Housedresses? Aprons? Daisies? Yes, Laura, the not-so-little house of conceptual fashion and deconstruction has decamped to the prairie for spring. It made for a sweet, if underwhelming, collection, with smaller doses of the usual Margiela quirk.

Some prairie dresses were literal, in small floral prints, tight rows of buttons and shirred yokes and pockets. Some sprouted suit sleeves, or accrued trenchcoat details. Breezy jackets in foulard silks or cropped peplum styles did the same nifty trick and were crossbred with pinstripes.

The aprons were not for baking: a mere triangle of fabric tied around the hips with ribbons, leaving one leg exposed. These came in necktie prints or upholstery brocades, a popular fabric this European season. Nude bodysuits and sheer knit tubes added a sexy undercurrent to the show — as did the models’ sweaty faces and limbs.

The looks that seemed the most Margiela employed the label’s signature white paint. It was dabbed on liberally as a daisy print on a roomy leather peacoat, on a brocade wrap skirt, or on the lenses of bubbly Willy Wonka sunglasses.