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In a Flap Over FrocksTrelise Cooper caused a sensation last night at Fashion Week, transporting the fashion crowd back to 1920s speakeasy clubs. It was the sort of to-die-for gear that the Great Gatsby's lovely Daisy would have swooned over.
Cooper wowed the large crowd of nearly 800 people at the biggest show of the Air New Zealand-sponsored week.
She showed what was probably a record number of outfits - 35 of one of her labels and 70 of the eponymous collection.
There were sheer flapper dresses with intricate sequins, beaded coats, gauzy little matinee jackets in every possible combination.
Cooper also pulled out all the stops with softly-coloured tweed jackets, mammoth corsages, ballerina-print skirts and tulle skirts. Altogether, it was a total sensory overload.
But where Cooper sometimes overwhelms, this year the simple elegance of her evening wear shone through its luxurious embellishment.
The audience, which included a swag of celebrities and Cooper's moneyed clientele, left with dreams of evenings in deco-beaded shift dresses and days in neat-waisted jackets with mutton-leg sleeves. The first Fashion Week out ing for Workshop, Workshop Denim and Helen Cherry that followed Trelise Cooper offered up a sparer philosophy. Workshop and Workshop Denim did boys' and girls' jeans, trousers, knits and jackets - some with clever, studded tiki detailing for real, everyday
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