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September 16, 3:32 AMNY Fashion ExaminerRuby Charles

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Michael Angel spring 2010 runway
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On the first day of New York Fashion Week, the weather held out for Michael Angel, BCBGMaxAzria, Elie Tahari, Ports 1961, and Rosa Cha show goers. The breezy, casual, and fun sensibility of the 80s debuted on the spring runways. Michael Angel sent short printed dresses down the runway adding dark heavy shoulders for an edgier twenty first-centuresque feel.

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BCBGMAXAZRIA spring 2010 runway
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BCBGMaxAzria featured color block and printed frocks in addition to a gorgeous white jersey beaded gown with silver metal tassel clutch and grey knotted sandals. This look defined the ultimate chid sensibility whilel the prints and bold primary colors tapped into the abstract expressionism to which Max Azria aspired. The feminine silhouette Max does so well was alive and present in his Spring 2010 collection.
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Elie Tahari spring 2010 runway
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Elie Tahari's runway presentation was light and practical with drawstring shorts and pants, jumpsuits and dresses in khaki and orange palettes fit for weekends at the Cape or the Vineyard. The most remarkable piece was an orange tube dress gathered at the waiste with a floral applique in the neckline and waisteline. The collection was American-gone-safari-chic ... at its finest. Sack tie waiste on shorts and cropped pants made the collection relevant. There were not many accessories on the Elie Tahari runway after a few back to back seasons with a strong shoes and handbag presence--disappointing.

Ports 1961 spring 2010 runway
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Tia Cibani continued her collection for the well travelled and cultured shopper with her spring 2010 Ports 1961 line. This season we journeyed to Asia with silk dresses in light pallettes. Cibani collaborated with Ritsuko Hirai - born in Japan, raised in both the Malaysia and Thailand, trained in Printmaking and Textiles at the Rhode Island School of Design - to deliver a Japanese influenced print and fabric for the Ports 1961. The collection was less for the worldly woman Cibani is known to aspire and more metropolitan for the elegant and  modern lady.