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doo.ri: Fixated on Spring • Soft Sensibilities
I absolutely adore the Doo.Ri’s Spring/Summer RTW ’09 collection – there seemed to be themes that were quite pronounced, including, but not limited to, athletic dresses with more sophisticated but languid pieces. It was quite gorgeous, the latter – the liquidity of the fabrics reminding me of the same fluidity present in Donna Karan’s Spring collection. Somehow, I’ve become quite enamored with the concept of loosely draped clothing – which is quite the change for me; I tend to opt for body-conscious fits. But it was Donna Karan and Doo.Ri’s collections that opened my eyes. It was indeed the aforementioned two that proved that body-con fits are not the only silhouettes that can be regarded as sexy; when the drapery of a clothing is calculated meticulously to fall on a woman’s body, such fit can actually accentuate – not hide – a woman’s curves. My latest obsessions, loose fitting trousers and tanks, are all present. I can only imagine how comfortable it would be, lounging around or walking about in such light-weight fabrics. Paired with heels, like the YSL tributes, the effect is simply killer: super long and lean legs. The idea of tucking a silk tank into a pair of those trousers,…
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