Carlos Miele Creates Order From Chaos

Carlos Miele embraced asymmetry for his fall 2008 collection, presented yesterday at Bryant Park. The designs channeled the work of high-profile deconstructivist architects, such as Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid — and succeeded in creating orderly looks out of the chaos of uneven pleats, erratic stitching, and curvy patterns. Sheer, layered dresses in desert and ocean hues billowed down the runway, and a gray silk charmeuse halter dress with wavy embellishments looked as if it were inspired directly by Mr. Gehry's titanium-paneled Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Those red-carpet-worthy designs shared the runway with tailored, patchwork furs and roomy, pompon-laden sweaters — as well as some boilerplate office-appropriate skirts, trousers, and button-downs.