Betty Jackson: Hip & 'Old Fashioned' Chic
By Ian Bennett
Photos by Gruber-FWD
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LONDON, Feb 19, 2003/ FW/ --- After 22 years in the business, Betty Jackson is still on
top of her game. She knows how to dress women - flattering their figure, giving them
softness and feminity with an edge. Call it, "Modigliani meets biker chic,"
quoted the designer.
For Fall 2003, the designer was inspired by the works of Italian expressionist painter
and sculptor Amadeo Modigliani (1884-1920).
And like Modigliani who preserved the purity of sensation that the artist
skillfully organized into an integrated symbolic system, Betty Jackson's collection
contrasts the hard and soft with a mix of texture, pattern and weave in
one multi-fabric garment.
The result - soft and feminine, edgy -- chic clothes that can be worn to dinner,
yet hip enough to go to 'Sound,' where London's in-crowd meets.
Giving a nod to mini-skirts which has predominated the collections since New York Fashion Week,
Betty Jackson sent out coffe and chocolate colored silk and chiffon dresses mixed
with heavy knits and fluid jersey dresses.
Erin O'Connor looked devastatingly beautiful yet prim and proper in long-sleeved light coral
chiffon mini dress with silver and diamante applique on the bodice and collar.
So, how does a girl keep warm during those cool autumn nights?
She can use the diamante-encrusted honey-colored crocheted parka coat or the mid-calf
black wool coat cleverly embellished with buckle to hold it while it remains unbuttoned.
So what does a man do with a Betty Jackson woman? Bring her home to have dinner at your
sister's so that they can discuss fashion, then go to 'Sounds' for drinks.
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