Hi everyone, sorry this post is a little late today– my internet has gone out about 5 times today so it has been hard to get things done!
Well we are about halfway through London Fashion Week right now and we’ll be giving you coverage of some of our favorites starting tomorrow! So far things have been exciting but a tad lacking in London’s usual over-the-top fashion– let’s hope it picks up over the next few days.
To wrap up New York Fashion Week, however, we MUST discuss some of our favorites: Proenza Schouler and Marc Jacobs, who both provided beautiful and really fashion-forward shows. Both were considered some of the best of the season and I couldn’t agree more.
Proenza Schouler is on of my perennial favorites because the brand is usually like the cool girl at the party that doesn’t know just how cool she is I must admit, when I first watched the show via the live feed, I hated it– because I couldn’t make out any of the details that made this show great– the eel skin skirts looked like trash bags– which was just a shame. Clarification: on the live feed and via the tiny screen I watched on my computer, I couldn’t tell it was eel skin. It literally looked like they were using plastic. But upon further inspection– thanks Vogue.com, I was enveloped in the raffia (YES, raffia!) tops, the Miami Art-deco colors and embroidered, beaded tropical prints that looked straight out of I Love Lucy, all mixed with saucy front-slit skirts and bra tops, and yes– those eel skin poodle skirts. The colors at times looked straight out of 60’s cartoon culture, and the textures were indeed straight out of your 1960’s pad– even the runway was lined in shag carpet! It was just something I’ve never seen before. At times, the colors seemed a bit Fall-Winter with the browns and blacks, but I think that was PS’s usual awkward-cool girl creeping forward- wearing camel with her tropical print dress. Overall, it was an exciting show, simply because they wanted to be different amidst the sea of orange chiffon and loud florals we saw everywhere at NYFW. And really, who knew raffia could look so chic?!
I can usually count on Marc Jacobs to do something completely or mostly irreverent to the emerging trends at NYFW, but that doesn’t always mean I LIKE his shows. However, his 1920’s city-girl-at-a-dance-hall themed show that ended the week was dazzling in every sense of the word- from the gold lame curtain that opened to the silhouette of the models elegantly draping themselves over wooden restaurant chairs, it was a literal show from beginning to end- or at least, all seven minutes of it. The girls walked to a dizzying musical piece by the great Phillip Glass, which seemed appropriately paired to the shiny, translucent, fring-y, plastic-y stunning pieces walking down the runway. it was every bit an experiment in texture and a statement in materials. The shoes were a decadent interpretation of a vampy pump, with a well-placed Mary-jane strap close to the toes and a tall, curvy stacked heel. Lets also not overlook the plastic shaft on the silver cowboy boots that he displayed as an alternative- which at times looked more Margiela than Jacobs. Repeating the trend we has seen much of the week, the shoes were worn with pretty knitted socks, which looked quirky and cool with the longer skirts and dresses that were on display. The colors were muted, lots of greys, silvers and the occasional pop of turquoise, mint, yellow or chartreuse. When one thinks of translucent clothing and sequins, one doesn’t think of restraint- but this show was packed with both. Jacobs featured prim and prudent coats and jackets on top of the translucent oddities, which made it all seem so forward. All and all, it was breathtaking.
Oh and it’s official, I need a turban.
All photos from Vogue.com
And with that we say goodbye to New York and hello to London!
See you tomorrow!
XO,
K
