You might decide that royal blue is your ideal hue, but if you spot a sky blue dress in a flattering style and sleek fabric, you might find it's the better choice in the moment!
But for Mr. Krakoff, whose collection was done predominantly in sleek white fabrics and deep red tissue-thin leather, it means he isn't allowing himself the chance to develop his own ideas for his new label.
My mask of sleek black fabric and plastic knobs makes me look like an Asian Darth Vader.
A purple zip-up jacket ($574) was made, in part, of cupro, a sleek yet tough fabric made from cotton waste products.
Seeing the models in their sleek, felted, techno-fabric tunics, with just a touch of jet embroidery at the shoulder, was to imagine that the posse of stylish young women in the front row were themselves walking the runway in the daytime flats and simple streamlined clothes.
To contrast Herrera's use of soft, sheer fabrics, Pita opted for a sleek, straight finish.
Although he was still in diapers when the company was a by-word for sleek tailoring and fine fabrics, that is Cerruti's heritage.
The trends so far are for less formal wear, but for what there is to be sharp (especially at the shoulders), sleek and in inventive fabrics.
Richard Nicoll, showing in the empty glass palace of the former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo, had a more surreal edge to sexiness, with sleek clothes made in filmy fabrics so the visible underwear (a craze that just won't go away) seemed abstract rather than sexy or vulgar.
Ties come in a wide range of fabrics and finishes from sleek silks to comfortable cottons and linens, typically done up in "plain," "twill" or "satin" weaves, as well as more complex "jacquard" and closely spaced "repp" weaves.
