New York, Feb 14: Fashion designers Pesavento and Vivienne Tam flashed their Couture Collections on the runways of seven on sixth Fashion Week in New York City on Thursday. Jamie Pesavento, the American Couture dress designer flamboyantly displayed his fall 2003 collection to an excited crowd at Fashion Week. The dresses, all fit for a turn on the Red Carpet at an awards show, delighted, excited and surprised all who were present. Pesavento, the creator of the "draped waist" evening gown, intricately designs his gowns with beaded laces and exotic fabrications. His collections are primarily evening wear and after dark attire, with inspiration coming from old movies and movie star icons like Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe.
"I do a lot of work you know for soirees and gala affairs and black tie events, so the line pretty much goes from a young starlet to, like, not my mother, she is little old for this, but you know the mother of the bride, or the mother of the groom," said Pesavento describing his style.

He says this collection is his attempt to "please yet confuse" with textures clashing and also complimenting each other, the shapes are in proportion but at the same time exaggerated. Ethnic beads decorate and influence sexy red carpet styles.

Pesavento also uses a lot of lace, with rusching and draping remaining signatures of his couture.
At Chinese designer Vivian Tam's show, there was a Chinese Imperial Palace theme, with a collection that is warm and comfortable, but also sexy and feminine.
Silhouettes made from luxurious fabrics such as silk and satin are given a sporty twist. The prints are richly illuminated floral palace prints as well as geometric. Embroideries of pagodas and lacquer screens and latticework are interpreted into intricate details throughout the collection. Tam describes her focus on Chinese Imperial Palaces, "The textures and the embroidery are inspired from my trip to the Imperial Palace and the gardens, you will see like the textures of the leather cut out, like those chinese letters."

Double layering on skirts and jackets conceals a hidden layer beneath the top decoration. Embroidered tulle vests are decorated with sequinned and fur under-layers, and skirts have been cut to reveal under-layers of tulle.

This multi-dimensional layering of fabrics creates the effect of looking through palace windows into the gardens.
Seven on Sixth Fashion Week culminates it's week long appearance in the tents of Bryant Park in Manhattan Friday.

Bureau Report