I want to love the fall Vogues, but quite frankly I’m more inspired lately by Burda and Style Arc offerings. The new Vogues were released yesterday and I was first struck by the fact there are much less designer offerings that in previous collections. I’m not sure whether I will buy many, if any, but at least they kept the mega-sale up Friday for the die hards! Prices are back to normal today. Here’s what I liked best of the lot:
Donna Karan Collection V1361
Donna Karan Collection V1365
Rebecca Taylor V1367
I love the styling and fabric the most for this one:
Vogue 8933
This could be quite figure flattering:
Vogue 8932
There are also a lot of shapeless baggy separates and some recycled wardrobe patterns. However the most head-scratching thing is that they must have hired the Burda Style Crafts Editor who spends most of their design time on acid for this baby; what gets me is the elegant styling of the model & the what the hell? purse:
V2942. Also available as an owl.
Sew,Stash,Sew 
I was not over the moon with these. Not even froggie has me giddy….
I’m pattern and fabric fasting right now, and was underwhelmed by the offerings. I did save a few on my wishlist-certainly not the froggie purse though.
Just discovered your fantastic blog through WordPress’ Reader page “suggestion”. Will be checking in a lot! Agree with you about the Vogue patterns. If this doesn’t discourage me from buying vogue patterns this season, nothing will.