New York Fashion Week show collections of Jason Wu , Peter Som , Helmut Lang

  Peter Som said it was all about the " surfer " while Carmen Marc Valvo Sportswear Uptown dive with a mesh sports and bands adjusted cocktail dresses.

"I 'm a beach bum at heart, " Som said in an interview . "I can not surf , though. I'm too accident prone . "

If summer has its way, the customers will be comfortable , but challenging - and treated to luxury. His collection was bathed in the ocean in front of a white blues with a touch of high neoprene bikini with skirts, shirts paired with real bathroom .

Valvo , known for red carpet evening dresses , even on a wet of black and white in the Mercedes -Benz tents at Lincoln Center dominates leave the runway. Black Dresses by well-fitting suits with bare skin inspired by strategic bars.

Desigual, a retailer based in Spain , which debuted on the New York catwalks Thursday went with a loose palazzo pants and dresses printed colorful breeze worthy fun in the sand . Some eyes were full of hard sun hats .

Other performances include Friday Jason Wu , Rebecca Minkoff , Nicole Miller and Helmut Lang . The world of fashion then moves on extracts from London, Milan and Paris.

Wu designed spring styles that emphasizes ease. A bias -cut , gold - beaded dress Karen Elson wore to open the show was a sign of his tact , with a light pen and sometimes sheer slip dresses, followed partly covered with tiny beads . They impressed tennis star Maria Sharapova, who was sitting in the front row. Other guests Alicia Keys and Jessica Paré of Mad Men fame. " Jason has a remarkable talent to create a romantic and feminine look with the use of curtains and unique fashion," Sharapova said.

PETER SOM

Som paired pieces of sportswear with satin tuxedo jackets, coats and snakeskin cocktail dresses eyelet. A pattern of blue wave in a dress was dragging neoprene with a crisp white shirt buttoned tuxedo worn , showing how the bridge in the way to cross. Floral artwork was almost shocking and adapted shorts had an open edge. The juxtaposition of seemingly contradictory themes - a loose shirt with a female eye worn back with a tweed skirt - that's what makes it so interesting. " This tension is sexy ," he said. "I 'm not interested , then never . "

Project Runway

There was a smell of scandal glamor - make this scandal - with actress Emmy Kerry Washington as a guest judge on Project Runway season finale . Washington, which plays a shrewd political strategist in his red series , is a leader in the fast growing fashion - a development which they described as " occupational hazard " very happy. They met regularly judges Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Zac Posen at Lincoln Center tries to look past eight candidates display their wares . But in reality there are only three finalists. Their names are a mystery to the rest of us stay until the last tunes.