SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Ralph Lauren were paired with prominent use of saddle Flame-haired screen sirens Julianne Moore leather fashioned into jackets, blouses, cropped and Jessica Chastain were the guests of honor at pants, shorts and a skirt. the designer’s Riviera-inspired collection of Besides the plain separates, there was a col- timeless elegance that saw French chic meet orful “bateau” print-inspired by multi-colored East Coast high society. “It has a romantic rustic- sailing ships-and evening dresses were strapless ity, as well as a sleek and luxurious sportiness with billowing skirts. The designer came out to that represents to me both the cool insouciance rapturous applause at the end, kissed his chil- and understated style of the women who dren and guests of honor, who rose to their feet inspire me,” wrote Lauren, one of New York’s to greet him, before walking the runway to most beloved designers. Frank Sinatra’s classic track “I Love Paris.” For day, it was a maritime look of white linen shantung pants, navy viscose dresses with cut- out shoulders, navy jackets, sweaters with Breton-style buttons on the shoulder and white silk organza skirts. Otherwise, white and blue

Models walk the runway during the Calvin Klein presentation at New York Fashion Week. — AFP photos

Calvin Klein Jenner sat front row at Calvin Klein in a bare- ly-there red dress and towering black stilettos, as did actress Zoe Kravitz in cream. Francisco Costa, the label’s Brazilian-born women’s cre- ative director, presented a collection that he summed up as “the morning after”-an explo- ration of “modern sensuality through intimate deconstruction.” The overall effect was unfinished, as if the pattern was still pinned to a mannequin in the studio. There were lots of apron dresses, sashes hanging down, triangular slits cut at the back bottom of pant legs and seams stitched on the outside, but the collection won warm applause from the fashion crowd. As always at Calvin Klein, the main focus was on black and white, with the eggshell and gold so pale that they Models walk the runway during the Ralph Lauren presentation at New York Fashion could be mistaken for white. — AFP Week in New York. — AFP photos