Designers spring forward into the future of fashion
- Last Updated: 12:37 AM, September 11, 2012
- Posted: 11:33 PM, September 9, 2012
On day four of fashion week, designers seem to be going back to the future as a space-age modernism tied together collections that are normally
Very different esthetics.
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Victoria Beckham and Donna Karan both looked to the ’80s — Beckham to the heyday of Azzedine Alaia and Helmut Newton, Karan for her DKNY line to the body-conscious athleticism of workout culture and New York hip-hop — for a minimalist remix urban uniform.
Derek Lam and Thakoon, for their parts, pulled arts and crafts into the 21st century. Lam reworked traditional plaids and leathers into patchwork dresses, and paired sweatshirt-shaped tops in quilted jersey with pencil skirts in heavy guipure lace. Thakoon turned flora and fauna wallpapers into peplumed A-line dresses and chiffon shirtdresses. Oversized pailettes figured in both collections.
Diane von Furstenberg loaded her gypset train of bohemian jetsetters onto a space shuttle and took them on an 80-day disco party from Marrakesh to Mars and back. For the ride, they donned sunset printed goddess gowns over pants, two-tone dayglo tunics and shantung shorts. Traditional Moroccan embroidery was replaced by chrome silver balls. Trip-tastic.
