Byblos, an Italian fashion line around since 1973, has never looked better. The super edgy, almost space age line, is surprisingly wearable and totally awesome. The Spring/Summer ‘08 Womens Collection is a mix of bubble sleeved dresses, sky-high hemline mini skirts, crop jackets and fitted pants. The sophisticated, muted colors and slit detailing, not to mention wrap around platforms, make for a fresh and sexy new approach. Everything is made to enhance the shape and curves of the body and bare just enough skin to deal with what is supposed to be the hottest summer in decades.

However my personal favorite details from the collection include the rope belts, knotted into bows, which adorned the shorts, pants and skirts.

Looking for something a little more fun? Blu Byblos, is a much younger, sportier collection with bright colors, stripes and denim pieces, still maintains the basic identity of Byblos. Both Byblos and Blu Byblos have equally hot men’s collections, as well as shoe and accessory lines.

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What Market Said: Alexander McQueen is such a forward thinker that sometimes the viability of his collection is not immediately apparent. His stuff often seems a little too “out there” to be saleable or understandable to the average customer. McQueen recently went to India and was so inspired, he designed a whole collection around what he saw there. His fall/winter collection for 2008 is all about prints from the sub continent- a clash of pattern and color.What Saynt Says: Is it weird that I am strangely drawn to this collection? While most of it seems like an unwearable jumble of paisleys and prints, pieces from this season of McQueen are very, um, desirable. The Indian inspirations are very apparent, which is refreshing and a directly different approach than what we saw last year. The colors work extremely well and the hues and mixes are perfect for the fall. Love what Queeny’s doing.
We know the collection is a little bizarre, but you know in 5 years we will all be wearing some variation of this.

photos: men.style.com

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