DALLAS, Mar 21, 2005/ FW/ --- In a season that marked a return to elegance and classical tailoring, Alberta chose the turbulent 1960s as her inspiration, a time of awakening, when traditions were still in full force but revolutionary ideas are already simmering.

From this flashpoint decade, Alberta Ferretti came up with a seemingly eclectic collection full of diversity, a fitting homage to a groundbreaking era that spawned women’s liberation and the hippies that eventually changed the world.

From the “innocent” 1960s, Ferretti gave us bias-cut coats, a take from the conventional, but also very innovative as the accepted norm of a very tailored and architectural look was made into a fluid silhouette of Madeleine Vionnet without losing structural integrity.

On that same token, double-breasted jackets that reached below the hipline were matched with sheered skirts, an apparent clash of two different schools of thoughts, yet rendered beautifully as it becomes the tinderbox to introduce the avant-garde.

Empire waist cocktail dresses that are ephemeral in chiffon adorned with Swarovski crystal and finished with a black flower, a snug-fitting cardigan worn with black go-go style boots, tiered ruffle skirts, spaghetti strap two-tone lace dresses in inverted chevron designs – the world-shattering 1960s had begun and Alberta Ferretti captured it skillfully with here superb tailoring skills.

So, in this season wherein “clothes did the talking,” Alberta Ferretti is one of the voices we heard. And with her homage to the 1960s, the message was very clear. Fashion is on the precipice of change and Alberta Ferretti is ready to be one of its spearheads.

Alberta Ferretti

Alberta Ferretti

Alberta Ferretti

Alberta Ferretti