Less than a day from the close of a grueling, seemingly endless fashion season, it seemed fitting…
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The collection was the fashion equivalent of a souvenir shop, so stocked with kitschy local clichés that one wondered if it were done in partnership with the Sicilian bureau of tourism. There were two main looks: First, colorful puppet prints, a too-literal depiction of street theater, that were garishly splashed across tunics, skirts and dresses, done in a variety of Dolce & Gabbana stock silhouettes.
Mostly monochromatic, this collection had a languid, laid-back glamour telegraphed by luxe fabrics and embellishments. The label’s designers, Heidi Middleton and Sarah-Jane Clarke, said they took their design elements both from the “energy” of Peru and of Buenos Aires, following a jaunt there earlier this year, and from elements of masculine and feminine dressing.
After the giant egg performance at the Guggenheim Museum Lady gaga took her performance art talents across the pond, hitting the catwalk for famous hat maker Philip Treacy’s Michael Jackson-themed London Fashion Week show. (It’s the designer’s first in 13 years, though his hats are worn by countless celebs.)
Among my favorites Haute Couture 2012, in Paris are Hubert de Givenchy’s column dress from the 1960s — made famous by actress Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” — was the muse behind the house’s imaginative couture presentation.