Elie Tahari floaty and bohemian Spring 2016 collection looked like it was surely on it's way to Burning Man or Coachella but was destined to be adorned by the mother or Uptown Hippie aunt of the younger person they were tagging along with. It was a sophisticated, and pretty collection rendered in almost exclusively shades of White, Black and Taupe. It wasn't groundbreaking by any sense, but it was a romantic and enchanting vision of the Uptown urban nomad, not one so much of the Chelsea or Soho set, but more like the less rich inhabitants of the Upper West Side. A beautiful and wafting opening number in White was perhaps the best outfit in the show, everything else had a distinct flavour of "Been There" Tahari isn't known for breaking boundaries and pushing himself to the extreme of his capabilities, he doesn't have to, he has a huge Well-Heeled clientele all over the world and doesn't need to rock the boat, this collection for him was a step outside his comfort zone and felt like a move in the right direction, but ultimately, it looked too much still like the wardrobe that was in the pages of fashion magazines in the 90's and not of this moment, and not of the moment in 2015 when it was shown for 2016. Timeless can be good, but stuck in time is a totally different animal.
That's All.
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