Perhaps Marc Jacobs is to blame, but ever since the American fashion maestro’s 1970s-inspired spring collection debuted, it seems much of the industry’s been taking cues from the disco decade. Such was the case at tonight’s Cynthia Rowley show, though the looks seen here were more Seventies scholar than Studio 54. Think Marcia Brady meets Electric Lady. Cast in an era-appropriate color palette of mustard, rust, emerald green, and midnight blue, the collection was full of sparkling intarsia knits and crisp A-line skirts featuring daringly high slits. In keeping with the chosen theme, there were plenty of Op Art prints, namely a colorful cubist pattern and another in checkerboard chevron.

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