Fashion Garments

Diane von Furstenberg is a queen of the New York fashion scene, yet, she confessed to the crowd at her fall collection preview on Sunday, she has a more masculine side, too.

“I always wanted to live a man’s life in a woman’s body,” she wrote in her notes left on the seats of editors, stylists and retailers at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park.

She went on to explain that her theme of metamorphosis aimed to capture the yin and yang of strength and sex appeal.

Menswear jackets were worn over flowery dresses, chainmail decorated soft knits. A rose-printed velvet blazer over a stone-colored, soft-crepe dress captured von Furstenberg’s message in a single outfit, as did a chiffon, rosette-covered bolero worn over a gray felted wool blazer.

Von Furstenberg couldn’t do a show without a few of her signature wrap dresses — the ones that landed her on the cover of Newsweek magazine in 1976, this season interpreted in black jersey organza and an abstract “decofly” print, sort of an abstract butterfly.

Meanwhile, the metallic blue chiffon feathers of another dress mimicked the scales of a fish.

Some big-gun models come out for von Furstenberg’s show, including Chanel Iman, Coco Rocha and Natalia Vodianova. And was that a smile on most of the catwalkers’ faces?

Vodianova’s finale pewter-collard metallic lame dress with delicate flower appliques hit on the surprising resurgence of the glittery fabric at this round of runway shows.

As she took her bow on this Valentine’s Day, von Furstenberg’s husband, media tycoon Barry Diller, handed her a bunch of roses. Then her grandchildren outdid him with a much bigger bouquet.

source: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9837556