So...I basically completely bailed on NYFW. To be honest, I started to watch some of the early shows and then ended up getting a little...well...bored. There was a lot of dressing for a time that is definitely NOT A/W. What was with all the floaty little skirts? The sheer fabrics?? Lovely, light, lots of movement...not so good in the bleak November rain. Or any rain.How and ever, there were a few gems amongst all that floaty fabric. The Marc Jacobs show being one of them.
You know what you are getting with Marc Jacobs: 70s floral and paisley style liberty prints, smock and empire lines, quite kitsch, quite fun and girly. This show was a near complete departure from his usual style - bold and modern cuts, interesting fabrics and textures, exaggerated shoulders. It was sleek, sophisticated - surprisingly similar, in fact, to his collections produced for Louis Vuitton. The heavily stylised outfits were far more suited to the grandeur of Paris, than the more relaxed fashions generally seen at NYFW.
I wasn't complaining. It marks a welcome change of tack for Jacobs, and hopefully the start of something new and a move away from those perennial 70s smocks.
I also highly enjoyed the polka-dot theme. Particularly these skirts with the discs making up the body of the skirt. An interesting concept, and quite similar I think to the futuristic feel of the Armani Prive show.
This was my favourite piece from the show:
The skirt with the tightly structured overlay, the crop jacket, the BOOTS...just fabulous.
Also, red. A deep crimson is coming to the fore. Quite a nice change to the leather and purple palettes of last winter's season. I was already fed up of nude, but it seems there has been a real reversal. Thank you, Jil Sander, for showing us all how beautiful colour can be again.
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