Fashion fit for a first lady

Fashion fit for a first lady


Rubbishing the old adage about girls who wear glasses, Reese accessorised her ethereal and colourful spring-summer 2013 collection with the kind of old-school, oversized spectacles typically sported by bad-boy photographer Terry Richardson.

As for the clothes, there was lots of layering, featuring light-coloured biker jackets with minimal detailing donned over loose-fitting shirts worn over fluid miniskirts or trousers.

It was a collection from the 48-year-old African-American designer sure to please not only the US first lady, who appeared in a Tracy Reese dress to speak at the Democratic National Convention last week, but also her daughters.

"I was really inspired by juxtapositions," Reese said backstage. "The fabric is where we started, and there were so many wonderful fabrics offered for spring, so I was playing with organic fabrics as well as technical fabrics."

It was chock-a-block with shows by some of the biggest names in US fashion design, including Diane von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY and Thakoon Panichgul.

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Victoria Beckham sent out a sumptuous collection: "We focused on texture this year more than on colour," she said after her show at the New York Public Library, noting her use of chiffon and graphic lace that she paired at times with Manolo Blahnik flat sandals.

"The collection is versatile, modern, and there is an ease about it. "There isn't a thing out there that I wouldn't wear myself," Beckham said.