Besides the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Challenger explosion, there weren’t all that many pivotal moments in the 1980s. However, a handful of designers, including Nathan Jenden and his Fall 2009 collection, would beg to differ. At his show titled “Frostbite,” Jenden showed a line chock full of eighties inspired dominatrix, bondage and  trapeze garments. Tight fitting black zip dresses, fishnet tops and quilted pleather onesies made their debut alongside  architectural doily dresses, skirts and embellishments. Two parts promiscuous heroine. One parts dinner napkin. All-around great collection. 

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Get rid of that American Apparel white tee, and head to Hot Topic for some fishnets…

No more white tees or tanks under pieces that might be too revealing, Fall 09 will be the return of the fishnets. And I don’t mean the kind hookers wear on their legs,  I mean the long sleeve shirt kind.

Take a look at the Fall 09 show of Nathan Jenden for a take on this trend.

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When I hear the phrase head gear, I think of the awful contraption I wore as an adolescent to realign my jaw. Thankfully, designers this season make head gear look much more fashionable than a rubber strap and two metal prongs. The Junya Watanabe, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and Nathan Jenden are a few runways that were full of outrageously daring head pieces. Some were simply adorned with feathers while others had structural objects towering a foot above the hairline. The trickle down effect has already come into play, and toned-down versions of these pieces can be found virtually anywhere. There are also the feathery accessories we’ve been seeing everywhere.  I know what I’m wearing out tonight, and it has nothing to do with straightening my teeth.