ENTERTAINMENT DAILY: ENT1- NEW YORK FASHION

(18 Sep 2000) English/Nat

STORY: NEW YORK FASHION
LOCATION: NEW YORK
DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER, 2000

LUCA LUCA's show for the New York Spring/Summer fashion continued this season's obsession with sequins in a collection aimed at "inspiring" women.

Luca said he designed the clothes for sexy and confident women, and certainly it helps to be both on order to carry off his brightly coloured outfits - lime green and baby blue feature prominently - with tummy and back revealing tops. Luckily, supermodel Giselle and model Frankie Ryder ( both stalking the catwalk) , have both.

Alongside Green leather jeans are crochet bikini tops and cashmere bikini pants, baby blue wrapped cashmere cardigans and printed sequined skirts.

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG's effortless and lighthearted show belies the complex story of how it came to the catwalk.

She married a German Prince in the late sixties and was a successful fashion designer by the 1970s. After a string of appearances at department stores - her wrap skirt became an icon for the decade. The couple fronted New York magazine as "The Couple That Has Everything".

But by 1972, it wasn't enough - and the couple split. Diane however continued to expand her empire to fragrances, beauty products and home furnishings and at the age of 29 graced the cover of Newsweek as "the most marketable female in fashion since Coco Chanel."

By the early 1980s she was bored with fashion, sold her business for $22 million and moved with her children to Bali. Then she saw the potential of cable television and the shopping channel QVC and launched a range of clothes, accessories and household goods on QVC, selling more than $40 million worth of products. Her daughter-in-law then noticed how twentysomethings were seeking out her original wrap-dresses in second-hand stores. They relaunched the dress, which promptly sold out. Now Diane is back in a big way, presiding over a rejuvenated empire.

Her Spring/Summer collection for 2001 was described by one expert as "lighthearted and odd - but in a beautiful way" and included, of course, a variety of wrap dresses. True to her fashion roots, the collection had a 1970's feel to it with colourful printed light summer dresses, flirty tops and sexy trousers. The prints featured Roses, corals and lavenders of love. Among the outfits are also Silk chiffons and Georgettes mixed with signature Jerseys and introducing Moire, Suede, Leather and Denim. "Sassy, sexy, slinky and young" was the verdict of HILARY ALEXANDER, fashion correspondent for British Daily Telegraph newspaper.

The Majorcan born designing sensation MIGUEL ADROVER took a somewhat risky route to fashion success with his spring and summer collection, and put models on the catwalk in what looked like army uniforms. Apparently, this is fashion satire - his other outfits included a play on the Ralph Lauren/Tommy Hilfiger clean cut American look with a model in Timberlands, chino shorts and checked lumberjack shirt. Another pressed a ghetto blaster against her ear while inches of boxer shorts rose above her trouserline and a further included overly formal looking black and white dresses. But he says it all has a purpose - namely to convey his satirical view of American society. Either way, with the backing of the large American fashion group Pegasus, we can expect to see more from him soon.


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