Danielle: Color pops, ethnic textiles – these are a few of my favorite things. I love when Proenza Schouler translates their geometric style into an ethnic look. I’m going crazy over this collection – the mid-century flourishing necklaces, attention-commanding prints, and knitted skirts are pushing it over the top! (In a good way, of course.) Proenza is (and always will be) one of the most exciting and promising shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center.
Harry: Proenza Schouler boys are the new cool. They define American preppy dressing for young ladies in their 20s and 30s. They’re not as mainstream as Marc by Marc Jacobs – which adds up to their coolness. For Fall 2011, Jack and Lazaro add an ethnic element to their collection. One of my favorite pieces from the show was look #15 worn by Suvi Koponen. It’s an asymmetric tribal-print cardigan. It was pleasing to see the play of colors and prints on the Proenza Schouler silhouettes. However, someone pointed this out to me before: why did they put sandals on a fall/winter collection? Fall and Winter in Indonesia, maybe.
Now that they have had time to marinate on the subject, Harry Go has decided to come out of blogging retirement to join FSD blogger Danielle Wallis to give a he said/she said take on the Academy of Art University Fall 2011 collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center.
Holly Smith
Danielle: Holly Smith started the show with beautifully dramatic makeup, a spacey soundtrack, and a few nip slips. The collection looks like it was designed for a sexy female gang of city-dwelling villains. (Love!) Smiths’ skirt suits were impeccably tailored, and I would definitely love rocking one of their high-waisted, wine-colored pencil skirts any day.
Harry: My heart skipped two or three beats when Melodie Monrose strutted down the runway to open the show in Holly’s collection. Holly Smith took American sportswear to a new level of glamorous and femininity.
Our designers accomplished a lot by creating collections that walked the runway at Lincoln Center. In turn, they had to be ready for something that comes along with being a designer showing at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: being interviewed by the press.
Backstage was busting at the seams on Friday night with tons of reporters. From newspapers to magazines to broadcast journalists, our designers handled the press like pros.
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