THE IMPORTANCE OF EXCELLENT LIGHTING: RALPH LAUREN’S BLACK CHANDELIERS

Focusing on one of the Excellently hung black chandeliers shedding light on the assembled Excellent People, gathered to view, critique and, possibly, place orders, at Ralph Lauren‘s third salon style Fall/Winter 2010 runway show, held on Thursday, February 18, 2010 in New York City.

"Chi-chi chandeliers at Ralph Lauren's salon-style show." Image via SHOWstudio via Twitpic.

THE ARTFUL ELEGANCE AND ABSOLUTLY EXCELLENT BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY OF KATE AND LAURA MULLEAVY for RODARTE

Excellency speaking for itself: The bewitchingly beautiful, bohemian chic, drop dead gorgeous, Fall/Winter 2010 collection of Pasadena, California-based Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte, featuring fabulous florals and knits, shag-rug fringe sweaters and ingenious mixes of fabrics and textures, ncluding lace and inside-out shearling, Excellently embellished sheer leggings and other heavily layered looks (socks of varying lengths on each foot, pants under a skirt or under several shirts and sweaters). Pièces de résistance: show stopping draped white wedding gowns. Full live stream collection video on demand at the absolutely Excellent SHOWstudio.com.

Artful and Excellent bohemain chic: A screen shot of SHOWstudio.com's live stream of Kate and Laura Mulleavy's Fall/Winter 2010 collection for Rodarte.

EXCELLENT ATTENDEES: MARC JACOBS FALL/WINTER 2010 COLLECTION

Observing The Excellent People arriving for His Excellency Marc Jacobs‘ highly-anticipated, precisely timed, optimistic, romantically golden and dreamlike Fall/Winter 2010 runway show, streamed live at Live.MarcJacobs.com, and presented to the theme of Over The Rainbow from The Wizzard of Oz. Excellency, indeed, and again, speaking for itself, beautifully. Full collection slideshow at Nymag.com.

Excellently arranged: Guests arrving for His Excellency Marc Jacobs' Fall/Winter 2010 runway show. 7:53 p.m., Monday, February 15, 2010.

THE EXCELLENT TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY CRAFTSMANSHIP OF STEFAN MILJANIC for GILDED AGE

Presenting two ruggedly luxurious looks from designer Stefan Miljanic‘s Outstanding, Excellently hand-crafted, turn-of-the-century-inspired Fall/Winter 2010 collection for Gilded Age, featuring impeccable suits, artisanal organic denim and cashmere underwear, worn with vintage Chippewa boots. Full collection slideshow at WWD.com.

Look 3 from the Fall/Winter 2010 Gilded Age collection.

Look 24 from the Fall/Winter 2010 Gilded Age collection

THE GLAMOROUS METAMORPHOSIS OF HER EXCELLENCY DIANE VON FURSTENBERG

“I always wanted to live a man’s life in a woman’s body,” wrote Her Excellency Diane von Furstenberg in the notes for her Outstandingly Excellent Fall/Winter 2010 collection, featuring menswear jackets worn over flowery dresses, chainmail decorated soft knits, rose-printed velvet blazers over stone-colored, soft-crepe chiffon dresses, and a rosette-covered bolero worn over a gray felted wool blazer. Excellency speaking for itself.

Excellent looks from Her Excellency Diane von Furstenberg's Fall/Winter 2010 collection. Image by Catwalking/Getty Images via The New York Times.

EXCELLENCY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: HEXA BY KUHO

Presenting the Fall/Winter 2010 collection of Kuho Jung for Hexa by Kuho. Film by Nick Knight for SHOWstudio, featuring model Ranya Mordanova. The collection is called  ‘Talpi’, in Korean, “which translates as ‘ecdysis’”, according to one critic’s report. In Excellently simpler terms, it means “the moulting of skin in reptiles and amphibians, although the term can be used ‘to represent attempts to shed our outer skins and reemerge as spiritually more perfect.”

ON SET EXCELLENCE: STAGING THE F/W 2010 MARC JACOBS SHOW

Building the set for the Excellently anticipated Fall/Winter 2010 Marc Jacobs runway show.

Crew members prepare for the Fall/Winter 2010 Marc Jacobs show. Image via Robert Duffy, via Twitpic.com.

SUPERIOR EXCELLENCE: LUCAS OSSENDRIJVER for LANVIN

Presenting His Excellency Lucas Ossendrijver‘s rugged military-inspired Fall/Winter menswear collection for Lanvin. Full collection slideshow at wwd.com.

Lanvin Fall/Winter 2010 look 22.

Lanvin Fall/Winter 2010 look 36.

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