By Ivana Markotic. Photo by Rae Drake

Day Four of Fashion Week and the rain won’t stop! But count on the fashion elite to make use of the rain by pulling out their trench coats, hats and surprisingly very plain black umbrellas.

Evading trash cans full of Starbucks and wine-toting socialites, I somehow find myself front row for the Cheri Milaney show. The ten-year old label showcased simple drapery pieces with a focus on black. The whole collection seemed to pertain to the modern desperate housewife: loose tops over black leggings. The accessibility for everyday wear makes the collection appealing, although not too fashion forward.

Is it a dress? Is it a jacket? Is it a bathing suit? It’s an Evan Biddell, so we’ll let the ambiguity remain, because no matter what it was, it looked stunning. The collection titled “Unnatural Disaster” foreshadowed the items we would wear accordingly to the weather.

MTV’s Dan Levy and model Stacey McKenzie were front row, with two reported Degrassi stars who were en route in a cab, but no sight of them at the show. Biddell’s show quickly built up anticipation with lightning flashes and thunder sounds. The collection started with dark shades of beige and bold blacks—including an out of this world black turtle neck with a wide neck exaggeratedly shaped to one side. Next, were the hooded bathing suits. Not practical, right? Still, visually stunning-they may be a new way of sun protection if not considering hats. The hooded look was extended onto dresses, which reminded me of a famous photo from the 19070s of Bianca Jagger and Andy Warhol leaving a party.

The romper is back for S/S10, but Biddell makes it a dark jean that is capri length; if worn with flats in the day it’s casual but throw on a blazer and heels and it’s dressed up. The colour pallet softened towards the end and coupled male and female models walked down the runway with the female sporting dresses in beige and peachy-pink hues while the males wore the equivalent colours on their t-shirts. I guess couples who dress together, stay together. Biddell also feminized the male by dressing the male models with EB initialized costume jewelry.

The loose satiny-orange hue dress looked made to combat a heat wave or a rainstorm, flowing beautifully on the runway. And by the final look, the fashionistas stood to applaud the collection and remarked “stunning.” It seems EB is one of the newest initials to add to the list of longtime favourites CC and YSL.