Darling Emmett's Fall 2007 collection is out and poodles, it's a keeper. With rich, sophisticated colors and gorgeous prints, this collection of classics-with-a-twist is a set of instant wardrobe must-haves. Plus, the coats, kittens! The coats! And the shoes! To die. In our not-so-humble opinion, this is Emmett's best yet. Remember when he was on the show and all he talked about was his menswear experience? Well look how far tall boy's come! Who'da thunk it?
He's back and better than ever! Head on over to Emmett's site and check out the all NEW Tim Gunn bobblehead. He talks! Pull Tim's widdle string and you too can be the beneficiary of such Tim-isms as "Make it work!" "I can't want you to succeed more than you do." "Fa-bu-lous!" and of course, "Carry on!"
(Photos: emmettmccarthy.com)
75 comments:
Gorgeous! I love Emmett's designs, especially the coats. The bobble head is hilarious. LOL. I can't wait to get one.
It's a beautiful collection. I'm glad Emmett is doing so well.
FABULOUS! I need that tan coat. Neeeeed it. And the purple dress. And the red velvet. Wow!
I'd wear every single thing in that collection. Bravo! Real clothes for real people.
WOW! An a-level designer who designs for REAL women. Every item in his new collection is totally wearable.
Emmett, I love you! Can't wait to make it into the store.
Beautiful! Great job, Emmett!
The coats are to die for. I want GRACE!
I LOVE this collection. I don't know if you can tell from the pictures, but some of the woolens have a slight sheen to them that is fab without being over the top. And the fabrics are To. Die. For. Love it, love him!
i love those black flats with the purple on the toe!
Love love love it. I'm heading to his store right now : )
Holy wow! Not everything is made for a size 2!!! Way to go Emmett! And seriously, I need the brown velvet dress, at least two pairs of those shoes, and all the coats. Thanks for bringing the pretty!
nice! nice! nice!
simple, chic, delicate...
congratulations, emmett!
you're a great designer!
and you're so hot!
Gorgeous. I'm going to have to go check out those coats. And I adore those t-straps.
(And I love that the new bobblehead is looking so casual in his turtleneck.)
--Gotham Tomato
I really like the dresses. Kudos to Emmett for making high fashion clothing for the real women of the world.
Fab, kittens, simply fab!
Ooooh! I love the print dresses and the tan coat and the open-toe T-straps! (It's all beautiful, but those are what I'd buy!)
Emmett's style is wonderful; chic and sophisticate yet simple - lets the clothes showcase the woman instead of the other way 'round
I do like this. It's a very consistent collection with a "well-behaved 1960s aesthetic," obviously high-quality materials and execution. I especially admire the "baby dolls for grownups" dresses. That takes real talent to pull off. Bravo, Emmett!
I would buy any piece in this collection, and that's saying something.
Good work, Emmet!
Beautiful and flattering, all of it!
I MUST HAVE that gray suit.
wow!!!
Wow, I must say, I'm amazed : - )
omg the tan coat. That tan coat is absolute HEAVEN!! I also noticed that most of these dresses can be worn by more than just one size. Very Very Clever!!! I want to buy them all!!!
I love Emmett's aesthetic. It's sophisticated, classy, and just the right amount of trendiness.
Beautiful! I can't wait to hit his store and try on the coats!
Note to myself: MUST have that tan coat.
Great taste, great style! If I were Anne Slowey I'd freak, find a hole to crawl in, and stay there.
So gorgeous! I really love the cape and the first two dresses.
well, no one's going to accuse anyone in these clothes of showing way too much tootie! :)
i L.O.V.E. this entire collection. they all look as though they would feel extraordinarily comfortable to wear, which i cannot say for most of the fashion out there these days.
if only i lived in a chic, metropolitan area worthy of such beautiful garments, i'd save my nickels and snatch up as many as possible. sigh.
~~zoe
Well played, Emmett.
very very flattering....smart without being stuffy.
Finally, a post PR collection from someone that doesn't want to make me pour bleach in my eyes.
