| Nicole Miller does timeless, not trends
If you're into trend spotting, don't study the Nicole Miller spring collection too closely. The designer declared in the notes left for the retail buyers, stylists and editors at her New York Fashion Week show that her look next season is about timelessness, not obvious trends. It made for a mix of shapes and colors on the runway Wednesday night at Bryant Park, but the link between them all was "streamlined glamour," she said. "The silhouette moves closer to the body. It emphasizes the waist and stronger shoulders highlighted by beading and military details," Miller said. Miller knows how to do a dress - it's what front-row fans like Ivana Trump and Jane Krakowski come for - and slim-cut sheaths in beige and black were among the best. In the same mood were a beige scarf-neck jacket and black wool wide-leg pants with a slim snakeskin belt, and a khaki-colored pencil skirt made of dry cotton burlap worn with a black silk blouse with miniature pompom embellishments.
Fashion Week | BCBG dresses up spring
The success of the dress continues. At the Wednesday morning preview of BCBG Max Azria's spring collection, the womenswear line that kicked off New York Fashion Week, one delicate dress floated down the runway after another. The best part: Many were wearable. The femininity came from the fabrics, mostly organza and tulle, in a subtle dusty palette with only the occasional pop of a blush pink. Because some of the dresses would have been sheer on their own, the husband-wife design team of Max and Lubov Azria layered them, often with a silk slipdress under a wrap dress or one with panels. "Hiding in the light you will find traditional tailoring and corsetry deconstructed to define a modern woman," said the Azrias in their notes explaining their inspiration.
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