New York Fashion week – Isaac Mizrahi

NEW YORK September 8 2008 – pleasant, rich, beachy colors of ocean navy blue, marigold yellow and hibiscus pink dominated the catwalks Monday at New York Fashion Week.

Fashion designers attempted to lighten a dismal public mood and mind for their spring – summer collections 2009 with a sunny evolution of the popular fall palette of aubergine, midnight blue and mustard.

For spring, they’re building marigold, lighter lilac, teal.

Isaac Mizrahi

Many of these clothes—like a black tunic dress with crystal and fur embroidery—had an old-Hollywood-at-home feel to them, though a red sweater suit read very Jacqueline Kennedy, very first lady. Mizrahi’s new position will have him designing clothes that fall between fast fashion and the couture lab”

Isaac Mizrahi presenting his fashion collection yesterday, Sept. 8, during NYFW, took his inspiration from the insect world. His collection named “Swarm” had dresses in the spirit of dragonflies, beetles, and even roaches.

Serious designer fashion included draped gown covered in orange pailettes, white-on-while jacquard leopard-moth sheath dress, white beetlebride gown, with a wrap-style top and full white ballskirt, as well as coats and dresses that closed like a paper wrapper.

Neon underpinnings mixed couture and sport; fuzzy, caterpillar-like skirts, ball gown with a crackled pattern in gold were noteworthy.

One of the distinguishing features of the collection were coatdresses. A coatdress in a “squash-cricket” print, and a dragonfly wingsilk coatdress in dark green with black stitching and lime green lining were among ready-to-wear designs.

Many of the silhouettes had corset tops, one of  NYFW trends.

The most classic Mizrahi look was the beekeeper’s dress, with a tight bustier top and a puffy skirt with alternating layers of fabric and netting.

Mizrahi also presented shapeless dresses that he called pupas.

I love Peanuts because it represents a theme in my childhood to do with not fitting in, with being an outsider,” said Mizrahi, who designed a dress based on an outfit Brown would have worn-had he been a woman.

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