SHOWTIME: Habitual at New York Fall Fashion Week 2005

Helen Lee - March 8, 2005

With denim such a huge part of every one's wardrobe these days, it is no surprise that Habitual is the prefered jeans of fashionistas around the world. And now Michael and Nicole Colovos have expanded their denim empire even more.

They expanded a little from their denim roots into leather, adding some sexy but sleek ankle and knee high boots, some funky belts and skin tight leather pants.

To their denim collection they added skinny jeans in many different washes, from light to dark blue to grey, brown and pink. There were fitted denim jackets, double and single breasted coats as well as flowing skirts and satin trimmed dresses. And since wearing (almost) anything with jeans seems to work these days - and this is a Autumn / Winter collection - Habitual have embraced the art of layering. With tank tops, turtlenecks and pretty shirts in muted autumn shades of grey, plum, purple, brown and black.

While the collection wasn't a multimillion dollar spectacular, the collection is functional and wearable straight off the catwalk. Layering is an art, and Habitual just made it that much easier

Some of my favorite outfits...