...luxury separates in the slouchy, easy shapes now synonymous with 7th Avenue sportswear. Twice it mis-fired. First, when Calvin Klein’s Francisco Costa embarked on the intriguing project of rendering the flat-pack – the symbol of today’s...melting pot of straw hats and plaid shirts and neat 1940s jackets and double-breasted blazers and bias-cut taffeta and lurex Gibson Girl hobble skirts and Chinese brocade that added up to a powerful argument that something beautiful could emerge from all...By Vanessa Friedman
...luxury separates in the slouchy, easy shapes now synonymous with 7th Avenue sportswear. Twice it mis-fired. First, when Calvin Klein's Francisco Costa embarked on the intriguing project of rendering the flat-pack - the symbol of today's credit...pot of straw hats and plaid shirts and neat 1940s jackets and double-breasted blazers and bias-cut taffeta and lurex Gibson Girl hobble skirts and Chinese brocade that added up to a powerful argument that something beautiful could emerge from all...By Vanessa Friedman