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Designers Show a Somber Side for Fall
Instead of the light-as-meringue frocks and sweet interpretations of femininity so dominant in past seasons, the clothes unveiled for fall 2006 are more substantial both in weight and tone.

It only makes sense that the clothes have a certain gravity. Designers are like sponges, absorbing the uneasy and fearful mood of the culture. Then they spill out masterly emotional summations of what it means to live in the world at a precise moment.

One can choose from a long list of topics -- political, social, religious, cultural, avian -- to find a reason to fret, protest, drink or simply stock up on canned goods and dive into the nearest fruit cellar. But sobriety has been good for the designers here, who have taken that dark energy and tried to make sense of it.
The Washington Post, March 3, 2006


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Fashion: Dark Delights
Category: FASHION
By: Pete Kendall, March 3, 2006

bag headWe covered the new bear market in fashion statements back in the fall. Items like this hood and the very chic black body bag dress shown on EWI's home page today show the trend's continued progress during the latest shows in Paris. In fact these new looks are are so bearish, they beg the question: Is this a top or bottom? The answer is that it's still a top because, while the move to "cover the body" among the avante garde designers is now well along. Street level participation has yet to take place. In fact, we're sure there are a lot of young women who will look at what's coming down the runways in New York and Paris and say, "No way!" They're the same ones who will  say,  "Not in this lifetime!" to shorter skirts at the bottom.  
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