Once upon a time

Sometimes certain things can't help but stand out. You don't see them every day, but when you do, they are so unique and memorable that they stay with you for a long time.

While waiting for a friend during fashion week I saw a woman walking up the steps to the tents in what at first looked like a short full skirted red coat (think double breasted jacket attached to a puffy mini-skirt). But coming a little bit closer to look at the details I realized that it was actually a dress, made out of chiffon, with reddish-orange patchwork. Here's the most interesting part, chiffon is a sheer fabric, meaning that the dress was see-though. The woman was wearing a skin tone color slip underneath but the patchwork pieces, not sheer, still created an element of confusion, you really had to look to see what was going on. Definitely not what the look on the streets is, but I loved the 'is it really see-through' confusion that was created by putting patches on chiffon. I'm not sure who the designer is, I haven't found the dress among the runway shows, but regardless of the designer, that dress rocked my day.

Unique looks can't be repeated, but sometimes you do see the same concept. Like this Tuesday, hanging out at my fave UWS bar I saw a girl wearing a really cute white flowered baby doll dress. Of course I had to turn back to get a second glace and this dress was also see-through! She had white boy-style undies underneath, which of course was extremely sexy, but since it was a baby doll rather than a fitted piece, it became an approachable sexiness rather than blatantly overt or trashy sexuality. Basically, it just looked good

And of course sometimes this something unique and memorable one season can become the must have piece of the next. I'll be waiting for it.