They were shown with slim, below-the-knee cream skirts with lacing or ties at one side.
Jonathan Saunders – to me, the best collection of the week – was a compelling vision of a slim, below-the-knee silhouette and the rich saturation of colour that comes with the best fabrics.
The Row, by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, was a handsome dip into the Orient, with slim, below-the-knee skirts and dresses in navy, rust or cream crinkled georgette, naïve little tops with embroidery, and some chunky coats that were fascinating but better for a cold season.
And so the contrasts continued: The lineup of male models, their silhouettes slim and straight below short, oiled hair at the Raf Simons show, was set against the metallic escalator of a bank — the better to trace the slim, clean lines of tailoring that the designer has never done better.
His slim table, called the Latimer, below, uses a modular system of brown, beige and white boxes, some with lids or drawers.
The appealing part of this collection was the notion of long, slim tunic over a flared, below-the-the knee skirt — be it A-line or pleated with an asymmetrical hemline.
The Kindle, which costs $359, is about the size of a slim paperback (see picture below).
The next, it contains a slight, straight-haired young woman, bare-legged below a slim black skirt, wearing red flip-flops and no apparent makeup.
Volume was slim on the New York Stock Exchange, where about 948.8 million shares changed hands, far below last year's estimated daily average of 1.90 billion.
He also elongated the silhouette, with below-the-knee skirts and many slim wool or leather trousers.
