Word: florals
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Other popular destinations for spring included Rome, with Vera Wang excavating ideas from the city's ancient polycultural society and translating them into toga-like dresses, and Bali, where Diane von Furstenberg found bold floral prints. Japan--specifically its traditional folded-and-dyed fabric-printing technique, shibori--turned up on the runways of designers like Narciso Rodriguez, Proenza Schouler and Thakoon Panichgul...
...knowing how this whole medium thing worked, I brought several swatches of fabric that I thought might speak to him. Van Praagh felt the gold lamé and the pink floral print and didn't say anything. Then, running a piece of denim through his fingers, he said, "A lot with denim. More denim. I think you'll see lines that are simpler and cheaper and more accessible...
Cartier 1899-1949: The Journey of a Style (Skira) Photographs of 230 dazzling jewels?including delicate floral motifs and earthy acanthus scrolls?capture 50 years of Cartier's history. Additional essays by museum curators offer a surprising new view of the French jeweler...
...description "party planner" didn't begin to do justice to the galas, extravaganzas, grand balls, fetes and blowouts that Philip Baloun orchestrated for the rich, famous and socially stratospheric. Baloun, who attended the American Floral Arts School in Chicago while still a teenager, moved to New York City in 1976 to be a theater director. But instead of working on Broadway, he wound up creating glittering theatrical magic for the soirée set. Baloun invented a life-size Hungarian town square for financier George Soros' 70th birthday. For a New York City welcome for Prince Charles, Baloun conjured...
...testing ground. Many European designers use their resort lines to try out ideas for upcoming spring collections. A color like last spring's grass green and a shape like the skinny pant first emerged in resort collections. For its 2007 resort line, Prada is introducing a new fuller shape, floral prints and a brightly colored soft leather bag. Chances are a variation on these looks will show up again on the label's spring runway. Prints are also an important trend at Louis Vuitton, where designer Marc Jacobs worked with English artist Pippa Cunningham to create travel-themed prints that...