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Article: KIRNA ZABETE SHOWS ITS COLORS.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- August 2, 1999
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NEW YORK -- Memo from Kirna Zabete to fashion nuns everywhere: Black is so over.
The 5,000-square-foot multidesigner boutique, which is scheduled to open at 96 Greene Street Aug. 9, is an unabashed celebration of color, from the lavender-painted wood floors to the back-to-school yellow jewelry vitrines and maraschino cherry-hued staircase.
Many of the clothes are equally vibrant, although there's enough basic black to satisfy SoHo customers; Kirna Zabete is filled with designers such as Matthew Williamson, Andrew Gn, Olivier Theyskens and Clements Ribeiro.
For months before opening, Kirna Zabete has been hailed as a new Colette, the quirky ...