Ten years is plenty of reason to celebrate. Toasting her decade in the bridal business, this season Lela Rose did what she’s most known for (apart from designing sweetly ladylike wares, that is): entertaining. The designer-slash-hostess-extraordinaire assembled buyers and editors at Union Square’s Pavilion to indulge in canapés and rosé and view her latest offering.
The crux of the collection was the pearl—an embellishment that’s gotten plenty of love in both Rose’s ready-to-wear and bridal offerings over the years—even echoed in the show’s place settings. But most lovely were the many ways in which she interpreted it in Fall’s dresses: as the trim on a sparely beautiful, strapless faille number; encrusting the collar of darling separates; and dappling the placement lace on a bustier bodice. The cocktail sheath, which the label has built a staunch following upon, emerged here as a fitted mermaid gown. Another Rose signature, her lustrous floral fil coupes, turned up as a sweeping gown with a removable, off-the-shoulder capelet. A lovely anniversary outing, indeed.
