Wednesday, September 12th, 2012, was probably the best day of my life (thus far).
Why, you may ask? Well, my curious reader, you shall soon find out.
On the second to last day of the end of New York Fashion Week, I left school early and headed over to Lincoln Center to attend Milly's Spring 2013 collection. This was the first of three shows I had invitations to for that afternoon/evening/night (Anna Sui and Clover Canyon followed this one later that day), and I was missing Chemistry, and it was Fashion Week, so I was already mega pumped to begin with. I entered the venue with enough time to scope out the scene, so I began checking out the front row and walking up the runway to see what/who that huge crowd of people was clustered around. I spotted a familiar face in the sea of heads--but to whom did this visage belong? It took me a moment to place it, but once I recognized him I went into a bit of paralytic shock for a moment. Who but W.B. Mason Ryan Lochte himself was standing mere feet away from me? The Olympic swimmer whose interviews I had watched countless times on the internet over the summer--the man who I can quote verbatim saying things like, "What defines me? ...Ryan Lochte," or that the answer to seven times four is twenty-one. Also his phone background is rocks. And he can't wait until the Olympics are over so he can, you know, go to the market...do a little shopping. Needless to say, my interaction with him did not progress past a) him looking disgruntled and confused by the flashbulb going off from my camera and b) him mumbling, "Yeah, sure," when I handed him my card and asked him to check out this here site. It was one of the highlights of my life, no doubt.
Onto the show: it was inspired by the concept of surrealism. That's a hefty concept to be inspired by. When I think of surrealism, I think Salvador Dalí; but that might just be me. There are other surrealists out there, obviously. Michelle Smith, the designer behind Milly, chose to pull out the idea of playing with the eye through "illusions and unexpected combinations of technical fabrics, couture finishes, and dream-like photorealistic prints." (This quote was taken from the show notes, I'm not just putting my own words in quotation marks.) The trends I pulled out of the collection were silver/metallics, white, coral/orange, shades of blue, shades of green, yellow, and tweed. According to the designer, the official names are "neon coral, mentino, lapis and citron" (first of all, what the hell is mentino, because it is simply not a thing; secondly, there was no oxford comma included in the original text, which vexes me to no end). She was trying to portray movement--she got that down pat. The models all looked like they were going to play tennis or something, in the most high fashion way possible. And those science lab-inspired glasses are quite a quirky touch. I think...I think I like 'em.
Now you may decide for yourself whether you're feelin' the vibes.
[Photos by me.]
But first...
RYAN LOCHTE!
She simply looks like she's a really fashionable tennis player, no? Serena and Venus need to step up their sartorial game on the courts, it seems.
I think visible seams are becoming a thing. Let's keep our eye on that one.
That's Iris Egber, rockin' a cut-out dress like it's her job.
Because it is.
Mesh sleeves! And tweed! Yah!
Elsa Sylvan showing some pretty funky prints. Is that a jumpsuit, or...?
There's that lapis Michelle Smith spoke so highly of.
Metallics are super on-trend for right now and next spring. Get on dat. I just painted my nails two different shades of metallics (purple on one hand, gold on the other).
Laser-cut leather is an interesting approach to warm weather leathers.
The graphicness of black and white is made super sporty with the visible seams and mesh. Slightly reminiscent of Alexander Wang F/W 2012, amirite?
Josephine Skriver, how I love you so, especially when you are a few feet away from me.
Neon + mesh + tweed = confused but totally digging.
Sweaters get me every time.
When Josephine Skriver walked out on the runway a) being Josephine Skriver, b) wearing an awesome dress, and c) wearing a TRANSLUCENT PONCHO, I flipped out. Because I have a girlcrush on Josephine and a flat out love for ponchos, especially those of the semiopaque variety.
Tomorrow I'm attending StyleCaster's Style Summit at 92Y Tribeca. Playin' hooky because Derek Blasberg is more exciting than school. I will report fully on the event after I have recovered from its awesomeness.
There was some surprisingly positive feedback on the playlist I posted a week or so ago, so I'm going to start posting playlists every Sunday (or every other Sunday, depending on if I can even see over the pile of homework I may potentially have to complete). Musique! Hoo-ray!
It's almost Friday almostFridayalmostFridayFridayFridayweekendyum.
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