The new Chloé Spring 2014 accessories collections includes jewelry and handbags namely the iconic Baylee in delicate spring colors, and the Clare, a stylish bag with elegant top handle and unique mixed leather design. For Spring 2014, the brand reinvigorates some of its top moments of the 1960s and 1970s with a retro-inspired collection that is not […]
For the Rochas Spring 2014 collection, the classics made unconventional through obsessive fabric development, for one thing, and for another, a genuine penchant for the strange. For evidence of said strangeness, see the models’ slingback flats decorated with acid yellow or baby blue ostrich plumes that dusted the runway with each step. They gave everybody […]
For the Isabel Marant Spring 2014 collection, “It’s the contrast of two ideas that I’m always trying to work with,” said the designer. The first look out put that statement into motion, with its strong-shouldered black jacket counterpointing a not-much-longer lacy white slip of a dress. In other instances, Marant paired her frothy white tops […]
For the Lacoste Spring 2014 collection, designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista explored the idea of lightness both in his choice of fabrics and his unusual color palette. One that moved from terracotta and grass green shades all the way to the palest of pinks and mint. The show opened with a rather on the nose take […]
For the Lanvin Spring 2014 collection, the over-the-top use of shine in Alber Elbaz’s collection was overwhelming. The fabrics were put through a variety of processes—stonewashed, vaporized, slashed, and broken—and Elbaz’s playful tackling of the most unlikely of Lanvin materials en masse was still convincing. There were moments of distinct, delicate poetry, such as a […]
For the Elie Saab Spring 2014 collection, the designer went back to the garden. “A Lace Garden,” he called it. There were scads of the stuff in his pretty collection today, all in the colors of flowers: camellia white, rosy pink, bright bougainvillea, and a vivid green. To see this show was to be reminded of […]
For the Temperley London Spring 2014 collection, the season dipped in heady, ethereal romance. The designer dreamt about celebrating life in a rich, full and fragrant Sicilian adventure, dressed in luxurious fabrics with detailed textures and delicate patterns and prints. The look was of fresh effortless luxury with new trapeze shapes and rich voluminous silhouettes with minimal accessories, in […]
Polka dots, Grecian temples, gold coins and medals, almond blossom and gold lace are at the center of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2014 collection. The womenswear collection is based on a dreamlike interpretation of a journey in the lands of the Magna Graecia, the Valley of the Temples near Agrigento and the Segesta Temples […]
For all its superficial charm, the Alberta Ferretti Spring 2014 collection was intensely technical: smocked mousseline, embossed plissé, placed floral prints. Familiarity with the terminology doesn’t necessarily increase appreciation of the garment, but once you’d touched these particular clothes, the technique made a whole lot of sense. What was most intriguing was that the craftsmanship […]
For the Chanel Spring 2014 collection, the Grand Palais was transformed into a gigantic white-walled hangar of paintings and sculptures—quintessential Basel or Frieze—all seventy-five of them made by Lagerfeld during his Summer of Prodigious Creativity. Karl’s reference points were identifiable, though he cleverly twisted them so they each included some element of Chanel: a camellia, a […]
For the Victoria Beckham Spring 2014 collection, the designer continued her development this season with a line up that felt like precisely the right evolutionary step. Moving away from the bodycon pieces that so defined her work when she started her label in 2008, Beckham sent out cropped forgiving pants, rounded jackets and spaghetti strap tops that finished […]
The Burberry Spring 2014 collection showed Christopher Bailey’s endless versatility and savvy way of remaking the brand’s iconic ingredients, while adding more on the way. The trench coat, this time spun into sugary pastels, made a softer, stud-free return, flung over delicate see-through lace. Whipped up in a palette of dusty pinks, eggshell and milky blues, […]