During Fashion Week, I’m usually able to snap good pictures from my seat giving you an of-the-moment view of designers’ latest collections and their runway shows. However, pictures I took on day three of LG Fashion Week didn’t turn out very well; poor lighting and a point-and-shoot camera didn’t help my case much. However, my shots of the show finales provides a holistic look at the fall/winter 2010 collections of LOVAS by Wesley Badanjak, Pat McDonagh and Evan Biddell.

My first show of the evening, on Tuesday, was LOVAS by Wesley Badanjak. Badanjak’s fall/winter 2010 collection is named, Behind the Gates which is inspired by memories and photographs of his paternal grandmother, Cecilija Badanjak. Hearing this, I was touched at the emotional and familial inspiration Badanjak sourced and was interested in his reinterpretation of European (more particularly Croatian) fashion from the past.

Badanjak presents a modern approach to his chosen theme with clean cut silhouettes and an array of clothing separates highlighting the practicality and versatility required of women’s wardrobes nowadays. Vibrant print dresses, skirts, sequin leggings and staple items, such as a double-breasted white wool jacket and a black sheath dress with gold embroidery offer the ability to mix-and-match within this collection.

Fur is strategically used throughout LOVAS as to not saturate the use of this textile for the collection this season; bleached coyote and lambskin jacket, red fox bolero and black raccoon fingerless gloves were part of the temperate use of this material.

The second most touching element of this collection was Badanjak affectionately kissing and hugging his parents during the finale.

Images taken by Kimberly