Photosource: Anntaylor.com
Usually around the beginning of a season, Ann Taylor posts some of the sketches that inspire the designs for the clothes featured in the upcoming season. I love seeing the images behind in the designs, and how beautiful the fashion sketches are. I just really wish that beauty of the sketches translated just as beautifully to the clothes.
The top sketch above is for the Blurred Bronze Sheath Dress , which I frankly think is a terrible look. It screams nineteen seventees thrift shop find to me (not that the seventies or thrift shops are necessarily bad things). Its just that the fabric, and cut aren't the best they could be.
The second sketch is for the Perfect Trench Topper. Now, I am a huge fan of a classic trench, and I love the way they can look effortlessly chic and sophisticated, but this trench just doesn't do it for me. It is perfectly cute, and there is nothing wrong with it, but for $228 I just expect a little more out of a trench. The placement of the pockets does nothing for a woman's hips, and the A-line shape are more shapeless than shapely. The only positive is the collar, which is cute and warm at the same time.
I still love seeing the sketches, but I am still waiting to see some that are really well translated to the actual clothing.
