While there’s revolution and uncertainty brewing in other parts of the world, it’s comforting that fashion for fall has continuity with what has come before.
The minimalist, modernist trend that started at French fashion house Celine over a year ago keeps rolling along, judging by day one of New York Fashion Week. At BCBG MaxAzria, the long, lean color-blocked dresses had an almost deco architectural sobriety — but with the silky sexiness of a flapper-turned-office girl.
Add a turtleneck and knee-high boots, and it all had a ’70s ease. The trend chasers at BCBG know what sells, and there was plenty here to covet.
Richard Chai was on the same wavelength with his Love collection, but his customer is a little more of a romantic. She likes sweeping, knife-pleated silk skirts paired with all kinds of utility vests and jackets, some with a sparkly sheen on sturdy wool tweed. Layers were the operative word here, too. At Whit, the downtown-girl thing was even more artsy. To reinforce the point, the backdrop was provided by artist Ross Bleckner, his canvases a quirky counterpoint to up-and-comer Whitney Pozgay’s bird prints and paper-bag waist pants.
Definitely something to tweet about.
