Doo.Ri Pre-Spring 2007

[liberty33r1b]

Doo-Ri pre-spring 2007

Doo-Ri pre-spring 2007

 

[liberty33r1b]

Doo-Ri Does Pre-Spring
Ten pieces, one strong statement

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Doo-Ri pre-spring 2007

(NEW YORK) For her first pre-spring collection, Doo-Ri Chung—who on Monday night won the CFDA’s Swarovski’s Perry Ellis Award for Womenswear—returned to the roots of her first collection some handful of years ago. The 10-piece collection, comprised solely of the short draped jersey pieces, some paired with leggings and pants, that put her on the map, was an elegant and refined antidote to embellishment and heavy embroidering. Chung incorporated men’s masculine touches, as witnessed by tuxedo shirt pleating and stacked bowtie detailing that was fashioned from men’s poplin shirts. Quilted jersey was incorporated to give the pieces a little more structure. The overall soft look was contradicted by statement-making wide strap Gunmetal shoes, done in a patent leather tusk color with buckle detail. “I pulled what were some of my strongest pieces,” she said. “For [my upcoming] spring [show] I wanted to do a take of Le Smoking, so this is a preview.”
JIM SHI

Doo-Ri pre-spring 2007

 

[liberty33r1b]

one more:

Doo-Ri pre-spring 2007


source:fashionweekdaily.com

 

[Deleted member 7575]

She's dissapointed me more and more with every season since A/W 05. This looks like something cheap you'd pick up from Forever XXI or Express.

 

[Pastry]

^yeah..the white mini dress on the mannequin

 

[Scott]

Yup. Definitely a bit too boring for it to be a preview. I would expect something stronger and more exclusive/interesting out of such an attempt.

 

[Hye Park Lover]

I like the first dress and the third top with the ring of material around the neck that resembles a garland of flowers

 

[stilettogirl84]

I agree- it looks cheap

 

[maraschin0]

I don't like the white mini dress. Looks like something Paris Hilton would wear

 

[Spacemiu]

A few ok things, but over all pretty generic

 

[scootinheels]

I actually loved her Fall 06 collection and picked up a couple of pieces from that. I loved that she was expanding her views and making pants and jackets which I felt she did a great job on. I’m happy that she is going back to her roots of jersey dresses but I completely agree that this is disappointing – it does look like something Paris Hilton would wear!

 

[Meg]

She's dissapointed me more and more with every season since A/W 05. This looks like something cheap you'd pick up from Forever XXI or Express.

exactly.

 

[jegg]

CFDA Winner Doo-Ri Chung Debuts Pre-Spring Collection
By Lauren David Peden
June 09, 2006 @ 2:00 PM - New York

It's been a week of firsts for up-and-coming designer Doo-Ri Chung, who designs under the label Doo.Ri.

On Monday night, the diminutive New Jersey native won the CFDA's prestigious Swarovski Perry Ellis Award for Emerging Womenswear Designer, and on Wednesday night, Chung presented her first-ever pre-spring collection in an intimate gathering at her fifth floor studio in midtown Manhattan.

Editors and buyers swarmed the brick-walled, wooden floored space to congratulate Chung on her CFDA honor and check out her 10-look Pre-Spring collection - a precursor to her full Spring 2007 line, which will debut in September - while sipping champagne and dishing about the more memorable highlights of Monday night's awards ceremony.

"I'm still kind of numb to it," a grinning Chung said of her CFDA win two nights earlier, while surrounded by well-wishers and her latest designs, four of which were worn by models, the rest displayed on featureless mannequins. "I don't think I've really processed it because I haven't had much time. It was like, the event, the after party, trying to recover, then preparing for this [presentation], and having this today. I think over the weekend it'll hit me. But right now it hasn't."

What hit guests was the fact that Chung had played to her strengths with the Pre-Spring pieces she chose to show, most of which were short dresses or tunics and all of which were rendered in the signature draped jersey with which the designer first made her name, this time adorned with delicate ruffles, satin and chiffon over layers, or hand-tied bow details.

"For spring, I've worked so much more on embellishing and creating texture through embroideries and adding more [layers]," said Chung. "For this collection I concentrated on jersey [because] I really wanted to do something that was similar to when I began. So even the pants are stretch jersey."

And how does the Jersey girl define Pre-Spring versus a Cruise or Resort collection, which is what other designers are presenting this month?

"To me, Pre-spring is a prelude to Spring, while Resort is bigger and more about [going on] holiday," she replied. "Pre-spring just seems less intimidating. There's less pressure because it's not a fashion show; it's really about clothes-making. It's about inviting everyone to my studio to have a look-see, so it's more intimate. And from a retail perspective, it's fantastic because I usually only make two deliveries, so I'm only in the stores four months out of the year. Adding another delivery is great because it really keeps a presence."

After her week of firsts, we have a feeling that Doo-Ri Chung's presence - in stores and otherwise - is about to reach a whole new level.

 

[susie_bubble]

This could be one of those collections that looks a whole lot better in person but yeah, from the pics, it does look a little bit Morgan/Lipsy-esque (two of the tackiest brands in UK).

 

[jegg]

http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=208094&stc=1&d=1150220261

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www.doori-nyc.com

 

[i_<3_chanel]

agree w/the general consensus
disappointing! tht's not to say i don't like it . . it's v.harmless?
but it looks like smthn even i could whip up in a minute or two on my machine!
i might do tht actually . .

 

[liberty33r1b]

the second dress in #15 looks nice though, even sophisticated, at least for my taste.....