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//DDD// Diane von Furstenburg Fall Winter 2012



Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor
Photography by Billy Rood for www.figphoto.net
Diane von Furstenburg herself is chic polished and glamorous yet seductive so it is no surprise that her Fall Winter 2012 collection was titled “Rendezvous” and from the smoke filled set down to the eye hidden sunnies DVF took us on a surrealistic journey into the psyche of a woman.

Everything was dressed up but not too formal, coats had cape-like appeal with pieces that gracefully wrapped around the shoulder. There was much attention to shoulder detail actually, from the off the shoulder one Bordeaux opening dress to the side bow tied gowns or knitwear printed with hands almost visually manhandling the model. Prints were the bulk of the surrealistic moment with large graphic bits of puzzle pieces, comma’s chain linking and hands on garments and little heart and clock shaped clutches accessorizing the show. Diane’s Creative Director Yvan Misplaere also had a large impact on the palette witch was mainly in the tint, tone and shade variety of pinks and reds with the occasional black and white in the mix but it was the bold use of yellow, teal, purple blocked piece by piece turning the look into that styled but not trying to hard chic seductive glamour described earlier.