Guest written by Angela Uncles.

The Spring/Summer 2010 Jaqueline Conoir collection, brought to fruition by designer Rozemerie Cuevas, kicked off BC Fashion week at the Fortune Sound Club in Chinatown. The show featured what has become the standard of the JC Collection; wearable, feminine, and well-tailored garments. The extensive collection covered pretty well any aspect of a woman's life: business meeting, brunch with the girls, hawt dates, even her own wedding! Graphic tees and prints, stripes, solids, tie-dye, --- JC appears to have an answer for everyone.

So let's get down to it: the good, the pedestrian, and the questionable.

Good: Cuevas is particularly brilliant when it comes to long, flowing, silk-chiffon summer dresses, and this selection did not disappoint. The dye patterns are reminiscent of Georgia O'Keefe's floral paintings. I particularly loved an asymmetrical, kiwi + lavender gown which contrasted perfectly with its garnet and crystal belt. The show concluded with satin white dresses perfect for a tropical destination wedding or cocktail reception. My favourite featured a sheer fabric shawl tied in the back and left to flow down like a train. A robin's egg blue blouse with khaki pants is great for any snappy casual function.

Pedestrian: Embroidered flowers and ponchos. Yawn.

Questionable: I'm not quite sure why designers are still trying to push what I like to call the modern "Hammer" pants. Women simply do not need that extra room down there, thank you very much, and its hardly flattering. As well, the collection's take on a the quintessential little black dress featured the highest black slit possible without showing some cheek, and bit too much fabric in the midriff.

Other highlights of the evening included special guest, fashion model Stacey Mckenzie, whom after much mental stammering, I finally got up the courage to ask for a photo with. Delicious canapes and champagne satisfied the crowd during the pre-show performance of contact juggling.

Since the garments are already made, we should just fast-forward to next summer already, no?

The Jacqueline Conoir Collection displayed their works at the Fortune Sound Club on Monday, September 28, 2009.

Photography by Duran Cheung.