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Today I’m going to look at the new fall 2006 collection from Vera Wang. I usually really like Vera Wang’s designs but I wasn’t really pleased with this collection. I found it very disappointing.

There were some really nice pieces. I love the detailing on the top of this dress. It is interesting and unusual. I really couldn’t say that about a lot in this collection, but at least I could say it about a couple pieces!

The biggest problem that I had with this collection was the awkward placement of the waistline on most of the designs. The height is just so unflattering. It’s between empire and true waist and the result is models who look very uncomfortable! There are other designers who play with this type of waistline (Santino Rice comes to mind), but somehow the ones in this collection look especially wrong. They just look uncomfortable and unflattering! On many of the models it made them look pregant. That’s not always a bad thing, but generally women who aren’t pregant don’t want to look like they are.

If there is one thing you can usually count on from Vera Wang it’s that her gowns will be beautiful. Unfortunately, even her gowns seemed odd. I don’t even know where to start with this one. The top is cut really strangely and it looks even more like the model has no breasts. The massive amounts of fabric on the shoulder straps dwarfs the bodice of the dress and just looks out of place. The whole thing looks ill-fitting, despite the fact that it fits the model perfectly, it was made for her. The whole this is just really strange and unelegant looking! I really don’t like this dress. And most of the others weren’t a whole lot better.

Overall I was pretty disappointed in this collection. Everything felt awkward and looked uncomfortable. I just don’t like the look of the clothes with their strange waistlines. I usually like Vera Wang’s designs, but I wouldn’t wear any of these.