MODELOS: Kori Richardson

lunes, 28 de septiembre de 2009

Dsquared² Spring 2010 RTW.

Chanel Iman

The curtain parted at Dsquared² to reveal a woodsy scene, complete with a pair of tents lit by chandeliers and mirrors propped against the trees.

Iris Strubegger

Camp is always an element at Dean and Dan Caten's shows, of course, but for Spring, the twins took the camping theme quite literally.

Snejana Onopka

Not that you could call their take on the great Canadian pastime roughing it, despite the Budweiser 40s the models toted down the runway and the Band-Aids that presumably covered their bushwhacking wounds.

Shu Pei Qin

Their cutoff shorts, tees, and jean jackets came tarted up with sky-high neon patent-leather platform booties and gray hiking socks and were tweaked with plastic coverings—the better to stay dry in the wild, presumably.

Hanne Gaby Odiele

Other outdoors gear also got the Caten treatment: A fly-fisherman's overall bib was spliced onto a T-shirt and decorated with the brand logo, while an evening dress was whipped together from a plaid wool blanket stitched to nude satin.

Kori Richardson

Also in the mix: a few party dresses that looked like prom material pinned here and there with dragonfly brooches and some smart signature outerwear. Only loosely inspired by the season's theme, the latter included a cropped butterscotch leather jacket and a color-blocked parka. Aside from items like those, it was hard to take much of the above seriously, but as usual, it was a heck of a lot of fun.

Valeria Dmitrienko

Ranya Mordanova

Vlada Roslyakova

Daniela Kocianova

Olga Sherer

Frida Gustavsson

Bianca Balti

Elsa Sylvan

Eniko Mihalik

Sophie Srej

Anna Gushina

Chanel Iman

Iris Strubegger

Shu Pei Qin

Hanne Gaby Odiele

Kori Richardson

Iekeliene Stange

Valeria Dmitrienko

Ranya Mordanova

Imogen Morris Clarke

Vlada Roslyakova

Snejana Onopka

Daniela Kocianova

Frida Gustavsson

Bianca Balti

Olga Sherer

Dan Caten and Dean Caten

domingo, 20 de septiembre de 2009

Badgley Mischka Spring 2010 RTW.

Kendra Spears

Mark Badgley and James Mischka channeled the tropical glamour of mid-fifties Cuba for Spring. The pair sourced their visuals by digging through old photos of friends' parents snapped during Havana's heyday. (The friends, incidentally, were in Palm Beach—the perfect locale to wear these clothes today.)

Maria Kashleva

Badgley and Mischka mostly worked a formula of clean, breezy fabrics with a well-measured dose of embellishment. By day, that would mean a lovely bell-sleeve white jersey dress, totally plain but for the vibrant coral bib necklace; and for evening, a fluttery black silk halter gown, casually belted and worn with a chunky crystal cuff.

Ali Stephens

Jewelry was important here, seen in big, sparkly costume tangles of chains and found objects. It's far from a fresh idea, but it brought a welcome off-kilter twist to the designers' straightforward elegance.

Arlenis Sosa

As their notes explained, this old-school island set also wore Parisian couture, and there was certainly a touch of Rue Cambon in all the black and white, and evidence of atelier hours in beadwork and the hundreds of tiny white petals embroidered on a ball skirt.

Heloise Guerin

The first two terrific daywear looks in salt-and-pepper silk tweed were also a nod to the same. The graphic palette far outshone the shots of color in lipstick red and highlighter pink: The latter is a hue that's become a clichéd way to add runway excitement, but that's a minor quibble for a mostly solid collection.