I cant put crazy clothes in my store, she said.

Pretty printed party dresses were this brands first claim to fame.

She upended convention by pairing nicely tailored smoky pants with a pouf of a polka-dot jacquard top.

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Taylors main reference was her own work, however.

The sequin-skirts (a different take on polka-dots) and jeweled obi-like treatments of pre-fall were also reimagined.

Thats a realization many designers are coming to, and its a wise one.

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Taylors take on the ski-sweater, made in angora using multicolored space dyed yarns, was pretty and novel.

Working with suede for the first time, she cut it into light forever coats.

I kept thinking, where does novelty live?

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The answer is in unexpected and unfussy details like these.

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