Lights dimmed to a whisper as the audience was immediately mesmerized by the thumping Middle Eastern inspired electronic beats. As the first model glided with her stoic yet soft face, each soul in the Theater at Lincoln Center was breathless.
Accompanied by the upbeat techno music of the MisShapes, the first model at Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra’s Spring 2013 runway show was clad in an unimpressive burnt orange and brick colored draped turtleneck dress with a brown alpaca teddy bear coat.
While Shoji reveres and celebrates the many different sides to a woman, his collection, inspired by this mysterious Russian royal, often feels more like an international relations convention than a character study.
Duckie’s Brown previous two collections focused on the somber, but for Fall/Winter 2013, designers Steven Cox and Daniel Silver took a step in the brighter direction.
