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NEXT STEPS? We showed the line for the first time on the runway in New York City last month. We chose the Cunard building on Broadway, because in 1938 the founder of this company traveled to and from the U.S. on Cunard. We wanted to do something very strong for our first show ever...
Apart from technology, fashion operates on the fastest creative cycle in any business. For that reason creative types in almost every other industry keep an eye on what's happening in fashion. And so for every trend that comes down the runway, there are hundreds of trend forecasters pouncing on the next hot color, texture, fabric, shape or shoe. For spring you may already know that silver is ubiquitous in handbags and shoes and that the silhouette veers between a replicant look best realized by Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga and an overtly romantic vision put forth by Alexander McQueen...
...anorexic. The girls are skinny. They have skinny bones." ?Karl Lagerfeld, shrugging off concerns that runway models are too thin...
Elsewhere, as at Mercedes, status is increasingly measured by what's on the inside. There was not a logo in sight on the runway of young designer Doo-Ri Chung, whose spare and ethereal designs have garnered her a devoted following and the 2006 CFDA Swarovski's Perry Ellis Award for Emerging Talent. Similarly, Belgian designer Raf Simons has made a return hit of Jil Sander's clean collection, which he describes as "pure," "silent" and "romantic." "The aesthetic that comes out is 'Let's not add what's not necessary,'" he says...
...Lucite and silver plaque ($950, gucci.com) Opposite page, from top: Belle by Sigerson Morrison silver bow flat ($260, sigersonmorrison.com) Roger Vivier Ballerine Chips ($525, 212-861-5371); Sigerson Morrison perforated flat ($345, sigersonmorrison.com) Bally Lumia ($295, bally.com) Ralph Lauren Collection Brigita skimmer ($395, polo.com) Oscar de la Renta patent runway flat ($450, Oscar de la Renta boutiques...