This was a big week for Peter Som. The young designer and Saks Favorite was the man behind two important womenswear collections: The Peter Som line as well as his inaugural collection for the venerable Bill Blass line.
Tyler Rose, 21, from Blue Bell was the assistant designer for the Bill Blass collection.
I caught up with the Wissahickon High School graduate shortly after the show at a nearby Starbucks. Under Som, Rose is in charge of sweaters. He deals with the factories in Italy. He works with the fur license in Montreal. He is in charge of belts - which were very important this year. Rose starting working for the Bill Blass line two years ago when Michael Vollbracht was at the helm.
Except for the bountiful use of ostrich feathers, this collection was beautiful and like many of this year's collections it was quite wearable. Som started the 47-piece show with a clean, black and white grouping that featured smoking jackets adorned with bows, and sequined shifts and shirts and gowns so covered with bouncing ruffles, they looked like they might blow away. Tyler's favorite was a white satin gazar strapless gown presented near the end. "It's smooth," he said, "and the waist was beautifully defined." Then he dashed back off to the Seventh Avenue Studio. There was still more work to be done...
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