Ports 1961 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Fall 2009 The Tents at Bryant Park February 19, 2009 Written by Wendy R. Williams Photographed by Cindy Ord

The Ports 1961 show is always a delight. Designer Tia Cibani has a romantic vision that she interprets in luxurious natural fabrics. The dresses are elegant but also appeal to the wearer's inner child's desire to wrap up in velvet and silk. The dresses are both luscious and evocative and tell a fairy tale about a grandmother who has an old trunk (Louis Vuitton?) filled with the best dress up clothes ever.