Creatures Of Comfort Spring/Summer 2016.

Thurs. 09/10/17.





Creatures Of Comfort Spring/Summer 2016.

Le Corbusier... A touchstone for all designers, fashion, interior, architectural, or otherwise, is a ripe and fertile plain to sow seeds of inspiration from. The results are not always favorable, but Jade Lai's collection for her label, Creatures Of Comfort for Spring 2016, was a convincing and rather interesting, if uneven effort. Lai seemed to draw from Corbusier's unrealized utopia, "Ville Radieuse"  which yielded something of a whiff of the nostalgic to the clothes. Lai used a definite somber palette to express herself, especially in the muted shades of the knits that dominated the collection. Not everything presented here, worked in this context, especially a horrendously realized idea of elliptical hemmed shorts thrown over dresses and tunics.

Lai's looks were best when she kept the trickery to a minimum and focused on showing easy, relaxed assemblages that expressed her philosophy of dressing more succinctly than her experimentations with layering and proportions. A Gunmetal Grey ensemble had grace and ease and a restrained seriousness that was quietly powerful and sensual with it's off-shoulder top and flowing skirt. Or, witness the effectiveness of the slouchy Black suit with rope string ties, that languidly oscillated about the body in a nonchalant and casual manner. Here, was where Lai showed her skills and made the most impactive statements. Although, some of her more experimental works were not always a success, those moments when they were, counterpointed the more mainstream pieces well and showed a idiosyncratic diversity, it made for a collection that one could not easily dismiss or forget.





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