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Ports 1961’s collection draws inspiration from the 60s, with kaftans, shift dresses, and separates updated in luxe silks, leathers, jersey knits, and beaded textures and draped into a variety of avant-garde shapes. The color palette ranges from soft neutrals to petal pinks and bright reds; the accessories include beaded wood clutches, sheer elbow gloves, and clear hatboxes twisted into boomerang-shaped totes. I love the fresh, relaxed take on the mod/ Mad Men era; the clothes smartly integrate period ideas but still manage to come off as wholly modern.

This collection consists exclusively of bridal looks, from the classic and demure to the slightly more unconventional. For me, wedding dresses are tough because you want to strike a balance between fashionable and timeless. You want the dress to reflect your immediate sense of style but still look fresh in pictures 20 years later, which means going too trendy may come back to haunt you like the day-glo rouge and bruise-purple eyeshadow caked on my mother's face at her 1981 marriage to my dad. Anyways, I especially loved Saab's use of texture and embelllishment, like her 60s-tinged sheer column dresses with explosions of flowers and hemlines finished with rosettes and feathers. For the most part, her designs are stylish enough to be chic both in the moment and in albums years later (save some of the wilder designs, like a micro mini boucle skirt suit with a bra top, high-waisted white skinny jeans, and few boldly asymmetrical bodices, which may lead to some WTF moments when browsing photos later on down the line.)

This jubilant collection seems to draw inspiration from the glamorous silver screen starlets of the 1930s and the buttoned-up wartime babes of the decade following, modernizing these historical reference points with futuristic details like hard metallics, geometric structures and padded shapes garnishing structured shoulders and bodices, peekaboo sheer panels, chopped hemlines (with or without floor-length capes), and over-the-knee boots and tights. This tasteful blend of past and future makes for a collection that is eclectic, interesting, and dripping with drama and glamor.

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