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Then came the science: The Miyake fabric-lab showing that it's been as busy as ever. This season they served up what the house calls "revolutionary" double-sided printing. Revolutionary it wasn't, but images on the front and back blurred together to produce a nice graphic play. Models strolled down the catwalk haphazardly in white open-toe sandals. "Forget spring," they seemed to say, "we can't wait for summer." ROLAND MOURET There must be a lot of pressure on Roland Mouret to break away from the label of the one-dress wonder. The inventor of the famed cap-sleeved "Galaxy dress," that's graced a million red carpets, has, perhaps consciously, been in an experimental mood recently, gently modifying his signature mold. This continues in Friday's coherent show. Where last season the silhouettes were likened to an abbreviated 1950s "New Look," Friday's show had tinges of 1980s space-age geometry. Origami-like folds on belts, straps and sporadically attached large pockets provided a small creative twist on a more structured, fitted collection. Peplums and geometric filets, and one-off pleats provided the creative butter, spread on his bread-winning va va voom silhouettes. They made a comeback as pencil skirts and sheaths this season in deep green, white and on-trend vermillion. ANNE VALERIE HASH Anne Valerie Hash hit the right spot with her feminine but edgy show, featuring several looks with the top part sliced completely off. "It was about female self-confidence," said Hash backstage. And the guillotine effect, too? "Ah, I suppose I also wanted to have some fun." The guillotined materials' were suspended to the body thanks to a bustier, which gave the shoulders a curious and imaginative trompe l'oeil effect. High waists and pencil-skirts in many of the 33 ensembles -- in indulgent lashings of summer black, power pinks, coral, gold and "electric anise"
-- gave a structure and confidence to the often super skinny models' fragile silhouettes. But Hash -- a woman's woman -- didn't forget the sex appeal too: With stretch chiffon, second skin sequins, stretch leather and satin, many of the looks dripped liquid sensuality.
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