Ali Hewson and her famous husband, U2 frontman, Bono, have dedicated themselves to making sustainable fashion a thing that not only is fashionable, but fashion forward as well, enlisting Danielle Sherman to execute her vision through their altruistic prism. With all the clothes made on the African continent and using sustainable materials and native artisans and handwork, the collection is not only a step in so many right directions, but a beacon of what truly can be achieved in the fashion industry when one tries to make a real impact and difference.
That however, in the wrong hands, does not always translate into great fashion, and while Sherman had some highs in the collection that elevated it into a very stylish stratosphere, the collection, inspired in equal parts by the ceremonial dance costumes of the Kuba Kingdom and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, a Dadaist performance artist from the 30's, was uneven and unduly repetitive and drab. Save some punches of Orange and Red, the collection veered into the maudlin colour-wise, which failed to elevate the boxy and oft times, shapeless silhouettes beyond the mundane or even worse, swung towards a more hayseed unsophistication.
One could appreciate what Sherman was trying to achieve, she just didn't achieve it in a way that made one think twice about what one had seen presented. If not, forgettable, the collection was certainly not, memorable.
That's All.
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