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//DDD// Tibi Fall Winter 2012

Written By: Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor
Photos By: Casey Vange for www.figphoto.net

Playing with gender roles again Tibi’s Amy Smilovic started with suits for her Fall Winter 2012 collection, where jackets were boxy and trousers were slim and cropped. Countering that sentiment, were three quarter roomy monochromatic dresses, stiff leather pencil skirts and or tunics layered with skin tight mock necks in black giving off a little bit of a 1960’s beatnik vibe. To help the audience further feel the theme “Must be the Season of the Witch” by Donovan pumped through the speakers.

The palette was full of evergreen, burgundy, black and cream. Textiles were modern (some of the jackets even looked like retro vinyl) and the prints were either window pane or swooping birds.

There was a lot of the same just manipulated in different ways, save for the plunging v-neck cocktail dresses bedazzled with the repetitive window pane pattern. Those were one of the strongest moments to counter nicely with the masculine looks. The men’s loafer inspired ankle booties, specifically the white ones were another favorite.