#spring 1979

Spring 1979 is a season of one silhouette, a slender one, said #AlbertCapraro at a recent showing at New York's Plaza Hotel. Although the basic shape is slender, it's still mobile and totally new -- even to padding the bosom, as well as the shoulders."Women have clearly indicated they are fed up with sameness," says Capraro.  "They are excited about the changes."  The bodice. is. curved and fitted, but not elongated.  From the waist down, always a long sweeping curve sexy leg. "I don't believe in old-fashioned taut construction.  Very light shoulder padding, directional seams coupled with the lightness and pliability of today's fabrics create a fitted look with the minimum of engineering," says the designer, who learned his trade at the Parsons School of Design. Capraro believes in the snappy "stem" suit with a small neat jacket, a skinny skirt with the waistline held in by a wide belt.  Some of the suits have soft blouses, but many can be worn without.  He believes that the two-piece suit and the dress-and-jacket costume are tomorrow's classics. CBS -TV sports commentator Phyllis George, who recently married Boston Celtics' owner John Y. Brown, chose her trousseau from the spring collection.  At left is a raspberry silk jacquard shirtwaist dress and jacket costume.  The V-necked dress is white jersey, and the jacket, white linen with delicate Madeira embroidery.  Her going away suit, at right, is of red gabardine with a newly slim skirt. Capraro's daytime fabrics are thin, firm, and usually lustrous.  Often they're mixed with silk or cotton for lightness, and he uses crepe de chine for every hour of the day.  Colors include caramel, navy, rust, banana and peach, and lots of white.  For evening, Capraro pays tribute to the siren in every woman with lacquered black, celestial blue, and true violet.

Charles Jourdan Spring 1979 by Guy Bourdin