Geometric Shifts
Fashion and math converge in this season's bold shapes and angular patterns
Posted on
March 1, 2012
by
Linda Immediato
Urban Jungle
Inspired by Mayan temples and his father Frank's textile blocks, Lloyd Wright built the Sowden House in Los Feliz in 1926.
Left: Just Cavalli dress, $845 Roger Vivier shoes, $1,100. Right: Just Cavalli dress, $735 Fenton necklace, $575 Salvatore Ferragamo shoes, $825
LINEAR THINKING
By the mid-1920s, deep orange lips were all the rage. this season they make a daring return.
Left: Etro gown, $5,560 Jacquie Aiche finger bracelet, $265 Nialaya bracelets, $730 each Eric Rutberg shoes, $275
Right: Salvatore Ferragamo dress, price on request Dannijo necklace, $545 Kara Ross ring, $1,450 Right: Alberta Ferretti dress, $2,695 Jacquie Aiche diamond and mako shark-tooth necklace, $3,490 Mawi ring, $400
ALL THAT JAZZ
Flappers liked the illusion fringe gave of longer, more respectable hemlines. Tasseled dresses come back swinging for spring.
Left: Dina Bar-El dress, $500 Etro coat, $3,701 Lizzie Fortunato necklace, $620 Nialaya bracelet, $420 Eric Rutberg shoes, $265 Right: : Donna Karan dress, $2,295 Monique Péan necklace, price on request Pamela Love ring, $725 Kitson bangles, $22 and $29 Eric Rutberg shoes, $235
Right: Gucci dress, $13,500 Jacquie Aiche geode necklace, $3,650, and trilobyte fossil ring (right hand), $1,750 Gucci shoes, $1,195
Photographs by Juco
