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Blass Sticks to What It Knows for Spring
The lunching ladies who consider Bill Blass a staple of their wardrobe don't have to fret over what they'll wear next spring. The line's creative director resigned midway through preparing the spring collection, but the dresses presented Thursday at New York Fashion Week were based on looks of the house's archives. The design studio led by Prabal Gurung found their inspiration in "the pretty young things" who so often are called to cocktail parties and other dressy occasions. While Bill Blass might be most famous for its tailored sportswear, the "unsung heroes" of the label have been the dresses and gowns rich in embroideries and other intricacies, the design team explained in notes provided at the presentation at the New York Public Library. The women who would wear a sweet blush-colored silk-satin dress with an embroidered rosette tulle underskirt or the lovely cocktail dress made of ivory and black tulle and decorated with black beads and lace are those who "take fashion risks and exude sensuality," the designers said.
Clean look hot at NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK � Fashion cleans up next spring, with lean, polished looks prevailing over the revealing styles favored by the Paris Hilton and Britney Spears set, designers say. Designers unveil their spring 2008 looks in New York�s semi-annual Fashion Week that kicked off on Wednesday with shows by Nautica, which showed sporty menswear, and BCBGMAXAZRIA, which showed dresses in delicate layers of silk in muted tones of ivory, taupe and lilac. More than 100,000 people are expected to attend Fashion Week before it ends next Wednesday. For women sick of seeing skimpy, baby-doll clothes meant for teens, this is their moment. "It�s a clean-up campaign," said David A. Wolfe, creative director of The Doneger Group trend forecasters. New styles will be "not as flashy and not as vulgar as we�ve seen in the recent past � fewer clothes for Britney and Paris Hilton, more for grown-up women," he said.
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