NewYork fashion weekThere may be no sight more mundanely depressing than gray, New York garbage snow. Great lumps of the stuff were piled up outside Tess Giberson's shop in Nolita, where the designer presented her new collection today. It made it hard to resist giving Giberson a touch of the old gimlet eye as she explained that said collection had been inspired by the beauty of frozen landscapes. Not this landscape! one thought. And indeed, Giberson had the Arctic in mind, drawing on the tundra's variegated textures for a lineup of truly sumptuous tactility. The feral fringe and the curly shearlings were the first things that caught the eye, and then the ice-like pleated silks and graphic black-and-white knits in patterns inspired by Inuit motifs. Bouclé, jacquard, ultra-fine ribbed knits, gossamer crochet—nearly everything here wanted desperately to be touched. Giberson layered her varied textures against each other in a convincing way. Her attenuated silhouettes were convincing, too, especially the sharp flared trousers and long quilted parkas, the latter of which seemed like exactly the thing to get a style-minded girl through New York fashion week, which is forecast to be freezing. Alas, those coats won't be on sale for quite a while, so…good luck, everyone.

Fashion Brand: Tess Giberson | www.tessgiberson.com

the girls who've worn Giberson in the past will tell you hers are the kind of clothes that always get a second look.