Miriam Silverberg is a freelance journalist and owner of Miriam Silverberg Associates, a boutique publicity firm in Manhattan. She may be reached at silverbergm@mindspring.com. (Miriam Silverberg)
These were all costumes, not dresses. Everything was beaded, spangled with rhinestones and other bling hanging everywhere. The colors were neon-bright. And talk about southern exposure, one dress was cut so low in the back that I half expected someone to rush up with a blanket and cover the model wearing it.
To be fair, there were one or two short white dresses that were not half bad. The hems were threaded with wire, and the excess fabric of the skirts stood away from the body in various designs. Without all the spangles, these dresses might have been rather pretty. Of course, how you could sit down in them, I'm not sure. Am I the only one who thinks of these things? Some of the costumes were spangled in strategic places, and heaven help you if the dress shifted while wearing it.
The models wore 6-inch heels or higher and one poor girl almost fell, righting herself just in time.
Doesn't this designer realize women go to work, go to dinner, go to the movies? Why doesn't she design clothes a woman can wear? I fully understand that many of the clothes shown on the runway are purposely made to shock and are changed before being shipped to the stores. But I can't see how you can change these costumes. They're simply cheap.
Miriam Silverberg is a freelance journalist and owner of Miriam Silverberg Associates, a boutique publicity firm in Manhattan. She may be reached at silverbergm@mindspring.com.
