Moises de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta's son, Moises, is finally ready to let the world see his collection for Mango. Moises's aesthetic is generally less feminine than his dad's, but from the sneak peek at the launch party, it's not too far off. The theme is polished tees tucked into hugely poufy tulle skirts, cinched with ribbon belts. Delightful. Proceed for a peek at the launch party, which took place at the Crosby Street Hotel in NYC last night.

Tapped to design a limited edition collection for affordable Spanish retailer Mango last November, Moieses de la Renta decided to focus on embellished tee shirts.

Newly released images of the tees show heavy, overworked necklines—trimmed in ribbons, swatches of fabric, tulle, and bows—and trompe l'oeil tassel and rope prints. According to a press release, de la Renta's inspiration for the collection came from "traditional romantic themes" like summer flowers and shiny gems.

We would venture to say the six styles shown here could have used a little editing, especially in the applique department. That said, if Holly Hobbie craftwork is your look, the collection hits Mango stores on March 1, and each tee shirt will retail for under $50.

>> For the second year running, the Whitney Art Musem Gala was Donatella Versace's party.  Editors — Olivier Zahm, Lauren Santo Domingo, Glenda Bailey — commingled with designers — Peter Som, Moises de la Renta, Ruffian's Claude Morais and Brian Wolk — and a smattering of models like Chanel Iman and Hana Soukupova. Christopher Kane's Versus designs even made an appearance — the Fall 2009 crystal shoes were on Byrdie Bell's feet, and Taylor Momsen — who seems to be close with the Versaces, particularly Allegra, changed into a black Spring 2010 Versus frock for the Studio Party post-Gala Dinner.

Donatella was fashionably late to the party — two hours in, she was nowhere to be found; perhaps she was still upstairs tending to VIPs — as was Lindsay Lohan, who swept in, all blonde hair and gold dress — earning comparisons to Donatella's trademark look. Lohan said she came "for Donatella" before beelining to Brian Atwood for a chat.  Keeping with the "art chic" theme, the walls of one whole room at the party downstairs was covered in paper for guests to scribble on.

>> Back in February, Oscar de la Renta's son Moises launched his own line, MDLR, for Fall 2009 after internships at Phat Farm and with his father.  Much of the collection retails for under $1,000, and Lissy Trullie posed for the inaugural lookbook, which thanks to the newly-launched MDLR web site, can be seen in full below.  The line was predicted by Style.com to be "a chart topper," and the designer's friend Julia Frakes promises that we'll be "head over heels" for his Spring 2010 collection.