Lovely! You need to do bags now, Emmett.
I was at Emmett's store once and let me tell you he has the most beautiful coats. They look even better in person. I wanted to buy all of them.
Unfortunately he wasn't at the store. I wanted to take a picture of him.
Love the print dresses and the shoes.
Love it.
Oh, and when are we getting the opportunity to buy the Laura Bennett super hero bobble head?
a Fall collection debuting in November? sorry, but it wasn't worth the wait for this grouping of well-made but completely unoriginal clothes.
i like Emmett post-PR, but let's hope we don't have to wait till April for his Spring line.
OMG!!! I WANT, I WANT, I WANT! Real clothes with such style- love, love, love!
Classic, feminine, flattering. Very nice. Not very original, but nice.
That camel coat looks like every camel coat I've ever seen.
Not especially groundbreaking, but beautiful.
I would wear everything in that collection. But it looks like Ann Taylor.
The grey Suit/dress!
The camel coat!
Every-stinkin' last one of the shoes!
And a talking Tim Bobble!
Now, see what you did! I've got drool all over my keyboard.
Must. Have. Delancey. Flats. NOW.
Love love love the coats, but some of those dresses seem awfully sack-like to me.
Oooohhh that grey suit! Love it! And I have some interviews coming up so I might just have an excuse to buy it!
Gorgeous, Emmett! Classic.
I've got nowhere to wear that red suit, but I'm seriously considering it. Seriously.
Hmmm.
And those pencil skirts!
Those car-coats!
Congratulations for a wonderful collection.
Now, if only the damn weather would turn cold out here!
-- desertwind
Love the red suit and both the brown coat and jacket (though the latter two wouldn't look good on little ol' 5'3" me, I really like their sensibility). The two pair of shoes on the left are dynamite.
The rest is pretty ordinary, though.
And speaking of Tim Gunn, Mo Ryan at Trib had this about the upcoming PR 4 season, with some clips, including one from the first show. I love this comment of hers: "And what a relief to have the show back, finally . . . it'll give me a reason (as if I needed one) to mention Project Rungay and Blogging Project Runway again.
PS - Anonymouse @ 1147 AM thinks November is too late for debuting Fall/Winter collection, but I disagree!
It's been ridiculously warm so far this Fall and ALL the stores that put their Fall/Winter stuff out in traditional late-August have been hurt by the weather. The timing is perfect.
Oh! Anonymous PS was desertwind
fab! i cant believe i could actually wear a few of the dresses. as for the coats, that is my weakness & i would love to own all of them.
congrats to emmett!
This is why I love a lot of the PR alum in the fashion world.
Big names in fashion just seem to be turning out trend after rediculous "artistic statement" after trend.
Designers like Emmett and Kara Janx and many others we've seen don't have time (or the money!) to screw around like that. Hence producing wonderful, realistic, attainable collections. But their fame from PR allows us to know it's there now.
Of course there's always Santino, the angry peanut, and Bradley.
Wearable, artful, chic!
This is a complete collection.
Swooning over the coats, the tops are so playful, the dresses...
(sound of woman hitting the floor as she faints)
Bravo, Emmett!
I look forward to adding your beautiful pieces to my wardrobe.
Emma P.
These are nice but most look like slightly better quality versions of what is in department stores like Macy's. His experience with menswear makes the coats and jackets stand out. Love that Emmett but would like to see more originality.
Like everyone else, I think the items are stylish and wearable.
Love the coats and shoes and prints.
And I love the boy candy in his style book. A few of the pages were missing opportunities to have handsome men there just to show off the woman and her clothes.
Emmett, next time you're doing photographs realize that handsome men are always a nice accessory to have next to a nice outfit.
Just sayin-
Adore Emmett and adore the collection, especially the scoop neck, print dress with the sash. Sooooo me.
I covet the camel coat. Loooove. :-)
LOVE all of it, but did you see those prices?! I dream of being able to afford even one piece someday. Want it all, but can't have any :( Meh!
