NEW YORK FASHION WEEK DAY 4: VICTORIA BECKHAM
By: Jim Shi
Freelance Fashion Journalist
Simply put: this woman's got it going on. In the tightly edited collection of day-into-night dresses and resplendent evening gowns she presented in an intimate setting Sunday afternoon, Mrs. David Beckham proved she's got the chops to sit at the adult's table--and at the head, no less. The pieces in the superb 26-look collection she narrated were an exercise in control. Inspired by the Dick Tracy era, Beckham illustrated that her new silhouette was still as much about structure as ever--albeit with a slightly looser silhouette and drape. The contrast of light and dark and feminine and masculine were underlying motifs as she softened the shoulders while, for evening, went more daring with raw edges and asymmetric collars. "It's about a real current attitude," she explained. A strapless sapphire double crepe drape back dress, meanwhile, took on the form of Martha Graham with its tuck at the bust and effortless draped back while a trompe l'oeil liquid silk/jersey dress with attached scarf was simply divine.
