Banksy, the British guerrilla artist, has already sprayed the wall with a few of his ironic creations (my favorite: a little girl in a pink frock frisking an armed soldier).

Maxwell cuts a clean line, and several of his pieces — a black tank dress with a curvy sweetheart neckline, or a layered-lapel tux — possessed a modernist bent missing in a lot of evening wear.

Other outfits appeared like graffiti artists had sprayed the ridges, of the pleats on frocks, including a brown skirt that had a bright pink stripe painted across.