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When Stefano Pilati created this showstopping look for his spring collection for Yves Saint Laurent-lashings of featherweight silk organza appliqued with cunningly applied violets (where once you were
deflowered, you're now flowered)-he imagined something "discreet but still very erotic," which showcased "the contrast between decency and inhibition." It's an edgy red-carpet fantasia that looks forward, from a style point of view, by looking to the back.
This season, as the weight of history bore down on far too many runways (ciao, Edie, please!), the most modern designers took the idea of a backward glance and did something beautiful and original with it. Clothes that were pristine walking toward you were electrifying ...