NEW YORK — We’re just starting to wear our leggings and roomy tunics for fall, but designers are skipping ahead straight into spring 2007, envisioning sunny, sweet days, judging from what they’re putting on the runways for buyers and press attending this week’s fashion showings.
Ruffles, flounces, ties and other feminine flourishes were the order of the day Tuesday, epitomized by the girliest girl of all, Betsey Johnson. Lining her runway at the tent in Bryant Park were little tables set with glass cake stands topped with vanilla cupcakes, iced with her initials. (Jealous guests not on the front row dispatched others to swipe a sweet, but we’ll not confess to having frosting other than a dollop of gloss on our lips).
The confections swirled down the runway in swift succession, from soufflé-like satin skirts in pale pink satin to eyelet and dotted dresses in white. Lolita-like models with masses of curly, mussed hair and copious amounts of blue eyeshadow sashayed in babydoll numbers and styles with more tiers than a wedding cake.
Earlier in the day, Monique Lhuillier was also displaying feminine styles. Her refined chiffon cocktail dresses with bubble skirts, chantilly lace numbers and plunge-neck gowns are sure to turn heads at soirees next spring.
Even at DDLab, showing in the Nokia Theater on Broadway, designers Roberto Crivello and Savania Davies Keillor were into the softer mood. Known for their cutting-edge sportswear and innovative fabrics, the designers showed hoodies with ruched backs, high-neck Victorian blouses with pencil skirts and indigo silk dresses with bubble hems.
“Dresses are the big news of the season,” said Suze Yalof Schwartz, executive fashion editor at large for Glamour magazine. It’s easy, one-piece dressing, and with silhouettes that range from body-skimming to full-on tent styles, there’s something to flatter every figure, she said.
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