by Timothy Hagy
Photos by Marie-Béatrice Seillant
 PARIS, July 5, 2006 - Portuguese designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista sent out a
collection of couture Wednesday at noon aimed at the woman who winters
somewhere south of the border. Perhaps he had Brazil or Argentina in mind
when he twisted and pleated light strips of chiffon and colored them white
and crimson. One dress had been molded of thin strips of plastic, and another
steel-colored creation was presented hood up - a profile that resembled a
knight’s helmet. The show closed with a series of dresses overlaid with
vertebrae-like appliqué that could have been derived from the fossils of
prehistoric dinosaurs.
Baptista's work was both fresh and creative - summer like at heart, it was
light as a feather.
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