Warning: Wide Load. Overly Enthusiastic Bubble Shapes Mysteriously Hijack Vera Wang. Fall 2006 Runway Review. FASHIONTRIBES FASHION BLOG

We don't have a beef with the bubble skirt shape...but when it makes the professionally skinny look like they have child-bearing hips, Houston...there's a problem.

Vera Wang is the world's most in-demand bridal tailor, so we know the woman knows for fit. So why did look after look seem ripped straight from a bolt of fabric and pinned directly on the model?

The looks that worked were vintage Vera: a vibrant fuschia floor length red carpet number, as well as a plaid pleated bubble skirted dress with empire belted waist & topped with an army green sleeveless fur vest. Which made us swoon...which is what we really wish we felt about the rest of the collection.

Vera Wang color palette:

• grey
• black
• leaf green
• eggplant
• oyster grey
• deep green (tweed)
• fuschia
• lavender (tulle neck ruffle)
• chartreuse
• mauve
• muted coral

Accessories/Hair & Makeup:

• purple fisherman cap
• belted waist at empire (directly under bust)
• flower corsage at waist - in all colors
• long showgirl fringe

- Lesley Scott & Rachel Remz Porter