Ruffian S/S 08 NYC

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Brian Wolk and Claude Morais have a rarefied vision. They make confectionary-sweet clothes for the good life and seem not to care too much about their hip quotient. With the fashion pendulum swinging back toward the pulled-together, there were many pieces in their Spring collection that looked right. Take, for instance, a one-shoulder cocktail number in hot pink satin-faced organza with a frill running down one side. But there were others, like a ruff-neck coat in that same shocking hue, that will never see the south side of 14th Street.

The designers said they were working with twin inspirations: Madame de Pompadour and seventies punk. The former, unsurprisingly, was the more obvious, bursting forth in wallpaper florals and outsize, at times over-the-top, ruffles. You had to look more closely for the hard edges, but they were there—in the form of a jeweled gold belt punctuating an organdy blouse and silk skirt, or a row of buttons that created an interesting rippled effect on the sleeves of a short, nipped-waist, white cotton dress.

Those sound like minor details, but for Wolk and Morais they could be the beginnings of an intriguing new direction—one that might help them cultivate a fan base in the downtown scene.

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[seanutbutter]

Everything here is so eye friendly: the colors, not too bright; cuts and shapes, not too sharp. Some of the details remind me so much of Rodarte that I get this feeling I'm looking at one of their older collections.

 

[Bidwell]

Pretty in pink. The work is consistent even though I don't see the punk influence anywhere as they stated.
Reminds me somewhat of Tuleh.

 

[gr77]

It's elegant and wearable but not boring

 

[peacelover142002]

I like it. There's a bit of a ruffle-overkill, but still it's very nice.

 

[adorefaith]

no thanks...

 

[masquerade]

the makeup is distracting.

the only thing that caught my eye was the striped dress with the black ruffle down the side. too much frou frou, too much satin