With a blizzard raging outside, Jason Wu presented his fall-winter collection 2013 Friday during New York Fashion Week, at a venue on swanky Park Avenue. And despite the ice pellets falling outside, the fashion pack soldiered on in spindle-thin stilettos and, in one case, a red evening gown with a particularly low decolletage.
Power dressing made modern. Black twill and velvet coats with peplum details and oversized fox fur pockets. A strapless snakeskin dress that dissolves into snakeskin print chiffon pleats. Sheer black lace rain slicker and trench coat. Illusion stripe sweater worn with ponyskin flounce skirt. Short coat dresses with exaggerated shoulders.
The designer, who has now designed not one but two inaugural gowns for First Lady Michelle Obama, has reason to show a little swagger. But his genius is in really respecting women. This collection was confident and sexy without being revealing or exploitative.
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