looked really cute. They also had teals and maroons in the show. All in all, Beach Bunny came out with some cute pieces, but I would have liked the show to have more of a theme to it.

After looking at these designers and what they brought to the runway, I was pretty impressed with them. I would have to say my favorite designer out of the four would be a mix up between Christian Audigier and The Lauren Conrad Collection. I was happy that Lauren Conrad stepped up her game and her pieces were things I would wear on an everyday bases. Christian Audigier’s show just seemed to be very fun and the designs were very different and out there, which I love to see on the runway! Ed Hardy was pretty disappointing with way too much stuff going on. Beach Bunny had some cute bathing suits, but I expected a little more! LA Fashion week for the Spring 2009 collections seemed to turn out good and I can’t wait to be able to buy some of the pieces I saw!