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A pewter ruffle-front silk shirtdress.
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A new shirt tale, no starch

Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
A pewter ruffle-front silk shirtdress.
Richard Nicoll gets the shirtdress to loosen up a little.
By Melissa Magsaysay, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 17, 2008
LONDON fashion darling Richard Nicoll is taking some of the starch out of classic British shirt maker Thomas Pink, collaborating on a collection of women's wear that's in stores Thursday.

The nine-piece Richard Nicoll for Thomas Pink collection consists of shirtdresses, along with skirts and blouses in a stormy-colored palette of pewter, violet and midnight blue silks.

Nicoll, a graduate of famed fashion school Central St. Martins, was a natural to collaborate with Thomas Pink, because of his reputation for riffing on the classic button-down in his own line, sold at Barneys New York and other upscale stores.

This collection is more straightforward, but no less impressive -- a pewter-colored ruffle-front silk shirtdress with a contrast border is feminine and elegant, while a poplin shirtdress with a pleated bib front is office-appropriate with an edge. Styles range from $195 to $500, which at current exchange rates, is a button-down bargain.

Richard Nicoll for Thomas Pink, Westfield Century City, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, (310) 843-0014.

melissa.magsaysay@latimes.com






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