Josie Natori Spring/Summer 2016.

Fri. 09/11/2015.





Josie Natori Spring/Summer 2016.

Casting her eye Eastward, Far Eastwards, Josie Natori got inspired by the art of Asian Paintings, focusing more so on Brushstroke techniques rather than actual subject matter of Asian art. Her Spring/Summer 2016 collection was focused solely on evening wear and mostly rendered in Black and White, which allowed Natori to hone the collection to a fine edge and not get caught up in superfluous colour, although colour was not completely off the table and showed up in quirky juxtapositions of Pink and Orange or Straw Green and Silver. Navy was in evidence as well and made for some of the more convincing pieces in the collection.

Natori showed a restrained and minimalistic hand with embellishment and embroidery, which exacerbated the modern drama of the pieces to standout effect. In evidence, a Straw Green Raw Silk gown with a beaded band around the bust and strap which enhanced the dramatic sweep of the gown instead of detracting focus from it. Also, an absolutely divine swath of Orange Silk was totally devoid of any ornamentation and benefited by leaps and bounds for the exercise in purity and asceticism, showing that Natori could imbue her evening offerings with a healthy dose of glamour without paying obeisance to the usual tropes. The most modernistic touch, slim cigarette pants that showed up here and there throughout the collection and spoke to the women for whom traditional, and somewhat antiquated, ideas of evening dressing are anathema. Natori provided her customer with a sleek and artistic clutch of highly desirable clothes for the nighttime, while redefining what evening truly means, in the process one can be sure she enticed in a whole slew of new customers who were just waiting for such fashionable wares to cross their paths.





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