Bright Ideas! Isaac Mizrahi Reinvents Liz Claiborne

When Liz Claiborne, one of fashion's most venerable labels, needed a fresh look, Isaac Mizrahi came to the rescue. See the new line here!

O, The Oprah Magazine | February 17, 2009

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Young and skinny is no longer the standard of attractiveness, says Isaac. Pigeonholing women and clothes according to age is "very limiting and disempowering," agrees Faye Wattleton, 65, co-founder and president of the Center for the Advancement of Women. Her sharp safari-style suit (jacket, $129) is as timeless as it gets (sunglasses, $30; bracelets, $42 and $48; clutch, $60). Nor is this collection just for the slender: "Size-ism is as bad as racism!" Isaac says.