NEW YORK, September 20, 2000 – There were two sides to Anna Sui's collection: a stark, punk-influenced series
of slashed black jersey tops, dresses and skirts with crisscross straps, metal
studs and butch-belle belts, and an array of embroidered and embellished
printed chiffon and crepe ensembles. Sui would've done well to stick with the former—the moment girly prints, fringed bags and raffia anything came along, the powerful image fell apart.
Not surprisingly, the three most directional looks were worn by Belgian model
Hannelore, who is fast emerging as a poster face for the new haute-punk and
the more street-savvy reinterpretations of the '80s. She wore a simple
white silk cowl-neck dress that looked perfectly right, a purple mesh dolman
dress, and a one-shouldered black jersey number that would've worked equally well at BCBG in 1985 or at a cocktail reception in the downtown Guggenheim right now.
– By Armand Limnander
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