When Abbey Lee and Jeneil first walk out, it seems like Isaac is setting the stage. Crunched, off-white, loose-fitting silhouettes seem to work on our saturated Lincoln Center psyches as a big shaking of the etch-a-sketch. Forget everything you know. Rest your eyes, clear your mind, think of clean, crisp, Sunday mornings in the dew and now look.
Here comes The Concept. Take a short, crisp and tailored strapless dress. Nice little daytime cocktail dress in brightly-colored flower print. Garden party at the Governor’s and you’re the daughter of his main backer. Now. Take some flesh-colored gauze, airy like a nude stocking, and cut a short-sleeved, just-below-the-knee early sixties day-dress. In nude gauze. Wear it ON TOP of the short strapless print. Belt thinly. Now, to cover the last few steps that will take you from peculiar to brilliant take those celluloid starched collars men used to wear. Mold one in glossy lucite. Wear that as a necklace. Voila.
