Muse - spring/summer 2005
One of Muse’s biggest strengths this season is its ability to spin colour grades so pleasing that you might overlook how snappily tailored everything is. The sari-style wraps exhibit this perfectly, as well as a new, perhaps less structured look for Muse. Elephant-sleeved blouses in melting ocean colours go extremely well with the baby blue slacks. For its carefree attitude, this is a quintessential spring collection.
The butterfly motifs are also cute, but they’re far from being the most impressive elements. The white zip-up vests with nehru collars, and their longer evening counterparts add needed, razor-cut sharpness to a season already awash in enough silk chiffons to choke a horse. The black and white pleated geo-print dress is complicated enough to be subtle.
Details like hook closures enable other pieces to go buttonless, a good thing when you’re going for streamlining, which Chenail also does successfully in this collection.
Daniel Cox, Fashion Editor
Marek Wlazlo, Photographer
