A muted and toned down flirty girl, that’s Jenni Kayne’s direction for Fall/Winter 07. Kayne focused on keeping the collection young and youthful by keeping the skirts and dress looks short. She keeps the tailoring very simple and clean and the color palette safe with a lot of muted or dark shades. The opening section is a mix of natural tones of white and brown with black and gray pieces. Jenni incorporates several big trends of the season in her collection from her prints; lightweight knits and slightly oversized outerwear pieces. The second section is all black and white with more pant and leggings looks and stronger outerwear pieces. One of the standout outerwear pieces in the second section is a black and white plaid cropped waist jacket. The jacket has a cropped short sleeve and wide collar, to finish the look Kayne showed a black pencil skirt and black cashmere cardigan. The color for evening is black, and Jenni plays with length and embellishments on long dramatic gowns. One of the standout looks was the floor-length Grecian column style black silk crepe gown. The gown is a halter-top style with the neckline done in a gold brocade fabric.

The must have pieces from the collection are two contrast pieces for Kayne. First is the empire waist dress in a brown and tan moiré taffeta print. The other must have piece from the collection is Kayne’s reworked collegiate coat into 60’s tube silhouette style. The coat is done in black-brushed wool with straight-line silhouette and short sleeves. I love how she paired the strict modern coat with a sheer embroidered and beaded long sleeve top. There were only a few leather pieces in the collection and it would have been nice to see more. The highlight of the collection is youthfulness of the design. The outerwear is another strong point to the collection. Although the trend this season is heavy outerwear, she keeps the tailoring loose, which is just enough. Bravo Mademoiselle Kayne!

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