Diane von Furstenberg called her show "Rock Goddess" (and she had a couple of
goddesses in her front row: Uma Thurman and Jennifer Lopez). But "Flower Child"
might've been a more apt title for this breezy Spring collection, which, in
contrast to Fall, consisted mostly of dresses.
The models wore silk flowers and
feathers strung from leather cords in their loose hair, and there were all
manner of sixties standbys, from plissé wrap gowns and short tunics to a Saint
Laurent safari dress and ribbed knits worn with denim flares. Everything was
boldly colored, splashed with lush prints (often more than one in a single
outfit), or trimmed in crystals and beads. Should von Furstenberg's hippie chick
long for a touch of glam—a subject with which the designer is on intimate
terms—there was a gold jacket and tuxedo shorts (worn, thank goodness,
separately).
