Four fashion weeks in New York, London, Paris and Milan didn’t add up to a single must-have look for spring-summer ‘09.

That might be just good with consumers who, considering the economic situation of recent days, can be in no mood to start their shopping lists for the next season.

Pamela Rolland NYFW, Ashley Isham LFW, Moschino MFW, Louis Vuitton PFW Spring 2009

Designers couldn’t have predicted such a picture when they started creating these collections long before their previews in fashion capitals.

Still, there was a collective movement toward a looser shape compared to the buttoned-up style of fall.

The passing of Yves Saint Laurent in June, the time when many designers were putting together their spring collections, also seemed to have a strong influence, especially in safari and tribal touches.

Designers offer a more toned-down version of the collection to store buyers and those probably give a better sense of what’s to come.

Here’s what has to be considered:

FLESHY COLOURS

John Rocha LFW, Narciso Rodriguez NYFW and Blumarine MFW Spring 2009

light grey, white colours as well as flesh and sand tints are becoming popular. The models on the catwalk weren’t necessarily showing a lot of skin. They looked sexy despite that.

A steady parade of nude colours looked pretty ecxiting.

Paris Fashion week Alena Akhmadullina Spring 2009

Mix of yellow and orange was interesting. And these flesh tones weren’t used to complement delicate, romantic pieces as much as strong, futuristic looks.

ASSYMETRIC STYLE

House of Holland and Fashion Fringe London Fashion Week Spring 2009

This time designers created outfits with one shoulder only. Most of the models were wearing evening gowns of this asymmetric style. But it was also presented with more casual, shorter silhouettes.

Versace Milan Fashion Week and Elie Saab Paris Fashion Week Spring 2009

The new style creates a longer, leaner appearance; sometimes, though, the outfit just looks askew.

CORSETS

Tight corsets are fashionable again. Corsets were featured in old-school cocktail dresses and playful rompers. Bra tops were also adopted.

Corsets by Carolina Herrera (left) and Betsey Johnson (right) New York Fashion Week Spring 2009

Dolce & Gabbana’s bra dresses will be very popular among customers who prefer something with a fitted shape to a flowing silhouette.

Dolce & Gabbana bra dresses

TROPICAL COLOURING

Prada and Cavalli spring 2009 Milan Fashion Week

There was a clear tropical influence on the clothes for spring/summer 2009. Tangerine orange and pink, together with ocean blues, were presented in large amounts.

Etro spring 2009 Milan Fashion Week

TREMENDOUSLY HIGH HEELS

Dior Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009

Very high heels have become an alternative to a flat summertime-sandal and the ballet slipper.

The shoes on the runway had towering heels, tough-girl styling and sometimes seemingly unstable architecture. The models seemed to experience some difficulty in making it down the runway.

Yves Saint Laurent, John Gallianos and Vivienne Westwood shoes

The high heels are perfect to look at but working in them might be hard.

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Nicholas Ghesquiere seems to have done the entire contrary the John Galliano usual fantasies in timing with the modern economic climate and his clients’ needs.

Nicholas Ghesquiere’s purpose was to make a new universe for Balenciaga, a product that would be even more pleasant than what the brand’s marketing suspects to find.

For the next spring and summer, Balenciaga are going for an interesting step between matt and luminous textures in a complex line with a fantastic look, in collection with the show where there were even microchips on the carpet.

The fabrics included lurex, leather, metallic textures and pre-mixed textiles with gold and pale pink organza.

Nicholas Ghesquiere wanted to create a certain coldness and affected minimalist.

The shoes were quite techno, continuing the asymmetrical theme and the structure of the whole collection.

Parisian high-fashion designing found itself at the mercy of new technologies, resulting in a absolutely unique collection and showing that Paris is where we find the creativity that gives true feeling to fashion.

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Christian Lacroix presented his bullfighters and traditional Arles costumes inspired collection at Paris Fashion Week Wednesday.

When times are hard, the best medicine is to face the crisis with guts and your true personality,” the designer said. “I am a gypsy at heart and I have gone back to my roots.”

This means his collection was full of matador capes and skinny, cropped pants, embroidered with gold; and peasant-style dresses, with decorative, embellished corsets and ruffles and bows around mid-thigh.

Skirts were caught into bow-tied bustle at the back and finished with lacey hems.

Corsages and bows decorated shoulders and waists. To match the style of the show, the models wore tinkling-bell ankle bracelets.

Lacroix used wide, “Oxford bags” for a boy-meets-girl wardrobe.

