Isaac Mizrahi has gingham on the brain, but don t blame it on his recent debut as a theater director with Sondheim s A Little Night Music, set in a Swedish country house. "For me, a gingham is like a solid with a lot of personality," the designer said at his showroom. "I use it all the time."
Today s effort—Mizrahi coined it "A Whiff of Spring"—was certainly sweet, but it wasn t overly saccharine. Clusters of silver and black crystal polka dots decorated silk faille gowns. French sailor stripes were reinterpreted as strips of elastic running across a tulle slipdress. And the vintage-inspired prints on a pair of Watteau floral gowns were manipulated so as to resemble Xeroxed copies of flowers. As for that gingham? A demure pink bow-backed frock drew the most murmurs of approval from the crowd on hand, but a little clutch was equally enchanting.
