Lela Rose

NEW YORK, June 12, 2009
By Romney Leader
Lela Rose is adept at inflecting her sweet, graphic silhouettes with imagery culled from various cultures. For Resort, she was looking at traditional Japanese motifs: An abstract poppy print jazzed up a button-front frock, waist-cinching belts were folded in the hakama style, and a classic L.B.D. came with an obi-like sash. Rose also enjoys juxtaposing casual elements with special ones—she did so here with a cotton men's shirting dress slicked over with clear sequins—but in general she focused less on jeweled necklines and intricate embroidery and more on tactile fabrics. A clean-lined shift with a doilylike lace overlay was particularly strong.

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