At Wildfox, Jane Austen Goes Grunge

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• Photos by Kiara Schwartz
• Style Takeaway #1: No vase? No problem. Try botany in boots.
• Note the very specific flower placement instructions.
• Models are either shoe size 39 (US 8) or 40 (US 9).
• Style Takeaway #2: Make like Johnny Depp and tuck your baggy pants in boots.
• Baby's breath flowers delicately scattered on romantic waves. Can we look like this every day, please?
• Style Takeaway #3: Embrace saggy socks.

Wildfox's fashion week shows are always a party. Whether it's saluting Charlie's Angels in Miami or reviving the Roaring Twenties in NYC, they never lack a playfully nostalgic theme, reminding us that fashion should never be taken too seriously. The LA-based label's fall 2014 range is just as imaginative, saluting "Jane Austen, England and sisters."

For her first-ever NYFW runway show (past events have always been in presentation form), Wildfox creative director Kimberley Gordon unveiled a grunge-meets-whimsical collection called "Sense & Eccentricity," a play on Austen's classic novel, Sense and Sensibility. LA bloggers like Olivia Lopez of Lust for Life and Courtney Trop of Always Judging looked on as 18th Century England-inspired wares merged with Wildfox's signature '90s touch. (Think loose knits with flouncy skirts and chunky socks with lace-up boots.) See below for some key style takeaways, including a vase-free way to display flowers.

· Wildfox [Official Site]
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· Wildfox Kicks Off NYFW With a Flapper-Inspired Presentation [Racked]
· Wildfox's Miami Swim Show Attracts Lord Disick, Kardashians [Racked]