Rather paradoxically, Christian Siriano’s fall collection reflected a stronger, more confident hand and a lighter, easier touch. He was taken with Sheila Hicks’s “The Art of the Yarn” exhibit and, in that spirit, showed lots of cable-knit dresses as well as an amusing collection of cable-knit-printed ball skirts, tiered dresses and turtlenecks — most in gray or yellow.
Siriano was at his best with his simplest, unfettered fare: a pale gray cashmere belted wrap coat with wide trousers; a charming gray crochet-lace mini dress; and an unadorned red chiffon gown. So it was curious to see so many oversize flounces, tiers and winged sleeves — not to mention the tuxedo jacket with a long back tail and just one sleeve. Why?