DALLAS, Sep 2, 2004/ FW/ --- Taking inspiration from the Japanese Zen garden, Tracy Reese demontrates an intuitive understanding of women’s dressing as she built her collection based on nature, giving it textured and feminine looks.

In today’s world characterized by chaos, the New York-based designer brings the centuries old “kansho-niwa” as practiced by the Buddhists monks, center stage to achieve serenity in the usually frenzied pace of fashion.

Translating the Zen principles into clothing, Tracy Reese’s earthy colors and floral prints are mixed with metallic, iridescent fabrics, a characteristic of the Zen garden wherein the sand glitters as sunlight hits it.

And like the Zen philosophy that gave birth to the “kansho-niwa” gardens, that says “words have meaning only in relation to who is using them, who they are talking to, and what situation they are used in,” Tracy Reese’s Spring 2005 collection empowers the wearer to make the clothes her own resulting to an individuality that is not harsh, but serene, as the woman becomes confident with her own beauty.

It’s poetry in fashion terms, something that we have continued to expect and get from the Parsons School of Design graduate who trained under Martin Sitbon.

Tracy Reese Spring 2005 Catwalk Presentation
Wednesday, Sept 8, 2004 at 3:00 PM
Bryant Park
New York, NY
By invitation only
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