Jason Wu’s Ready to Wear Spring Collection has me praying for warm weather. The Manhattan-based designer knows how to perfectly incorporate risks into a ready to wear collection. While there was plenty of white/black pieces, candy pinks, neon yellows and a palette of blues in florals dotted the runway.

Let’s start with my favorite trend, the peplum. In some pieces, Wu used feather and beading embellishments and also successfully incorporated a short under a peplum top – no easy feat. I adore the the white dress with exaggerated feather detailing, it makes me think old hollywood. The strappy shoe and long earrings were a great way to update this look to 2012.

Wu collaborated with KAWS, the graffiti artist who came to fame in the nineties for inking up bus-shelter ads of Kate Moss, on the flower-petal print that repeatedly walked down the runway. Florals are no new idea for a Spring collection, so Wu’s use of a graffiti artist is a nice way to ad diversity in the inspiration process. I loved the high waisted, thigh-baring shorts in florals. My favorite is the pairing of the opaque floral top with the solid short. We saw lot’s of floral pant suits in couture Spring and Summer shows, and I like this twist on the trend.

The hemline went up and down in this colllection. Extremely high on sport shorts, which I loved paired with a cropped bustier or beaded-collar top.

Extremely low on the maxi dresses with cascading hemline. These dresses combated a winter feel with lightweight fabrics, bright colors and strapless necklines. For the ladylike pieces, Wu showed a fit-n-flare knee length dresses along side A Line shifts with excessive high-low hems.

Sara Platt