Narciso Rodriguez's Fall 2013 is an Exercise in Texture Blocking

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Narciso Rodriguez when to Brazil, saw a Lygia Clark exhibition at the São Paulo Biennial, and then created a bang-up collection. He worked either in black and white or tangerines, emeralds, rust, and navy to create texture blocks (color blocking's new hot cousin) with shiny and matte fabrics. Jackets and outerwear were structured, while dresses recalled spaghetti straps of the '90s with shiny skirts that floated away from the body from a waist cut on the bias or in an upside down "v," to use the technical term. Take a look after the jump.

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