Fri. 09/11/2015.
Cushnie Et Ochs Spring/Summer 2016.
Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs' Spring 2016 offering was replete with the things that they are most well known for... Body clinging dresses and tops, innovative and unique draping and cutout/openings, etc... This collection however fell somewhere well short of the high watermark usual of their work. With 90's era Hip-Hop viewed through the Rococo splendoured prism of Artist Kehinde Wiley, known for his ostentatiously fabulous overwrought portraits of African-American men in modern garb painted in wildly Baroque fashion, one would have had high hopes for this collection. Unfulfillingly so, the collection faltered and a lot of the clothes didn't limn the body in the right kind of ways and unfortunately, made the models look wide and misproportioned. It didn't help in the least that some of the models were already more... "Volumetric" at the start.
Not to say there wasn't much to love and admire, in typical Cushnie/Ochs style, some pieces were delivering Fierce with a capital "RAWR" and deliciously sexy, check out the palest Periwinkle dress on African Beauty Leila Nda, cut perfectly to accentuate the body's lines and curves without adding unneeded heft to the figure it was encasing and slimming it! The LBD number at Exit No.28 was also a masterpiece of sleek construction. My biggest complaint though, is that with all this body hugging, the majority of the already slim models looked bigger than usual, maybe it's just my eye, but curvaceous is one thing, doughy is altogether another entirely!
That's All.
Bye4Now!
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Yigal Azrouël Spring/Summer 2016.
Fri. 09/11/2015.
Yigal Azrouël Spring/Summer 2016.
Beginning in the light and transitioning to the dark, Yigal Azrouël gave a well-rounded and aesthetically airy handed treatise on Spring fashion for 2016. As a designer known more for his harder edged, downtown aesthetic, this was particularly more uptown and upbeat for Azrouël than per usual. Pastels in shades of Blush Nude and Icy Blue gave a refreshing léger freshness and grace to the clothing presented here. Make no mistakes, Black and White were very much apparent and to the fore. but to some degree, they paled (Pun intended) in comparison to the soothing pastel tones. Try a look at Exit No. 22... A zip jacket in a wisp of Grey/Blue colour with a matching dress in an undulating gossamer fabric, looked equally fragile and tough without any effort exerted at all! It was the perfect example by Azrouël that Delicate can still be Fierce. And isn't that quite the fashion ideal to aspire to?
That's All.
Bye4Now!
Yigal Azrouël Spring/Summer 2016.
Beginning in the light and transitioning to the dark, Yigal Azrouël gave a well-rounded and aesthetically airy handed treatise on Spring fashion for 2016. As a designer known more for his harder edged, downtown aesthetic, this was particularly more uptown and upbeat for Azrouël than per usual. Pastels in shades of Blush Nude and Icy Blue gave a refreshing léger freshness and grace to the clothing presented here. Make no mistakes, Black and White were very much apparent and to the fore. but to some degree, they paled (Pun intended) in comparison to the soothing pastel tones. Try a look at Exit No. 22... A zip jacket in a wisp of Grey/Blue colour with a matching dress in an undulating gossamer fabric, looked equally fragile and tough without any effort exerted at all! It was the perfect example by Azrouël that Delicate can still be Fierce. And isn't that quite the fashion ideal to aspire to?
That's All.
Bye4Now!
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