DKNY autumn/winter 2011 at New York Fashion Week

Designer Donna Karan played with graphics in a slick collection of sporty, uptown separates.


Donna Karan played with graphics in a slick collection of sporty, uptown separates for her younger DKNY line at New York Fashion Week today.


Boy-jackets and "Teddy Boy" coats came in intersecting panels of cream and black or navy and black. Slinky knits and sweater dresses wee in eye-popping stripes of red and black or red and pink. A maxi dress, fully Sunray-pleated from neck to ankle, was in contrast segments of sugar-pink, tan, black, and powder.

An alternative to the coat or jacket was the cape, seen in short, grazing-the -waist lengths or well below the knee. The interplay of line and hue encompassed tweedy coats with knitted sleeves, and red tweed bombers with different-hued, fleck tweed minis or skirts. Offbeat colour combinations included mustard and red, or tan and pink.

The graphics concept extended to the stack-heeled Mary Janes in suede and leather, with a fine stripe of silver or gold mark the outline of the shoe.

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