Friday, October 18, 2019

Tibi Spring/Summer 2016

Sat. 09/12/2015.





Tibi Spring/Summer 2016.

Amy Smilovic proclaimed that her mood for the Tibi Spring 2016 collection was "Kinda chilled out" and taking into account that she had spent a bit of down time in Malibu and Miami in the interim between collections, one can fully imagine she got that inspiration every day. This accounted for a certainly more relaxed approach to Smilovic's fashion offering, but that in no way translated into casual or down market dressing. In fact, this assemblage of outfits was a rally by Smilovic against the "Normcore" fad running through the current (as of 2015-6) world of Haute Mode rather rampantly.

To this end, save for exceptional splashes of a a deep and rather surprising hue of Bordeaux and a pair of shades that ostensibly would qualify as Peacock Blue and Green, Smilovic kept her color choices chic and easy and wearable in shades of Nude and White mostly. Smilovic also upped the ante with bracing shots of sequins that added a much needed sense of luxury to the equation and also added a sense of edge to the breezy mood being invoked. Smilovic struck an exceptional balance between casual and sophisticated and made it look deliciously and easily wearable. Take for instance, that rather curiously offbeat, yet perfectly appropriate shade of Bordeaux shown in a chic and relaxed look of a sequined sweater top and Bermuda shorts that encapsulated the dual mood of the show brilliantly!

This was a fundamentally exceptional treatise on mix mastery and the juxtaposition of loose and relaxed against the more sophisticated and luxuriant yielded a sure-handed and confident collection that will find a broad base of appeal for fans of the label and newer ones alike.





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Sunday, October 6, 2019

Hervé Léger By Max Azria Spring/Summer 2016.

Sat. 09/12/2015.




Hervé Léger By Max Azria Spring/Summer 2016.

Spring '16 at Hervé Léger was as typically confused and excessively overwrought as to what has become expected of the label under the helm of the Azria's (Max and Lubov) Even with the press for newness attempted by abandoning the signature bandage dress, this impetus yielded nothing new nor exciting and certainly nothing particularly memorable. In fact, the collection was something of a disaster on all levels. No woman of modern tastes would find anything of value here in this mess of a collection. It was a sadly lacking assortment of clothes in all respects, and more pointedly, just bad!





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Frame Denim Spring/Summer 2016.

Sat. 09/12/2015.






Jens Grede and Erik Torstensson of Frame Denim presented for Spring 2016 a revue of South of France cool girl chic as viewed through the 70's prism. Frame got it's fame from the "Le Skinny Jean" that has made them an essential label to turn to for figure flattering jeans, but they are also a fashion label that offers more than just a sexy ass pair of jeans. Suggesting a young woman from the 70's on a sojourn to the French Riviera and falls in love with the louché attitude of the place and then brings her distinctly American sense to her wardrobe.

To that end, there were plenty of seaside stripes and, funnily enough for a jeans label, lots of shorts, in Suede and Denim. If not shorts, hems were quite resolutely northern, even the jeans came cropped inches above the ankle, sometimes with a discreet little flare. Being that this is the French Riviera that was inspiring the duo, there were even swimsuits for those absolutely necessary dips in the Azure Eau. The best looks were outside of the jean Oeuvre, a White oversized shirt and full striped pants, or a cropped Trench jacket paired with tiny White jeans and a graphic tee.

The collection Jens and Torstensson presented was in no way trying to reinvent the wheel, just offer crisp, sexy, flattering and desirable clothes for the woman that doesn't want to try too hard to look great and wants the perfect accomplice in her clothes. These were those clothes and they accomplished that goal swimmingly.





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