New York Fashion Week Fall 2020 Ready-to-Wear
Sunbaked oranges, soft browns and contrasting pattern pairings took over New York Fashion week, but it also left room for sexy, night-on-the-town looks. I found it really difficult to narrow down the entire week into 5 designers -2 of them have their own entry- and even more difficult to pick my top 4 from each collection. It’s the first year that I’m paying attention and studying the entire week instead of opting for the more popular designers. I’m excited to explore this world that I’ve always loved but have always been intimidated by. The level of familiarity with designers and their garments is fascinating, recognizing a design without having a ‘logo’ plastered on the garments is really exciting and interesting to me. I would like to one day point at a delicate tulle dress and say “that’s a Vera Wang dress” and be right. Not every single time of course, no one is that perfect. I think.
JONATHAN SIMKHAI
Soft and sexy, if I had a white collar job this is what I would wear. I’m not usually a fan of creams, it looks a bit odd against my skin tone, but I would be lying if I said I would never wear these pieces. Pairing black and cream colors is classic but not entirely earth shattering. It’s been done plenty of times, yet it’s always interesting to see each designer’s take on this color palette. It’s easy to have these colors as background noise instead of making them the star of the show. I’m always focusing on fabric texture, it might get annoying, but it can add so much dimension to an outfit. It’s the best way to make an outfit interesting and eye catching, specially if patterns and prints aren’t your thing. Simkhai does a great job at combining these two aspects of fabrics together, so much so that sometimes you can’t pin-point what makes these outfits interesting. It makes you wonder how ‘dull’ colors can stand on their own.
Imagesby Isidore Montag
KHAITE
Boy does this collection have an attitude. It’s so seductive. It takes me back to the film True Lies. If you haven’t seen it, you should, it’s a real treat. In one of my favorite scenes Helen is trying to seduce her disguised husband. She wore a black dress with tulle ruffles at the hem that matched the sleeves and collar. Yup, that’s right! Tulle ruffled collar, clown style, let that sink in. As she walked past a mirror she stopped to do a double-take. She then gave herself the best - five-second - makeover in cinematic history. She went from shy-professional-mom to sexy-will mess you up-and have you wrapped around her finger woman, just by ripping the tulle off her dress, leaving a sultry-ready to kill-bodycon dress.
Khaite does that x100. Fashion is liberating. Every day you have the freedom to be whoever you want to be. Clothes can change your attitude and how you present yourself. It gives you power and confidence. It transforms you and that’s why I love this so much. Khaite keeps it seductive without sacrificing class, she gives you a way to explore a version of yourself you might not have known you had.
Images by Alessandro Lucioni
TADASHI SHOJI
One day I’m going to be invited to a black-tie event and I will definitely be wearing a Tadashi dress. I didn’t know this brand even existed until I saw this year’s show - sorry mom. I can’t speak for the past shows from this brand or if this is an aesthetic it follows but my dramatic heart is swooning. I can confidently say that I love being classy - Audrey Hepburn style - with a bit of sass. I love lace, more than I should, but how can you not. It’s classy and delicate, but also revealing which gives away a small sense of mystery. That’s what Tadashi is doing. The dress is beautiful, refined and elegant while the color palette is very aggressive and hard to take your eyes off. It’s a delicate, sexy mystery that can make you feel like the baddest self you’ve ever been.
Images by Filippo Fior
