New York Fashion Week is in full swing: the bow trend is taking things in a girly direction.

New York has never been a tie-me-up tie-me-down kind of town, but after Blair Waldorf started sporting big bows in Gossip Girl, the city cant seem to get enough of the girly accessory. Spring Summer 2012 is welcomed with bows of all sorts including Wes Gordon’s elegant ribbons around the waist or Duro Olowu’s Rastafari knit bow belts. Badgley Mischka went for a feminine satin number tightly bound around waif-like model waists, while Jason Wu bravely accessorized with large focus bows hung around the collars of shirts.