Clements Ribeiro Fall 2005 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Style.com: Runway Review

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Clements Ribeiro Fall 2005 Ready-to-Wear

LONDON, February 14, 2005

By Sarah Mower

It was Frida Kahlo from topknot to wedge platform toe at Clements Ribeiro, that is except for the merciful omission of the monobrow. It's not hard to see why the couple glanced Frida's way. Inacio Ribeiro is himself South American by birth, and in any case, an arty-crafty version of the forties has always suited the CR duo. So, for fall, it was (as ever) all about a floral vintage-look dress, skirts with flowers appliquéd in tape, and a few windowpane-check tweeds (seasonally inspired by Kahlo's lover, Diego Rivera).

Clements Ribeiro are practiced at doing this sort of thing and know well how to turn out a pretty, non-tarty party number (this season it was a peach chiffon flapper dress with spangle-edged ruffles). What's new is the way the couple have been steadily building their core business into a brand that now encompasses leather goods and fur. The huge wedge butterfly-decorated sandals, high-heel Mexicana boots, chunky bags, and a feathered fox coat testified to that.

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A.F. Vandevorst	Akris	Alberta Ferretti
Alessandro Dell'Acqua	Alexander McQueen	Alexandre Herchcovitch
Anna Sui	Ann Demeulemeester	Aquascutum
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Balenciaga	Basso & Brooke	BCBG Max Azria
Behnaz Sarafpour	Bill Blass	Bottega Veneta
Boudicca	Bruno Pieters	Burberry Prorsum

Calvin Klein	Carolina Herrera	Celine
Chado Ralph Rucci	Chaiken	Chloé
Christian Dior	Christian Lacroix	Clements Ribeiro
Comme des Garçons	Costello Tagliapietra	Costume National

D&G	Daryl K	Derek Lam
Diane von Furstenberg	DKNY	Dolce & Gabbana
Donna Karan	Doo.Ri	Dries Van Noten
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Eleykishimoto Ellesse	Emanuel Ungaro	Emilio Pucci
Emporio Armani	Etro