The Budget Babe | Affordable Fashion & Style Blog

Tracy Reese Fall 2012 Runway Show




Today I attended the Tracy Reese Fall 2012 runway show, part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Tracy Reese is easily one of my favorites for her use of color, texture and the fact that her clothes ooze cool but you don't have to be a "cool" girl to wear them, if that makes sense. This season, the designer offered up "colorful, confident attire for navigating the urban landscape." This translated into chic tailored coats, slim pants and cozy sweaters, as well as feminine blouses, easy shifts and shortened skirts. The palette was a mix of vibrant tomato, juniper green, lemon and enlivening neutral browns, grays and black. I loved all the graphic prints and shots of metallic - my favorite looks included a violet lamé party frock (expected but no less gorgeous) and a formal beaded t-shirt dress - totally unexpected and oddly fabulous. The accessories were eye-catching, too. Nearly all the models wore sunglasses or these crazy hats by Jennifer Ouellette for Tracy Reese that reminded me of baseball caps with an exaggerated brim in vivid hues like purple and red. Wedge shoeties by Highline United for Tracy Reese looked comfortable enough to walk in but still felt fun - I liked the colorblock peep-toes best. What do you think of the collection?












Celebrities seated front row included (from left) Shenae Grimes, Louise Roe, Selita Ebanks, Kate Mara and Nikki Reed




















The beautiful Selita Ebanks after the show


I stopped by the ELLE Magazine x Motorola style lounge after the show and my friend Wendy Lam took this outfit pic - I wore a J.Crew sweater, UK Style by French Connection jeans, LOFT boots, ZARA bag, and Soïa & Kyo coat (got it half off at a small boutique in my town, really warm and well made)


Photo credit: TheBudgetBabe.com
Comments
Interesting mix of vintage, preppy, and sporty with those oversized baseball caps! I like the mix of colors, but not sure I'm in love with this collection.
#1 MizzJ (Homepage) on 2012-02-13 01:09 (Reply)
I really like her use of color, especially in those chunky wedge shoes. They look great in blue, purple, orange or black.
#2 Purse Pixie (Homepage) on 2012-02-13 09:25 (Reply)
Fall is looking great, I love your look, so perfect!
#3 Megan, The Frugalista Diaries (Homepage) on 2012-02-13 10:17 (Reply)
Leave a comment
E-Mail addresses will not be displayed.
Enclosing asterisks marks text as bold (*word*), underscore are made via _word_.
Standard emoticons like :-) and ;-) are converted to images.
E-Mail addresses will not be displayed and will only be used for E-Mail notifications.