The Trend: Midnight Train

from left to right, Pedro Lourenço, Stella McCartney, Thakoon, Balenciaga, Acne, Thierry Mugler, Yves Saint Laurent, Gareth Pugh, Derek Lam, Versace, Oscar De La Renta, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs
(all photos Style.com)

There is no doubt that the color of the season is blue, we saw it literally everywhere, with textures ranging from rubber at Marc Jacobs, to suede and Versace, to leather at Acne, pleated chiffon at Stella McCartney, and angora at Pedro Lourenço - there are tonnes of options come Fall for how you want to wear it. The standout, Gareth Pugh's first foray into color with an electric blue mini dress with wings - amazing!

The Item: Celine Bags FW11/12

Ever since Phoebe Philo joined Celine back in 2008, the Celine line of bags has dominated the "It" status, with the Classic Box, the Luggage, and the Envelope Clutch. For next fall, Phoebe showed the structured bags that she does best. Distilled to the pure essence of Celine, there will be no doubt that these bags will be on everyone's arms come September. Our favorite, the zippered portfolio clutch, is perfect for the iPad 2 due to come out very soon. For the entire collection, head over to Style.com for the clothes, and the shoes.

The Last Ever Dior Collection by John Galliano

John Galliano's last collection for Christian Dior premiered during Paris Fashion Week March 4, 2011.  Below, we have included select images of the collection. To view the full collection, Style.com has the entire collection up for your viewing pleasure. 

Images courtesy of Racked.com.

Who will Replace Galliano?

As you have probably heard by now, the House of Dior's famed head designer, John Galliano experienced a dramatic fall from grace this past week.   Dior fired him as of Tuesday, and it has been as scandalous as ever.  Everyone has already got an opinion on the matter and we feel like it is more fashionable to not talk about it at this point. However, the House of Dior is one of the biggest brands in the worlds, what is going to happen? Who will replace Galliano? Will it still be ferosh?  How does this impact Dior's upcoming March 4th fashion show during Paris Fashion Week?  LVMH owns a majority stake in Dior, and Bernard Arnault has said that Dior is his favourite label, so chances are that he is going to tap one of the LVMH designers to be the head. But an outsider could just as well be chosen, which would definitely be more exciting. Venture behind the cut as we have summed up what we thought.