18.Feb.2010 Susan Cianciolo F/W 2010

I had the pleasure of meeting Mairim Gersholowitz from Fashion POV at the IFB Conference on Monday and she was kind enough to invite me and some other bloggers to Susan Cianciolo’s FW2010 presentation, “Underneath The Sea, Inside A Mountain”. I’ll go ahead and award Cianciolo with the dreamiest presentation title of the week.

I arrived later than I had intended and had to leave early so I didn’t get as much time as I would have liked to learn about the collection– but I was able to snap a bunch of pictures, chat with some lovely bloggers (more on that later), and drink a couple of delicious cocktails. Another award for having the best drinks of the week.

Blue was everywhere this week. A strong color for FW2010. This was a great example.

The piece on the right was my favorite. It also helped that the model was absolutely stunning.

This was my favorite necklace – geode inspired jewelry is another strong trend.

The quality of these photos does not do the color palette any justice. I was really intrigued by the colors and the dyeing method used on the clothing,  some of which looked like they had been made from re-purposed materials. [Personal Side Note - learning about dye was one of my favorite parts of taking a textiles course at FIT.]

As I was leaving, I thought to myself that this presentation blends really well with