I'm behind with posting in a way that I don't quite comprehend myself, but then I have realised that whilst I apologise for my slowness, I AM just lonesome, solo and all by myself and hey, these collections do have a shelf life beyond this wee little week. Therefore I'll wait it out me thinks, with the collections that will inevitably sit in my head for the next six months whilst I try and spin out phrases that best describe trends such as "painter workers", "seafoam minty green" and "70s poolside chic". Still, I'm trying to keep it up Gucci Shoulder Bags, keep it up...lest you think I'm just bumming around New York sitting in taxis and chewing my hair...
Well, some people may be calling on the white-wash of collections this early in the season (exemplified by mainly Alexander Wang as well as portions in other collections...). That said Replica Radar Sunglasses, I'm not really into seeking out pieces that exemplify a 'trend' and stringing them along together just so they fit into that neat little trend box. I'd like to think that designers AREN'T all falling in line with each other because then I'd have to question whether everyone is in scarily in sync with each other...
Therefore I'd like to point out the waves of colour, texture and prints that have dotted NYFW with pocketfuls of joy, bringing smiles to my face not because I'm just a colour lover but because diversity is goooood. White-wash across all the collections would have me in a moo face expression all week long...
...so fortunately, people like Chris Benz amped up the colourcount by juxtaposing pretty pastel colours with his usage of leather. The incredibly Alejandro Ingelmo shoes shown in the last post of course needed some equally worthy threads to go with and Benz managed to cram in many elements into a collection that had touches of the 70s (more on this particularly key decade later...), 60s mod-ish elements and an overall preppiness that is quirked up by Benz' own particular signature use of colour. Actually where to begin with the colours... in amongst the deliberately fuddy duddy pocketed shirts, knitted pullovers and widelegged trousers... colours such as lemon, sherbet orange, mint green, bright blue and red as well as more neutral tones all seem to come together as one. Throw in more unusual elements such as the embroidered mesh wrap cardigans that create a texture that I want to get tactile with...
One of grandma's embroidered cushion/blanket is nestling in this cardigan on a contrasting background of netting...that's a good thing by the way...
These trousers need to STAY with the matching shoes forevermore...
On to another brain jolter and Timo Weiland, a young yet firm favourite in the city went somewhere into the fjordlands and archipelagos in Scandinavia and along the way may have gotten lost in a sea of colours and prints that Weiland claims are derived from nature but browns, greens and sky blue this is not. Weiland's boys (reserving pics for the other half when I get back so there are none here...) and girls were most defintiely on a trip somewhere where fresh colour combinations are rife and textures or prints such as an Ikat fringe weave or an ink blot print in bright red and blue all come together so that he's not appeasing anyone except his increasingly hardcore group of growing fans.
I might add that both of these were staticc presentations in and around the Lincoln Centre - more of these please - I like the fact that I kill time and stumble upon something good before/after a 'serrriiiiious' collection...
Not sure how this was constructed but I'm definitely into a frayed version of fringe/rafia...
The berets (let's all have another 90s Kangol moment shall we?) are by Albertus Swanepol
This print featured a stylised take on the fjordland landscape...
I initially thought this was a take on camo/leopard hybrid - one that I have seen at Christopher Kane S/S 09 but here Weiland has done a paint splodge print that paired together as a jacket and red and shirt in blue sort of flings m anti-head to toe rule out of the window...
It'a always interesting to see a slightly younger crowd enthused at a Alexandre Herchcovitch show and predictably he served up an expert eye on colour combination as well as a controlled volume seen in these dresses... tetris blocks and paint splatters anyone?
These tie dye gradiated satin frocks were part of the finale...I love how delicately pale the colours were...
Peter Jensen starts the 70s trail which does lead on nicely to the big behemoth that is Marc Jacobs (laterz, laterz...) except his take on it is deliberately more awkward as his inspiration for his collection was Shelley Duvall Nike Air Max 87 Mens, playing up on her Olive Oyll qualities in a collection that is full of 70s prepped out looks that are anything but sepia-toned or dulled in colours. Of course, Noddy-esque colours help the pieces to make their point heard.
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