International Velvet: the plush fabric rides a wave of popularity
July 21, 2005 – Designers' fabric of choice for fall's full skirts, coats, and cocktail numbers? Velvet. "I just want to rub it on my face!" admitted Peter Som, who praised the pile's deep luster and luminescence. "A woman in velvet," he said, "has her own spotlight." Both Som and Roberto Cavalli, the master of seduction, presented valentines of dresses in can't-miss-me reds. Blue pantsuits showed up low-waisted at Akris and slim-legged at Costume National, while abbreviation was the MO at Anna Molinari, where Rossella Tarabini paired Little Lord Fauntleroy knickers with a fitted jacket. At Christian Dior, the finale was a pewtery-blue devoré velvet (patches are burned away, or "devoured," by acid) that really turned up the heat.
July 21, 2005 – Designers' fabric of choice for fall's full skirts, coats, and cocktail numbers? Velvet. "I just want to rub it on my face!" admitted Peter Som, who praised the pile's deep luster and luminescence. "A woman in velvet," he said, "has her own spotlight." Both Som and Roberto Cavalli, the master of seduction, presented valentines of dresses in can't-miss-me reds. Blue pantsuits showed up low-waisted at Akris and slim-legged at Costume National, while abbreviation was the MO at Anna Molinari, where Rossella Tarabini paired Little Lord Fauntleroy knickers with a fitted jacket. At Christian Dior, the finale was a pewtery-blue devoré velvet (patches are burned away, or "devoured," by acid) that really turned up the heat.
