Those Isabel Marant studded boots are to DIE for!!

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Someone paid attention to the trend report, because Isabel Marant’s Spring 2009 collection has all bases covered. From floral prints to denim and jumpsuits to boyfriend blazers, Marant’s line is a bohemian picnic of styles. As a Buffalo native, where I somehow manage to freeze at least 360 days of the year, Fall collections have always been my thing. But it’s designers like Isabel Marant who are turning the tables of my fashion preferences. 

I’m loving the subtle hippie, Native American vibe this collection has going, but most of all, I really appreciate Marant’s use of black. I feel like many designers avoid the dark, winter associated colors, but those who pull it off deserve a round of applause. Marant’s collection is simple, yet detailed, and feminine, yet masculinely confident. Loving the ruffles. Loving the doily cutouts. Loving the splashes of Americana plaid. All in all, loving this collection. 

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The Pipeline spotted designer Maryam Nassir Zadeh outside of her Lower East Side boutique wearing this amazing Isabel Marant plaid, utility pocketed jumpsuit and adorable Rachel Comey wedges. I realize that Zadeh is a bit far away in the photo, but it appears to me that this total package jumpsuit might even have a hint of drop-crotch to it! I have yet to check out Zadeh’s shop, but if her stye is this killer, her boutique is bound to be spot on! 

Isabel Marant, born in 1967, creates her own world of “melting mode.” Her French father, her German mother and particularly her West Indian mother-in-law gave her a cosmopolitan education. It is also while traveling in India or Africa that she finds her inspiration.

Gifted with a range of skills, Isabel launches a first line of jewelry which will be the best way to finance her business. In 1990, she launches Twen, a small knitwear collection that will grow and become later Isabel Marant, as we know it today. The style Isabel Marant is a culture mix, a cosmopolitan and urban world. Isabel’s silhouettes are showing feminine elegance, fitted and close-to-the-body.