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Byline: Michael Carl
Designers traditionally use ruffles to doll up a neckline, sweeten a hem, or soften the shoulders of a dress. This season, they tried something a little different, adding grown-up flounce in the form of crisp, structured folds. Some of the constructions looked as intricate as origami. Proenza Schouler's thigh-grazing cocktail dress is as polished as it is playful, inspired by the architecture of a paper airplane. With a pair of tightly crimped fans at the shoulder and waist and gathers of creamy silk, 3.1 Phillip Lim's cocktail dress belongs on the Shanghai Express rather than the Good Ship Lollipop . And Marni turned ...