Tori's Misadventures: Saturday Stimulation-It’s New York Fashion Week- Fall 2012

NYFW started off with a bang with it’s annual Red Dress Collection fashion show, an NYFW event that aims to draw attention to women's heart health by putting celebrity cat walkers in a parade of gowns by some of the country's most famous designers.

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The trend this years seems to continue with colorblocking, which is hitting red carpets and magazines as we speak. BCBG Max Azria and Richard Chai Love kept colors basic and used hardly any embellishment, turning out straightforward, wearable clothes. There are more flamboyant moments to come, I’m sure, but fashion is, after all, the marriage of art and commerce. Of course, there's the celebrity element, too, and Tadashi Shoji took care of red carpet looks with his Shanghai-visits-Hollywood gowns.

Dozens of shows are planned at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week tents with another 12, Tory Burch, presenting their shows elsewhere on the Lincoln Center campus.

Here are some looks from Day 1.

BCBG MAX AZRIA continues the colorblocking trend that's already making its way to red carpets and magazine covers for the spring season, but there was also a muting of colors. Neon pink became a muted coral here, and purple a mellow merlot. Embellishment was sparse.

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Richard Chai turned menswear into powerful looks for women with top coats, tweed jackets and pinstripe pants for female customers, and retooled trousers in his men's clothes to be slimmer and shorter than most guys are used to. The women looked put together in their mostly gray-and-black blazers and button-down shirts. There were flashes of femininity as Chai also offered some sheer layers and pieces in a delicate red floral print, a contrast to all the tailoring.

TADASHI SHOJI sent a parade of gowns down the catwalk. Nothing overly complicated or particularly edgy, but glamorous with a hint of sexy. A flame-red washed velvet gown had a dramatic cowl back filled with black beading, and ball gown with a gold-and-black beaded lace bodice had the full Cinderella treatment for its skirt.

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