Highlights From NYFW S/S '19 Part Three

New York Fashion Week is over for another season and before we move our attention to the other-side of the Atlantic to see what Londons designers have to offer, I wanted to give my final highlights for the closing shows of this season in New York. Middle Eastern inspired collections met Manhattan with Oscar De La Renta's caftans and prints, film inspired collections at Calvin Klein, more fringe hitting the runway at Michael Kors and a Ready to Wear collection leaning towards Haute Couture at Marc Jacob's. 

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the photos, the rightful owner(s) have been credited below. 

OSCAR DE LA RENTA 

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A Middle Eastern inspired show brought attention to the lesser known part of the Arabic culture one that we rarely see collections influenced by. At Oscar De La Renta the designers created a range of plush textures and dramatic silhouettes rich in the Middle Eastern culture. The creation of raffia knitted skirt, tasselled stilettoes, jacquard caftans and birdcage bags, the collection inspired by designer Laura Kim’s trip to Marrakech where she began designing the collection.  This collection reflects a modern first world lifestyle where people are increasingly on the move and are travelling to these places.

COACH 1941

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Western meets punk-rock, that’s the theme running through this collection for Coach. Maxi dresses with symmetric helms, embellished with ruffles paired with chunky sweaters. Leather fringed jackets punctuated with patches all their denim pieces defined with artsy patchwork and mountaineering jackets over full length prairie skirts making it weather appropriate but adding a western influence to these looks. Sweaters with metallic detailing, printed pyjama tops paired with patterned track pants giving streetwear influence on this collection. Vevers patterned again with Walt Disney for a range of pieces, playing with cartoon characters showing a childlike attitude to this collection. Bambi effortlessly blended in a print motif on a  maxi skirt white the Aristocats made an appearance on a maxi black hoodie. Rock n’roll, bohemian accents and western references dominated the runway, these are your urban contemporary wardrobe essentials.  

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Jaws hits land with this swim inspired collection, dripping wet hair and scuba suits,models fresh out the ocean. Raf Simon’s brought two classic films as the forefront of this collection:
 ‘The Graduate’ and 'Jaws’. The iconic Jaws poster transformed into t-shirts branded with CK seal of coolness paired with tailored blazers. Pleated and pressed mini dresses, two panel dresses linked with chain hooks and trendy over sized check blazer- fashion staple this season. Graduation gowns thrown over models’ shoulders looking compellingly chic with pleated skirts and a chunky knits underneath. Scuba gear was featured heavily throughout this collections, especially on the guys, torsos peeled off revealing striped sweaters or bare chests. Cocktail dresses or chunky knits accompanied by pleated skirts with shark bit cut-outs on one side- a touch of inspiration from the film.

MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION

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Michael Kors boldly transforming us to a yacht club in Cannes with this collection, mini dresses begging to be worn in Palm Springs. The colour palette reflecting Caribbean and Mediterranean themes, the upbeat celebration of colour that translate through every spring/summer collection seen at New York. Kors putting fringe on jackets, skirts, pants and shoulder bag: a trend seen already at Longchamp and Coach. Pale denim, chunky beach bags and huge platform sandals dominated the runway. He played it safe this collection by tapping into southern California surf culture of crocheted and lace dresses and laid-back graphic tees paired with luxe cargo pants, all done in bright, sunny colours. 90's inspired items of over sized floral pieces, including floppy hats items, Kors giving us practical pieces that could be worn on the beach. 

MARC JACOBS

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Ready to wear meets haute couture: Marc Jacobs’ went to extreme lengths for this collection, the show was pure magic and ranged from want-it-now to full-on fantasy. What more do we want? Dress up was border line fancy dress: clown ruffles and frothy clown dresses, pussy bows, supersized corsages and cascading flounces dominated the collection. The collection was heavily 80’s themed, strong shouldered jackets, high waisted pleat-front pants were some of the more manageable and everyday pieces part of this collection. These all were in chalky candy colours with their ruffles covering the dresses. To match that the model’s hair were bleached and dyed cotton candy pink then pulled up in a ponytail. Volume in trapeze shapes, massive ruffles, pleated pants, bold shoulders, huge sleeves and enormous waist flowers. The bigger the better is the theme translating through all the pieces. This might be the most realistic collection seen this fashion week but if you pay attention closely there are wealth of clothes to actually wear: coats,jackets,slipdresses,knit bountry. These are your practical way to get a piece of Marc Jacobs’ S/S collection, we will have to wait to see who wears one of these extravagant dresses on the red-carpet.