There is absolutely no denying that Peter Som’s collection for Bill Blass is a marked departure for the historically safe collection. Whereas Michael Vollbracht rarely ventured into the all dress up version, Peter Som did just that for Blass’ fall collection. There was always a mix of sport, dress-up, casual, and formal with Vollbracht. Even with the pre-fall showing back a couple of months ago, Som almost mislead into thinking it would be business as usual. Alas, it was not to be. What is to be for Fall and what folks can look forward to is a bit of retro Blass (think the golden late 60s early 70s) mixed in with Som’s enigmatic styling.

(as an aside: we were late in getting our photo galleries up, but there’s a bunch of detail shots going up later today) For more runway photos visit here.