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Even a passing glance at designer Emily P. Wheeler’s new collection will have you tapping your toe in anticipation of your next invitation to the ball. It’s a spangled dance floor filled with orchid corsages, marabou boas, and arms sheathed in shocking pink opera gloves. It’s the prom scene in
The Virgin Suicides imbued with an
Umbrellas of Cherbourg palette.
“It’s time to dress up” is the message of the Dress Up collection, and its imperative is deeply felt. Lollipop spirals comingle with “unicorn” bicolor spinels and the designer’s off-kilter X cigar bands, reimagined in vibrant gems and marshmallow-white enamel. Some of the designs are named after Disney princesses. And Wheeler’s signature hearts have come to the soiree to slay some merely sweet, others unimaginably opulent.