Spring 2009 New York Fashion Week sketches

Next Friday is the first day of New York's Fashion Week when designers unveil looks from their Spring 2009 collections. But why should the Fashion Today audience have to wait until next week to see everything? Fashionistas don't like to be kept waiting...so here's a peek at some of the looks you'll see coming down the runways. Included are sketches from Marc Bouwer, Rubin Singer and Maticevski. And there'll be more to come as I get them from other designers over the next few days leading up to the big event.

Marc Bouwer's collection is called, "Goddesses by a Pool," with the inspiration for the pieces coming from the powerful femininity of a 1970s sex symbol. His will be an elegant retro/futuristic procession in bright, poppy colors.

It's "Anchors Awei" for Rubin Singer. Exotic destinations, carefree luxury cruising, the 1940s, and the rugged, angular forms of marine vessels served as inspiration for his spring looks.

"My main inspiration for the collection came from a book called, Inventive Paris Clothes 1909-1939' with photos by Irving Penn and Text by Diana Vreeland...," explains Maticevski. "Restrained opulence - rich, luxurious, exotic and intoxicating."

Posted by Lisa Irizarry/The Star-Ledger