Spring 2010 fashion from Isaac Mizrahi is modeled during fashion week in New York, Thursday Sept. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
(AP)
Forget clothes for a minute: Isaac Mizrahi knows how to put on a show, and that's just what he did Thursday at New York Fashion Week.
With a rain spray, wind machine, spotlights and a staircase incorporated into his catwalk, Mizrahi even sent out one model in a golf cart. He dubbed the spring collection "Astaire Case or Obstacle Course."
Golf-cart girl was wearing a black-sequin shorts suit — and a white top hat, of course.
The eveningwear is indeed what sparkled here on the last day of previews for the editors, retailers and stylists at Bryant Park. A strapless black cocktail dress with a giant white rose on the bustline and a fluted gown covered in black lace and tufts of tulle both captured classic Mizrahi and his theme of a retro country club.
The photographers at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week seemed to like a sequined T-shirt minidress with a fringe hemline best; that piece of eye candy got some catcalls.
"Isaac's strong suit is always nighttime," said Candy Pratts Price, executive fashion director of Style.com. "He knows Palm Beach glamour. You could almost see the lawn and the well-groomed women at a party."
Several outfits featured a frilly, feminine miniskirt silhouette, including a nude-colored wrap dress as well as a lilac-colored one paired with a suit-style jacket.
Other jackets were finely tailored, except for the sleeves, which were ripped off (purposely) with bare threads exposed. Preppy walking shorts finished off the looks.
Mizrahi, though, also needs a fix of kookiness and this go around he accomplished that with an iridescent lava lamp-fringe coat.
He always sends off his audience with a smile.
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