It’s a nice day for a garden party
Last Updated: 5:06 AM, September 17, 2011
Posted: 11:23 PM, September 15, 2011
PrintThe final day of Fashion Week kicked off with a pastoral picnic at Ralph Lauren; sherbet-hued daywear was shown in robin’s egg blue shredded cableknits, silky apple green shirts and daffodil floral print skirts. Gauze flutter-sleeve dresses met their menswear match in the chic-est of pinstriped, double-breasted suiting. For evening, it was long and lean with silky ivory gowns trimmed in deco beading, complete with ostrich-feather fixings; some were topped with crystal cloches. We could easily see front-row fan Olivia Wilde donning one of those slinky numbers for her next red carpet affair.
Meanwhile, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, threeASFOUR took a journey to the Middle East: breezy black-and-white tunics bearing the Star of David, gumball-sized evil-eye appliques, and broken mosaics were presented in the cathedral’s in-house gymnasium, which served as an appropriate venue given the collection’s theme of breaking cultural barriers.
It was business as usual at Calvin Klein — working in a strict color palette of eggshell, nude and black, creative director Francisco Costa marched to the beat of his minimalist drum: whisper-thin slip dresses surprised with rear-pleated panels, camisoles were decorated with delicately fluted hems and sharply tailored collarless jackets looked perfect for throwing over your shoulder on chilly spring nights. Sheer bib-front dresses revealed little lacy bras — apparently something will come between you and your Calvins this spring.
And at a much more glitzy affair, Naeem Khan’s silver-mirrored runway had us seeing double. Not that that’s a bad thing. We fell hard for his full-skirted grommeted frocks — they were just the right amount good-girl-Khan-bad. Column gowns were heavy on the beading and the prettiest of butterfly prints. A fluttery, sleeved white chiffon caftan with crystal embellishments is sure to make any beach bride swoon.
- Dapper Flappers go straight Gatsby
- They’ll occupy Calvin’s pants
- Moms away!
- Rugged elegance & cartoon cool
- Minka’s Oscar-worthy in a de la Renta dress
- Meet this season's it girl
- Rich, retro & sexy by design
- Betsey’s bottom gets top billing from Russell
- Well-suited for gold and bold
- Icy catwalk’s a cakewalk for NYC’s Fashion Flock
- Fashion’s bright future
- Ronsons Won’t keep up with Kardashians
- Sweet treats meet sexy glam
- Model ma an oldie, but goodie
- Boy meets girl style on runway
- Day 2 of Fashion Week—Tramp stamps & debt woes
- She’s one wild woman
- Ready, set, show!
- ‘Uptown Girl’ almost takes a spill on the Red runway
- The kings of bling
- Giants’ Cruz in Fashion
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