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Block Party.(color-block paintings serve as inspiration for fashion designers Marc Jacobs, Jil Sander, and Donna Karan)(Brief article)

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Byline: Michael Carl

Back in 1965, Yves Saint Laurent centered an entire collection around Piet Mondrian's color-block paintings, duplicating Broadway Boogie Woogie on a shift dress that's now a museum piece. This season, several designers explored color blocking in a looser, more suggestive way. Marc Jacobs's trompe l'oeil slip dress with an allusion to a bra and panties is a colorfuland irreverenttribute to lingerie. Jil Sander's navy blue tube top neatly divides a pink gabardine jacket and pants with a jolt that makes the outfit look edgy, not square. Donna Karan, known for her predilection for black, adds a vibrant orange hem to a wool minidress, bringing a ...

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