Monday, September 15, 2008

BABY PHAT S/S 09

Friday night's Baby Phat presentation at Roseland Ballroom drew the likes of Andre Leon Talley, Serena Williams, and Kimora's squeeze Djimon Hounsou. The collection had a Studio 54 meets the seventies era vibe. There were neutral color palettes and the utilitarian pockets. Kind of like a disco version of the Sahara Desert. Some things felt a little safari. And then it was disco in the asymmetrical necklines, the silk jersey and the wide leg and the high waist. Taking a post-show bow in one of her own lime-green jumpsuits, Simmons was accompanied, as always, by daughters Ming and Aoki Lee, who, like their entrepreneurial mother, have their own ideas about getting things done.