Lettuce ruffles, sculpted around the bodice, defining shoulders and wrapping around necks. Romance is a given when it comes to dressing for spring, but instead of tiered flouncey pieces, the ruffles this season were stiff and structured. Giambatista Valli and Givenchy had something in the red coral lettuce variety. Small compact, ultimately textured in a frisé. Valentino known for the rose motif made an entire dress of large leafy ruffles curving into the center of the flower right at the pubic bone. Stella McCartney gave us happy flirty one-shoulder ruffled necklines. Mark Fast, a sculptural genius mixed his knitwear with floppy tiers of something resembling buttercrunch. At Lanvin, while classic in overall concept of his collection Alber Elbaz still used a large meaty ruffles that grazed the shoulder. Burberry’s Christopher Bailey paired his bandage draped skirts with perimeter ruffles that had a petite pertness which were the exact opposite of the typical ruffled flounce. Elliot Atkinson unveiled a revolutionary type which not only were stiff in form, but grazed the body creating a new silhouette within the garment. Louise Goldin’s ruffles were large and fanlike, curious in the way they created almost an apron and paired with a conical bra conjuring boudoir romance. Yet Marc Jacobs with his plethora of curlicue ruffles taking over entire outfits that had the leafy trend conquered.-Lynn Furge
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