Wes Gordon Spring/Summer 2016.

Fri. 09/11/2015.





Wes Gordon Spring/Summer 2016.

Wes Gordon has the mind and fashion sensibilities of Uptown, but a heart that is firmly rooted in the Grunge-era 90's and that unique dichotomy has informed the footprint of his style from nearly the beginning. For Spring/Summer 2016, Gordon followed his heart more truly than ever before and while the collection may have leaned closer to the central part of Gordon's emotional involvement in the clothes produced, it did make for one of his least convincing collections as a whole. Whereas in the past, Gordon produced looks that oozed Uptown Luxe with a Downtown Chic patina, here, the collection played a bit like a diffusion collection. It just in most places did not have the New-Generation Richesse that Gordon has so successfully applied to his previous collections. This didn't in the slightest way make for an unsuccessful collection, just one that was perhaps not the strongest statement from the designer.

In most cases, from the beginning look of a sleek, yet crisp, minimal to the max White coat, to a Deep Marigold Snap front coat with white frock underneath, Gordon was on the right foot, even with a Plaid dress in White and Brown and Black interspliced with Black Lace, which skewed definitely more youthful than the previously mentioned, Gordon was showing upscale pieces with a sense of a younger take on the idea. In other places, the somewhat badly handled cold-shoulder pieces and some truly just unkempt looking outfits that looked as if they had been slept in and rolled out of bed onto the street, the collection stumbled. There was also, intentional or not, a childlike naif vibe to many of the pieces that came across more Old Navy Kid's section than Saks Fifth Avenue.

All in all, it was an uneven and ever so slightly misjudged effort from Gordon, one that had it's high moments indeed, the White tee and pants at Exit No. 5 comes to mind, which was working a 90's Helmut Lang/Prada vibe to DEATH and "Giving Life" for it, and there were certainly some... LESS high moments that kept the collection from soaring as is usual for Gordon. One would not call it a failure of a collection, but it was certainly a set back for a designer that in the past few seasons has consistently given us some dynamic and achingly brilliant collections. The aching from this collection was bought on for different reasons, entirely.





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