DHAKA: Though Nina Ricci’s safe spring-summer 2014 show broke no molds, there were some subtle surprises.

The ultra-feminine Paris display from designer Peter Copping in sheer whites and pale blues - and a great, bright peacock blue - drew its inspiration in historic tailoring for men.

The back column of a waistcoat was to be found placed on the front of a pale striped, fitted jacket.

Elsewhere, what the programme notes describe as a ‘redingotes’ (a French corruption of the English 18th century ‘riding coat’) appeared as a white technical cotton coat, or a great sequined tweed coat in a shimmering feminine beige, reports The Straits Times.

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