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New York Fashion Week: Marc Jacobs’ ‘70s show

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At Marc Jacobs’ spring/summer show, the look was unmistakably Jodi Foster from the 1976 film ‘Taxi Driver.’

Which is not to say that the models looked like preteen prostitutes exactly -- but that they looked like bright lights in the dark city.

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Hearkening back to the 1970s, these are clothes for strutting your stuff and looking like you’re living large even if you’re not -- long, floaty halter dresses in geometric prints; slinky, one-shoulder striped jersey gowns; puffy sleeve blouses worn with even puffier long skirts cinched with leather sashes and finished off with overgrown corsages; zigzag patterned metallic knits and enormous straw hats with the rims turned back.

Suiting was a focus, but it was glam suiting, such as a cropped butterscotch satin jacket and matching short-shorts, a sorbet pink satin pants suit with flared trousers, or an over-sized blazer embroidered with bands of silver and gold sequins, worn atop fluid cream silk crepe trousers. It might not have been the most thought-provoking Marc Jacobs collection, but it was exuberant, from the pink, purple, black and gold color palette to the glitter-dusted platform sandals. Top it off with great-looking structured, flap-front handbags, in vivid colors, and this collection should be money in the bank.

-- Booth Moore

Marc Jacobs spring - summer 2011 collection photo gallery

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