Poll | 03/26/2009 12:00 am
Which designer's fashions do you feel best understand the needs of real women?
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I like clean, sporty, classic designs in solids, with the emphasis on cut and silhouette. I’d had high hopes for Michelle Obama, but she frequently is overdone. Almost everything today looks too busy for me. Big ugly purses, loud trashy clothes, horrid patterns, logos, Simple and underdressed over a fit body is best. Liz Smith, Heidi Klum are two I can think of who are always put together well. Caroline Bessette Kennedy was…loved the white boucle wool fitted dress….
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Lee Radziwill frequently is. To me her clutch is too big for this delicate dress, but other than that she looks great:
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My favorite book right now is Mr French Life. The cover is perfect…even the umbrella has a nice shape and refined trim. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9ELvTtbsBqA/SUf4mxF5Y6I/AAAAAAAAARI/DLmk-SXhXB0/s400/My+French+Life+Cover.jpg
Suzanne… I think Demi Moore always looks really good. Did you see that yellow sheath dress she had on recently? I want one!
A fashion designer who understands the "needs" of women? That is the question posed here today. I think the answer cannot be generic because the needs of the working woman is different than that of the socialite just as the needs of a mother with a toddler (absolute no frills or anything the baby can grab unto) is different from that of a young woman who is stepping out on her own for the first time and wants to look not chic or elegant but hot and sassy.
The answer, therefore, is whatever designer catches the wearer’s imagination who sees a dress or outfit that she knows would look terrific on herself ….. if only she doesn’t have to spend the next six months paying for that lapse of vanity or suffer from buyer’s remorse.
You are right, Dee, style and pricetag trump label!
I am a believer of emphasis on classic pieces that flatter my figure (the popular pear). I am petite so a lot of the great fashion model looks are not meant for me and the petite department of many stores should be retitled ‘drab and boring’. It can be a challenge to find the right look sometimes, so one designer does not ‘fit all’ for me.
Isaac Mizrahi has done the most of all the names on the above list to reach a wide population. His Target collection was stylish and very reasonably priced.