Fur is must-have item on the runways

Peter Som
Some of the favorite adjectives being tossed around the Bryant Park tents are “structured,” “architectural” and “slim,” while there have been very few references to “feminine” and “delicate” — yet those are the words to describe many of Peter Som’s ladylike looks.

The show opened with a high-neck ruffled top and pencil skirt in complementary flower-petal prints, and ended with a white chiffon swirl tank gown. Some of the best outfits in between were a bottle-green chiffon twist dress that skimmed the model’s body and a blush-colored dinner dress with strategic layers of sheer organza.

More in line with the trends was a lovely black sweater dress that was a patchwork of different textures.

Ports 1961
“Industrial” is a hard word in fashion. Is it a uniform? Is it metallic? Is it spare or edgy?

Ports 1961 designer Tia Cibani interpreted it as all of the above in a collection she described as rooted in Icelandic architecture and postwar industrial design.

The colors were smoky, even the metallics, and the lines alternated between straight and severe, and quilted and rounded.

Cibani called those rounded details “wadding,” which worked best around the collar of a luxurious black coat. She also put necklaces made of tiny pillows, bunched together like charms, around the necks of the models. The key to this wadding is to wear it above the bustline.

Another innovative look was a sheath dress that seemed entwined with a cardigan jacket that tied at the waist.

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