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………………The SIMPLICITY of BLACK & WHITE……..Here Yasmeen is wearing almost the exact same outfits….just reversing the colors….A Black sweater set, with a jewel neck sleeveless sweater is worn over a white pleated skirt on the left…..and  a white sweater set with a mock neck sleeves top is over a black pleated skirt on the right………….Black AK slides and Sterling Silver AK earrings with the black patent leather belt finish both looks………When we use the word…….TIMELESS………….THIS IS WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT!

………………..If I was asked to described Christy in this look, the one word that would come to mind is……..”ICONIC”…………There is nothing more modern, more timeless that a RIBBED SWEATER SET…….The JET BLACK cotton/lycra ribbed tank is paired with the LONG matching button front V-neck cardigan….all made in Italy……and  paired with LANGUID rayon/silk/lycra fluid wide leg pants in the optic white……A black patent leather wide belt cinches the waist, and simple sterling poker chip earrings finish this ultra modern look. This is the type of look that Chanel made popular in the 20s in the South of France, and it will be popular 100 years from now.

……………DANIELLA……….one of my all time favorite models……looks so comfortable and natural in this outfit… She is wearing an elongated, double breasted blazer with polished silver buttons and an OPTIC WHITE short skirt……OPTIC WHITE is a super white, and this white can not be achieved in all fabrics, such as many wools…..This fabric, used for the jacket and skirt, is a weighty rayon/silk/lycra that tailored beautifully, and could be made by the mill in the optic white I wanted…..I loved Daniella in this!………..SO CHIC!

…………..Each collection was broken down into different delivery dates. Sometimes the first and second delivers were similar in colors, and just built on one another…….but…….sometimes the next delivery was a total change in colors and attitude. With my Spring 1992 collection….the fancy tweeds, and bright pastels, and the evening clothes were the first and second deliveries starting in February. The evening clothes were in the stores by March when women started looking for special occasion clothes for spring weddings and such……..The third delivery was in April…..It had a totally different coloration of…..BLACK…..OPTIC WHITE…….and STEEL GREY………all with STERLING SILVER ACCENTS……….Here is Yasmeen in a sleek, sharp white double breasted FITTED blazer, in a RAYON/SILK/LYCRA blend, with a cutaway bottom and two poker chip silver custom made buttons……She is wearing it with a black scoop neck tank bodysuit……..Her bottom is a pair of PANT BOOTS in an incredible stretch spandex fabric that was developed for these boots…..The fabric was smooth and held you in!….The form fitting pant and the shoe were all in one piece…..only the heel was added on………This “look” was the epitome of what this group of clothes was about……MINIMAL, SLEEK,  MODERN CLOTHES with a SHARP EDGE………..Considering this was presented 32 years ago….I would recreate the exact look today!

……………….Another major trend for Spring season of 1992, was dubbed by the fashion press as the …….”THE SALOON SKIRT”…referencing the “OLD WEST”…..The style skirt was also one of those mysterious items that all of a sudden, to my surprise, showed up on a few runways….Was it in the AIR?….or did some editor “suggest” to other designers to add some dressier full short skirts?….We’ll never know…..In later years, it was even made reference to in the movie “The Devil Wears Prada” when they are going through one of their run throughs with Miranda and….Stanley Tuccis’s character said something like…”Give me a SALOON skirt any day of the week”, or something like that……I made three versions of the so called “saloon skirt”, and here are just two……At left, on Ludmila….in THE PINK LINED BUSTIER worn with the tiered PINK TULLE & BLACK LACE full SALOON SKIRT….and on the right….Yasmeen is wearing another style Bustier lined in Pink with satin bands on the bodice and a satin bow at the top where the bra meets…..The full SALOON SKIRT has many many LAYERS OF PINK TULLE with a BLACK LACE OVERSKIRT………..These skirts sold well too……They were flirty and FUN TO WEAR!……….Women seemed to be in the mood for a good SALOON SKIRT!!