Saturday, February 13, 2010

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week NYC: Cynthia Steffe

English designer Shawn Kearny, designing for Cynithia Steffe has given us a modern schoolgirl look. Calling it, "military meets romance," the skirts and dresses are short, and the stockings were thigh high.

I'm really not sure what he meant by military, and this alone is enough to make me think they need to hire PR to handle the coinage of words. Still, it was narrowly saved from veering over to dowdiness by the details and pairings --jumpers paired and a cape with a fur lined hood, a silk chiffon dress with a pair of thigh high grey stockings, a furry zebra print skirt, a leather jumper with a striped black and grey sweater and a beret. There were definitely some winning separates in this collection. Though the collection at times seemed a bit too monotone in color, a youthful flirtatiousness was delivered by the flounce of the hems, the wispy hair, and stockings that wouldn't stay up.

1 comments:

OldOldLady Of The Hills said...

It's funny you used the word "dowdt" because that was exactly what came to my mind when I saw those first two pictures....
I don't "get" a lot of todays fashion...I can appreciate some of it for the color and style and beauty...but so much of it doesn't look beautiful to me....But then I am completely out of the loop!

I haven't forgotten about our trying to get together....But I haven't been feeling very well at all and not having any visitors that weren't absolutely needed for the my life....Forgive me, my dear. I hope I will feel at least somewhat better very soon....But, who knows.