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Carolina Herrera admitted she was "inspired by winter sports at luxury resorts (Gstaad and St. Moritz) in the 1930's. Skiing, ice-skating, and sledding in Switzerland and the warmth of the lodge après-ski." Her signature color was plum used in combination with black, oatmeal, 'peacoat' (navy) and 'limoges' (ivory). Luxurious fabrics such as cashmere, alpaca, and butter soft leather were juxtaposed again furs (mink, ermine, fox). In general, the silhouette was lean, owing to legging like narrow pants often tucked sportily into leather boots that laced up, and knee length skirts that were fitted through the torso but flared at the hem.
Unfortunately, things got a bit tricky and dowdy with too many long side slit skirts for day (I doubt her uptown ladies will be inspired to try those out while navigating Madison Avenue), but she did hit some high notes with her youthful multi striped fitted cashmere sweaters shown with matching mufflers (by the way, the designer feels very strongly for the luxurious cashmere scarf this season, which she feels "one should own in every color"), horizontally worked, close to the body, abbreviated mink jackets that had just the right amount of athletic and modern appeal in their simplistic designs, and her sporty takes on evening- a bugle beaded 'alpine' sweater and several quilted satin sleeveless vests worn with long skirts.
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