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Jeremy Scott's 'American Excess'
By: Godfrey Deeny
Photo by Gruber-FWD
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Jeremy Scott entitled his Fall/Winter 2001 collection "American Excess," not a bad term for
describing the best-staged fashion show anywhere this year.
Scott built a 30-foot-high silk cylindrical tent in Paris' famed Cirque d'Hiver, in a collection
that was an ironic homage to the Almighty Dollar.
When the curtain pulled away, there appeared a dozen lucre-obsessed vixens, each caught in a
dramatic pose.
One gold digger stood beside a fridge crammed full of gold ingots, another
dragged a shopping cart around stuffed with dollar bills, and a third emoted in a swirling
cocktail dress made of currency.
A dollar sign with wings was Scott's favorite motif. He used the symbol on white jeans and
slinky black frocks.
Two nouveau-riche brunettes slummed around in a '50s-style queen-sized
bed, attired in cashmere slip dresses emblazoned with a big SALE sign.
Among all the madness were some great clothes, like snazzy white shaved mink jackets worn by
skiers, heading down the slopes of Aspen in jeans and high heels.
About the only thing restrained about the collection was the number of looks -- barely 15.
For his finale, a second cylindrical curtain fell dramatically to reveal Scott atop a giant
snowball with three moneyed goddesses posing furiously.
After thunderous applause, the designer
yelled out: "Okay, you can all go home now!"
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