AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Byline: Michael Carl
Frill-seekers beware: Designers are replacing flirty summer dresses with something much more elemental this season, using earthy colors and intricate patterns to create looks that the fashion world might term "tribal." We call them highly evolved. Oscar de la Renta's sexy cotton halter dress with a bold geometric African print is the perfect balance of symmetry and style--not to mention old-world and new. Givenchy's dusky silk dress looks windswept and a touch wild with its uneven shoulder straps, dipping hem, and swirling gray pattern. A kaleidoscope of colors gives Just Cavalli's long-sleeved dress the exotic appeal of a ...