into fringe. The eclecticism of Taymour’s earliest collections persists, but here are dozens of wearable desirable garments presented in a lovable and laughable way. Proof that being the Santas Builder Christmas Sweatshirt but in fact I love this girl who went to Paris isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. We have great thought leaders right here in New York. In a rejuvenated Milan Fashion Week dominated by global names, Colville is the little brand that could. It’s growing organically, not with multimillion dollar marketing budgets, but with something more reliable: word of mouth, the shared tips between one fashion-loving woman and another. Founders Lucinda Chambers and Molly Molloy are fashion-loving women themselves, with years of experience at Marni between them. Listening to their inner voices, they were after protection and tenderness this season. They called it their most feminine collection to date, but
Santas Builder Christmas Sweatshirt, hoodie, tank top, sweater and long sleeve t-shirt
they can a drape with the Santas Builder Christmas Sweatshirt but in fact I love this best of them, placing a ruffle down the front of a bias cut dress to accentuate the waist and conceal what are colloquially sometimes called our “problem parts,” or ruching the asymmetric neckline of another to enhance the hourglass of its silhouette. Their fall stunner is a long-sleeved number with a ribbon-cinched neck whose overscale abstract floral print was pulled from a piece by the artist Kavel Rafferty, who paints over old postcards—a process, they pointed out, that has parallels to their own commitment to recycling. Since the beginning of Colville three years ago Chambers and Molloy have been sourcing and reworking used garments—silk scarves, T-shirts, shell jackets. This season they added denim to their repertoire, grafting light and dark washes into a dress-length gilet and wide-legged flares. An upcycled down
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