NewYork fashion weekFor Ji Oh, home is where the heart is this Fall. The designer zeroed in on the kind of pieces you'd want to put on for working from home—sans the sweats. She whipped up louche basics that felt as nice as they looked: buttery lambskin camisoles, tie-waist baggy trousers, floor-grazing coats. All that languid ease found a bracing counterpart in a gorgeous grouping of acid green mohair separates. Oh's savvy when it comes to injecting a shot of sex appeal that's still within the comfort zone of her sophisticated shopper. To wit: pullovers with loosely woven fronts that exposed flashes of skin all over, and lovely long-sleeve knit maxi dresses whose boatnecks underscored that most underrated of erogenous spots, the clavicle. Nothing so risqué as to strike terror in the hearts of the more modest downtown girl, but all tantalizingly rakish.

However keen her takes and albeit to covetable effect, Oh is treading well-covered ground with some of these pieces—she may need to find novel ways to warrant her young label's entry-level designer price point. But with a strong NYFW debut and myriad supporters (Barneys picked up the Spring collection in its entirety), she's off to a winning start.

Fashion Brand: Ji Oh | www.jiohny.com

Opposites create drama - and in Ji Oh’s designs, one can see her heart through the drama of her personal expression.