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Byline: Jane Herman
They're more Rick Owens than they are Chanel," says Rosetta Getty about the austere city-girl dresses and separates that typify her new line, Riser Goodwyn. "Modern
is a good word for them, but that doesn't really capture it. Sort
of androgynous but elegant, too. Avant-garde?" she ventures, quickly qualifying, "but not at the level of, like, Junya Watanabe or Comme des Garcons."
As Getty understands, Riser Goodwyn is easy to place in the context of today's well-known labels. In addition to some Rick Owens-esque asymmetrical jackets, there are modish shifts, belted tank dresses, and minimal floor-length gowns--piece by piece, the references to collections by Jil Sander, YSL, and Narciso Rodriguez ring clear. And yet, as a whole, Riser Goodwyn is so straightforward (here, a ...