After showing his third collection for Halston in New York, Marios Schwab headed off to London to show his eponymous collection. Schwab’s fall collection of leather separates, shapely puffer coats, and draped, panelled dresses in a palette of ochre, russet red, black and olive was at times embellished with pearls sewn into rows.
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Women's
Marios Schwab, Fall 2011, London
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