LOVE the camel coat. It actually made me gasp when I saw it. SOOOOOO classic and beautiful and feminine. I must have it.
The coats are to die for, but the dresses are less than meh. Reminds me of what my Bronx grandma used to wear in the 70's.
Other than the brown print, I would wear every single thing in this collection, even the colors that wouldn't flatter me.
BTW that short swing coat is a thing of undisputed beauty.
His coats are exceptional. (My favorite: Emmett_Fall2007_Emma-Peal.jpg) If these don't bolster his store I don't know what will, and he should be very, very proud of himself.
And while I love Emmet's work most of the time, it pains me to say that the majority of the dresses are so, so innocuous. Slowly's vulgar comment confuses me to this day, present collection included: I don't think darling Emms really understands the female body enough /to/ make a vulgar outfit. I really didn't know that New York had such a large Middle-Aged Church Mom niche for fashion designers to tap into.
i'll take one of each, please!
It's okay, but it's almost short of designer and leaning towards the Kohl's field.
When you're doing a fashion collection, each piece needs to look either fabulous, classic or on-trend. That keyhole dresses, #2 and #3, aren't on-trend, aren't fabulous, and aren't classic. The prints were good, except for row 4 #2. The necklines of the top right below that print dress is just not designed. The real place where he shined in this collection was the coats; every single one looked adorable. The shoes looked like a bad attempt at being on-trend.
Overall, there were plenty of high notes. I think he needs to pick a place and let his collection take him there. Some of it looked straight out of a Saks Fifth Avenue catalogue, and some of it looked like the bargain bin.
It's a nice collection with clothes I'd actually wear. That's way more praise than I think of giving to most design collections. Good job Emmett!
Crow Winters wrote "I really didn't know that New York had such a large Middle-Aged Church Mom niche for fashion designers to tap into."
Ok - guess you don't work in a real, mainstream profession, where we have to dress realistically, yet strive for fabrics that are lovely, drape comfortably, and don't scream "fashion whore" "bag lady" or "WTF???" The designs are subtle, and not so over constructed that you couldn't function.The prints and cuts are appropriate for the season, when you have to be able to layer and adjust as you move from the cold, to office, to meeting ...
We don't all work in a Soho gallery or boutique graphic design firm. Some of us are women of a certain age, with disposable income, who do NOT want to wear Kors' resort-type, Florida-transplant pieces. Our watchword for professional attire is "No cleavage front or back." These pieces are made for real bodies, can be personalized with a wrap, a great piece of jewelry, a jacket or sweater--- lovely. The coats are gorgeous, the shoes are realistic yet eye-catching. I agree - handbags, please!
I am sure Emmett could design something outlandish for the sake of doing so, but I don't believe that is either his aesthetic OR part of his, very successful, long term business plan.
Bravo, Emmett. If I were in your neck of the US, I would shop your store.
Sorry for the rant. Whoo! I think I'm having a hot flash!
profp
I love Emmett, but sadly have to agree with the earlier reference to Church Lady.
I do love his coats too.
And I agree, I look forward to seeing the handbags he designs. It has become impossible to find great, reasonably priced, everyday handbags. I've been looking recently & I'm getting very frustrated!
I cannot find one!
--Gotham Tomato
Anonymous said...
Crow Winters wrote "I really didn't know that New York had such a large Middle-Aged Church Mom niche for fashion designers to tap into."
Ok - guess you don't work in a real, mainstream profession, where we have to dress realistically, yet strive for fabrics that are lovely, drape comfortably, and don't scream "fashion whore" "bag lady" or "WTF???" The designs are subtle, and not so over constructed that you couldn't function.The prints and cuts are appropriate for the season, when you have to be able to layer and adjust as you move from the cold, to office, to meeting ...
