Alexandre Herchcovitch's spring 2010 muse dresses for battle in tribal prints and linebacker silhouettes -- with tube socks to match. Using rain and windbreaker fabrics, and a sort of rubberized material for many of the dresses, the idea was: you can look, but if you touch, the dirt will roll right off my (football padded) shoulder. Even when he used fluttering leaves of fabric, they overlaid nude perforated materials that were cut to resemble protective under gear, and when he mixed matte and shine fabrics they were on blacks and metals. A fitting near end to Spring 2010 New York Fashion Week which showed a consensus among designers about a redefined femininity that's a tough and ready to scramble, as it is girly and romantic.
“Well, I, uh - I read in The New York Times this week that I'm an ice queen, I'm the Sun King, I'm an alien fleeing from District 9 and I'm a dominatrix. So I reckon that makes me a lukewarm royalty with a whip from outer space.”
— Anna Wintour discussing her reputation on Letterman. From NYDN
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