Lacroix saluted spot and stripe chiffon overlaid one atop the other, adding a touch of gold to turn dancing dresses into party-time ones.

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Stella McCartney made a mix of sea-inspired pieces and mannish tailoring together for her s/s ‘09 show

Stella McCartney presented her light collection Spring/Summer 2009 at Paris Fashion Week.

The line restored sex request to McCartney’s fashion vocabulary, in a color largely centred upon flesh-tones and soft pastels.

High-voltage jumpsuits, with low-slung lapels, and frisky short-suits, open to the waist, put cleavage high on the agenda.

Cowl-back, loose tunics revealed a parallel show of bare spine and impudent, satin shorts came with a little French Maid’s “apron” in front.

Starfish fancywork on oversized, pineapple, hooded kaftans, cowrie and palm-tree prints and Perspex shell jewelry underlined the summery mood of the clothes.

Stella McCartney also put renovated expressiveness on one of her skills - masculine tailoring - in slouchy blazers, with shoulder-pads, worn with semi transparent, sequined slips, strapless, bow-front mini-dresses and T-shirts and slim trousers.

As the models made their finale entrance they moved into the 1970 Paul McCartney song, “Maybe I’m Amazed” - one of the former Beatles’ favorites, which he dedicated to his late wife, Linda.

It’s quite moving,” Sir Paul said, with tears in his eyes. “The show was beautiful. She’s beautiful.”

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The 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards took over Los Angeles, being held at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday night, September 21.

There were a lot of beautiful celebrities in great dresses.

Jewelled metallic accents, sweeping gowns and soft, feminine waves took the Emmy fashion factor to the limit.

Star Marcia Cross was nothing desperate about Desperate Houswives. She looked like a little girl’s  hope to be a beautiful ballet dancer in her dress by Ellie Saab.

Top of the short hoopskirt dress with off-the-shoulder was made of tulle re-embroidered with lamé guipure. The dress was accessorized with Beige taffeta belt. This outfit is part of the Fall/Winter 08/09 collection shown at Paris Fashion Week.

The dress looks great with Marcia’s hair and skin tone. It makes her look years younger but very urban at the same time!

Marcia Cross’s co-star Nicollette Sheridan chose for a purple strapless floor-length gown. She picks another hot fall 2008 color - purple. This color works it well on 60th annual Emmys red carpet. The long dress, which closed Angel Sanchez fall 2008 catwalk show earlier this year, looks perfect relative to the red carpet and distinctly makes Nicolette to stand out.

Christina Applegate from Samantha Who? (she’s also nominated for lead actress of a comedy series) is lookin’ hot in her icy Reem Acra wrap dress with beautiful golden print.

She is recovering from breast cancer surgery, but she looked like Grace Kelly in that vintage evening gown. Christina couldn’t find a better choice to make her statement. It’s great to see her healthy and smiling, and this gown’s complimenting her personality in such a classy and bold way.

I think Applegate was one of the best dressed of the night,” said stylist Marie Alice Stephenson. “She was glamorous, elegant and she pushed it.”

Christina Hendricks, the Mad Men actress, has her sexy red carpet look down in this flowy green Goddess dress that highlights her sensory curves.

She did her 1960s-era Mad Men character justice in a curve-hugging emerald green gown, which complemented her red hair that she wore in a up-style twist.

The petite vixen Eva Longoria from Desperate Housewives went too short for leisure in a metallic micro gown that felt like a costume piece from Dancing with the Stars. Her fringed ombre Marchesa frock from Spring 2009 collection isn’t a typical red carpet gown. The dress adorned with an oversized bow at the bodice. But guess what - it did stand out and fitted Eva’s compact physique. Eva’s pointy silver pumps, metallic clutch, and teardrop earrings all match and redouble the view.

Supermodel Heidi Klum looks totally fab and so luminous in this great beaded dress.

Heidi had a chance to take the most risks, as she was hoped to adopt many looks throughout the night. She planned no fewer than six as she extended her red carpet walk in a custom Giorgio Armani Prive gunmetal metallic dress with a one-shoulder.

“It was a mature choice for what Heidi normally wears,” said Klum’s stylist Maryam Malakpour, but Armani won her over by sending a personal note to congratulate her on her “Project Runway” nomination.

Congratulations to Heidi Klum for topping my Most Beautiful Dressed list tonight!

Teri Hatcher’s yellow Monique Lhuillier ruffled goodie. Jennifer Love Hewitt

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