Designers Share Their Fashion Week Inspirations

"The inspiration for SS15 is to be caught in motion"

"I was inspired by various traditional kimonos and the way floral patterns are beautifully combined with geometric elements. The influence of shape and proportion can be seen in wrapped bodices and sloped sleeves." - Lela Rose

"Spring 2015's shattered glass motif mirrors the Jonathan Simkhai woman. The light reflecting from each piece is unique from different vantage points. At times, it may be intense, soft, or it may blind you, just like my woman." - Jonathan Simkhai

"I was inspired by the idea of artificial nature, the blending of synthetic and natural materials." - Tess Giberson

"The LIE SANGBONG Spring/Summer 2015 collection evokes optimism and celebrates life. I want to share the positivity that is brought on by the beginning of spring and the promise of a new day."

"For J. Mendel's Spring 15 collection, I have collaborated with the artist, Enoc Perez. Taking some of his paintings of large buildings as an inspirational starting point, we worked together to translate those images into luxurious, highly textural fabrications, while keeping things sleek and architectural in terms of silhouette."

"Inspiration this season is 'Flora; Mother Nature strolls through the garden.'"

"L.A.M.B. Spring 2015 is a distinctive mash-up of soft pastels, warm blush tones and fierce black and white graphic patterns featured in our 'New Nomad' collection." – Gwen Stefani

"The starting point was an image of a flower from Wilder Quarterly Magazine. I wanted the lines to follow the sloping, easy shape of the petals."

"The feeling is Minimal Tropical. Something at once bright and easy but grounded in something heady and intoxicating."

"The spring 2015 collection celebrates the jet-set glamour of the 1960s, a time when women dressed up to travel. Building on the refined silhouettes of that period, the Rachel Zoe girl travels from St. Tropez to Portofino and finally to Marrakech, infusing her style with finds along the way. Textured silks, cottons, and tweeds in bold primary colors segue to delicate embroidery in saturated hues of piscine, palm green, and orange." – Rachel Zoe

Mara Hoffman's spring 2015 collection is inspired by light. Celebrated for her traditional brights and bold patterns, Hoffman takes an elevated step, introducing a softer color palette and plays in an easier, more tranquil space. The intention of the collection is to act as a subtle reminder to take a personal breath and to be in a place of lightness.

"This collection is a reminder to self to be light." - Mara Hoffman

"The soft pastels and epicurean brights set the tone of our Sunday afternoon." – Serge Azria, CEO and Creative Director

"Spring 2015 was inspired primarily by Louise Bourgeois and Georgia O'Keefe–both their works and themselves as female modern artists working in America in the mid-1900s. Both women were stunning in their individuality and strength as well as their artistry–adding a femininity of color, texture, and material to a predominantly male art world. In a way, spring 2015 is very much about this femininity–what defines it and how we express it. We cinched waists, lengthened hemlines, and softened color palettes, still unexpected, but sweeter. The prints and colors are a tribute to the women and their works, the shapes and exploration in modern femininity."