Daily Front Row

2007 March 4

Nina Ricci - Paris Fall 2007

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(NEW YORK) With wavy feather tendrils floating from the clothes and hair down on alien ducklings, what might have registered as sterile futurism in that stark, otherworldly sea of grey and white instead came off as divine newness. But were Theyskens' angels encumbered by their earthly visit, or did they transcend it? Floor-length skirts, occasionally draped in netting, that bunched about the ankles, ultimately kept the loose swing of poncho pullovers from getting too head-in-the-clouds, while a radiant finale of canary yellow gowns showcased a delicateness the hue is rarely used to convey.|page|