Alberta Ferretti shines when she sticks to simple looks with clean draping subtly accented with beading, pleating, and similarly elegant embellishments and fabric techniques executed in a restrained manner. This season, while we did get some of that, notably with a few of the gowns, Ferretti seemed to be going for an edgy 21st century-meets-60s look that often fell flat, particularly when it came to her cocktail dresses.
