Last season she was a virgin. Since then, Alberta Ferretti s innocent girl has been allowed out to a couple of gigs, or maybe taken a year off to do some traveling. In any event, her summer of drifty white eyelet is over and she s turned the corner into a tougher kind of teenager. In her wardrobe now is an eclectic mix of Chinese jackets and vests, grunge-influenced plaid, and a lot of tiny smock dresses—but always worn with woolly ribbed tights and flat boots or shoes.
Ferretti s addition of menswear shirt stripes and distressed leather coats give this girl enough to wear when she wants to hang out with the cool gang, but she s still a sweetheart underneath it all. Those signature Empire-line coats and chiffon dresses are still true to her good-girl nature. Daddy, meanwhile, will be relieved to discover that his little girl s idea of great nightlife is still a pajama party.
