NewYork fashion week"People always say Pre-Fall is so difficult," said Scott Sternberg, citing the short shelf life. "But, for me, it's back to school." Hence the plaids and prep-school blazers, perfectly in line with the private-schoolgirl chic that's always been a Band calling card. There were motions toward expanding the options—creating a "suit" of cropped, square-cut jacket and trousers, rather than only the usual shrunken schoolboy jacket—but, for the most part, the pieces here elaborated on Band's fundamentals: a little pretty, a little preppy, a little poppy. There was more of an East Coast sensibility than usual for the West Coast brand, evident in the "Connecticut" florals and nods at upper-crust horse girls and their traditional garb. The latter influence was particularly apparent in the "not quite jodhpurs" in patchworked chino with a gathered-leg sweatpant style. And because it would hardly be Band without a visitation—at least inspirationally—from an alterna-heroine, there was Chloë Sevigny in The Last Days of Disco on the mood board, whose sequined tube top inspired a few cocktail-friendly pieces in foil-stamped tulle. Those had an element of novelty, but overall Sternberg was content to keep this collection smack dab in Band's sweet spot.

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Bystander (Band of Outsiders), to make thin cut Oxford shirt and started the majority of supporters in Japan, and bystanders (Band of Outsiders) brand designer Scott Sternberg (Scott Sternberg) also won in 2008 American Fashion Designers Association (CFDA) Award for the year-coming couturiers.