JEREMY LAING SPRING 2011 RTW

KEKE LINDGARD

JIANG XIAO YI

R`EL DADE

Chantal Stafford-Abbott

SIMONE CARVALHO

KATE SOMERS

EUGENIA MANDZHIEVA

JULIA SHVETS

BARBORA DVORAKOVA

FABIANA MAYER

IRIS EGBERS

EDYTHE HUGHES

GWEN LOOS

SOFIA PARAS LANDA (FORD)

ULIANA TIKHOVA

YULIA LEONTIEVA

R`EL DADE

JIANG XIAO YI

BO DON

VICTOIRE

KATE SOMERS

EUGENIA MANDZHIEVA

KEKE LINDGARD

MIAO BIN SI

SIMONE CARVALHO

JULIA SHVETS

Hildie Gifstad

Uliana Tikhova

FABIANA MAYER

BO DON

Gwen Loos (MARILYN)

BARBORA DVORAKOVA

IRIS EGBERS

Edythe Hughes

SOFIA PARAS LANDA (FORD)

Chantal Stafford-Abbott

JIANG XIAO YI

Hildie Gifstad

JEREMY LAING

Christian Cota Spring 2010 RTW.

Sofia Monaco

Like many (or at least some) Americans these days, Christian Cota is feeling guardedly optimistic—and he expressed that mood through the metaphor of an urban garden. "You're still in the city, but you can see something growing beyond the gates," he explained at his jam-packed presentation Tuesday. (Rose Byrne and Amerie were among the crowd.)

Kim Koo

Blossoms popped up all over the place, from gorgeous saturated prints—seen on a long dress with a fitted bodice, as well as on a slim A-line skirt—to the flowerlike shapes of the clothes themselves. "I wanted the woman to look like she was blooming," Cota said.

Hanna Paat

But not everything was roses. A silver lamé bandeau and knee-length skirt were meant as an alternative to all the super-short after-six dresses out there, but the idea didn't quite work. (What the look lacked in leg, it more than made up for in midriff.) For a young designer starting out, though, Cota has an impressive number of admirers, and they should be able to glean enough good stuff from this collection to hold them over until he finds a surer footing.

Rachel Rutt

Alexina Graham

Clara Settje

Bex Fleetwood

Danni Li

Clara Settje

Rebecca Chandler

Hollis Wakeema

Ataui Deng

Anais Poulit

Emily Didonato

Edythe Hughes