(1 of 8) NYFW Fall 08: 3.1 Phillip LimSince launching his line in 2005, Lim has earned accolades for consistently creating the kind of clothes that real women want to—and can—wear. His fall collection served to reiterate that well-deserved praise, as many of his models mirrored the well-dressed crowd that filled his audience. Lim showed his interpretation of the trendsetters’ current exterior of choice—the cropped leather jacket—and layered effortless cardigans, smart slip dresses, and breezy anoraks with a fresh, unstudied ease. Compared with the usual fashion-show paparazzi swarm, Hollywood starlets were conspicuously absent at his show, but then it’s the chic everyday Janes that Lim’s collection speaks to loudest. Look 1
