Isaac Mizrahi Fall 2011: Dye-To-Match Poodles, Pearls, and Pastries
While we love peeping next season’s trends and scoping out street style during NYFW, we have to admit that the whole scramble-sit-watch-applaud-repeat drill can wear thin by week’s end. Thank goodness, then, for designers like Isaac Mizrahi, who consistently manage to add a little levity to their presentations.
Each seat card at Mizrahi’s show bore only one word, “CAKE,” and that perfectly summed up the delectable, whimsical collection. Each model was outfitted with a poodle-style black pouf atop her head–shades of Dr. Suess, albeit far more chic–and the looks ranged from classic tea dresses to crisp A-line lady coats to ribbed turtlenecks worn over mermaid-silhouette faille skirts, all in candy-sweet shades of mint, tangerine, and bubblegum pink. And, clearly as a nod to the sock-hop-era poodle skirt, there were fitted pencil skirts embellished with sparkling poodle brooches. Evening gowns shimmering with pearls, sequins, or a combination of the two were definite showstoppers, and shorter day dresses bore exaggerated bows (some hugging the models’ shoulders, others decorating the back of the look).