We don't all work in a Soho gallery or boutique graphic design firm. Some of us are women of a certain age, with disposable income, who do NOT want to wear Kors' resort-type, Florida-transplant pieces. Our watchword for professional attire is "No cleavage front or back." These pieces are made for real bodies, can be personalized with a wrap, a great piece of jewelry, a jacket or sweater--- lovely. The coats are gorgeous, the shoes are realistic yet eye-catching. I agree - handbags, please!
I am sure Emmett could design something outlandish for the sake of doing so, but I don't believe that is either his aesthetic OR part of his, very successful, long term business plan.
Bravo, Emmett. If I were in your neck of the US, I would shop your store.
Sorry for the rant. Whoo! I think I'm having a hot flash!
profp
8:39 AM
Brava!!!!
As a woman of a certain age, and one who works in a professional environment, I want clothes that are well made, classy and classic.
There is most definitely a market for the clothes in Emmett's collection-in NYC and other large cities.
Emmett's look book:
http://emmettmccarthy.com/lookbook/
He's so professional! It's refreshing.
I COVET those black flats! Who needs groceries?
yes, yes, Emmett is great...but I'm trying to watch PRCanada and it won't LET me...seems that someone said how to circumvent that whole "we don't show this in YOUR country" problem...help?
Gorgeous collection! Less is more, at least in my book.
I still think the comparison to Church Lady was right on.
I'm not the person who made the original reference to Church Moms in NYC, but would like to respond to "profp" who wants to educate all us non-NYC rubes about professional attire.
Not living in the Big Apple, I'm sure I truly AM behind the cutting edge. A real disadvantage, I know, but it's easier to live without something if you've never had it. It would be harder to slop the pigs in the morning if I knew my overalls were so-last-season.
It might be hard to believe, but I don't live in NYC, and I work in a PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT!! I really don't need the educational post on what types of apparel are appropriate for the workplace. Though, since I'm not from NYC, I suppose I could benefit from periodic reminders from the REAL professionals in NYC.
Yes, I would be absolutely comfortable wearing those keyhole dresses to work. But I wouldn't FEEL terrific wearing them. They just seem a little tired to me. No big deal.
HOWEVER: I totally agree with your comments about the difficulty of finding work-appropriate clothing. In the days of cut-to-the-waist necklines and let-me-show-you-my-naval-piercing, it's a real mission sometimes!
-Signed, Non New Yorkers CAN be Professionals
(watch for our special documentary on PBS, and think about making a donation to the "Dare to Dream: Non New Yorkers Foundation).
Errr...Love Emmett but not impress with this collection. Sorta like what Vera Wang did years ago. It have some of the same simplicity and sophistication of Vera's but without the intellect that mark Vera's design. And I'm not even a fan of Vera.
It always amazes me how often people hear the words "New York" and instantly assume it means "We're looking down our noses at you."
Hi, anon 9:41. I was responding to the comment: "Ok - guess you don't work in a real, mainstream profession, where we have to dress realistically". (see a few posts up). This comment is condescending.
The remainder of the post then went on to explain how a professional woman in NYC dresses.
I don't think I was "instantly assuming" anything.
"I don't think I was "instantly assuming" anything."
Oh, but you were. If you had stopped to actually read the comment instead of jumping to a conclusion, you would have noticed that the commenter ended her post with this:
"Bravo, Emmett. If I were in your neck of the US, I would shop your store. "
I LOVE coats and Emmett's are perfect!
Thanks - this is profp -
1. Didn't mean to condescend, just wanted to point out how the majority of us, who love beautiful clothes, work in professions for which most collections are inappropriate. In re-reading, the opening sentence WAS snarky. Mea culpa. But the remainder of the post was in general, not aimed at Crow winters.
2. I do not live in NYC. I live in what is affectionately known as 'flyover country.'
3. I was not instructing anyone on how they should dress. Simply explaining that, in my profession (upper level administration) I not only have to dress a certain way, but am constantly working with young people entering the work force. I want to show them that you can dress well without dressing like every other person at the mall.
So, Anonymous 8:01, I am truly sorry you misunderstood me, and if you felt slighted, I sincerely apologize.
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