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1930's French Art Deco illustration

Marc Jacobs Spring 09

Edgar Degas’ “The Green Dress” ballerina Painting

Patrick Demarcelier editorial for Harper’s Bazaar,US

YTL Residence, Kuala Lumpur

Viktor & Rolf ballet slingbacks

Colour us beautiful

Cynthia Rowley Fall 09

Proenza Schouler Fall 09

Oscar De la Renta Fall 09

Micheal Kors Fall 09

Vivienne Tam Fall 09

Marc Jacobs Fall 09

Jason Wu Fall 09

J. Medel Fall 09

It's one of those well know facts about New York, that come October, all the pastels and pretty colours are put away to hibernate in the depths of closets, where New Yorkers suddenly turn into an army of little-black-dress wearing soldiers.

But if this week's Fall runways were anything to go by, it might actually be possible for Manhattanites to erupt in candy hues and neon next year, creating a different winter uniform altogether.

The fashion flock were jolted out of their recession fatigue this week after fuchsia popped up at Oscar de la Renta and Michael Kors highlighted his black dresses with acid yellow and screaming raspberry. If you really want to stand out in the crowd then Marc Jacobs is your man - with an entire collection that exploded with blinding neon colors including hot-pink hooded jackets, lemon capes, and metallic cerulean minis.

Next winter is all about making the entrance (or should I say, entrances) of a lifetime - so follow the leaders and let colour be the rule, not the exception, in your wardrobe.

Marc Jacobs

Photos courtesy of nymag.com

This evening's Marc Jacobs show was a show-stopping affair to remember.

Being held at the N.Y. State Armory meant Lexington Ave was bustling with police, intense security, barricades lining the street, paparazzi crowding the sidewalks and women teetering in such mammoth high heels they could only walk at a snails pace from their private cars and up the grand staircase.

Refreshingly, Vogue Editors were as close as you got to 'celebrity' (Posh Spice and the Olsen's were MIA), and there was no shortage of breath-taking sartorial success's - while Anna Wintour had changed from her casual fur coat at Donna Karan into a beautiful black embellished number, Carine Roitfield wore a heart-stopping floor-length white fur coat.

Also rather refreshing was the show actually starting on time. 8.01pm saw poor journalists and guests who arrived late either locked out or made to stand and watch from the door.

The collection itself oozed an 80's spirit of New York, full of neon-yellow and metallic-pink - a colour palette that personally I could never see myself coveting. I was born in the 80's and to say I'm glad I was just a tiny-tot, able to avoid the wing-like shoulder pads, heavily hair-sprayed up-do's and weird asymmetrical prints is a grosse understatement.

That being said, Jacobs was able to make the 80's feel fresh, with high-waisted jeans, some simple sequined tops and a few futuristic but wearable coats. Overall, not so much my cup-of-tea, but I'm still in anticipation for what he conjures up tomorrow at the Marc by Marc show.

Yves, Marc and Marie Claire interns - coming to a couch near you

Grab your girlfriends, grab some take-out and get ready for some front-row (as in, edge-of-your-sofa) drama leading up to, and during New York Fashion Week -

Running in Heels, the documentary that tracks the lives of three Marie Claire interns hoping to make it in a women's magazine, premieres just after Fahion Week on the Style Network March 1st at 8/7 c

Yves St. Laurent: 5 Aveneu Marceau 75116 Paris airs February 15th at 7pm EST

Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton, which followed Marc in the making of the Spring 08 LV collections, airs on Sundance on Valentine’s Day at 7pm EST

Lagerfeld Confidential, the documentary about you know who, airs on the Sundance Channel on February 9th at 7pm EST