New York (AFP) – To the music of the Cure or Joy Division, models parade in skirts inspired by lampshades: American designer Tory Burch celebrated the 20th anniversary of her brand on Monday at New York Fashion Week by ensuring that he wants to make “everyday life sublime”.
Published on: 02/13/2024 – 06:41
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“I was inspired by a lampshade,” the designer explained with a burst of laughter to AFP, evoking these skirts in colors – bright orange, turquoise – or shiny materials, which seemed to hold up on their own. from the waist and gave an air of floating to the bodies.
“I wanted sharp angles, but I wanted the skirt to come off and fold in no time, almost like origami,” she adds. The piece, among the most unique in its fall-winter 2024 collection, was worn with light tops with long sleeves and hoods, during a fashion show under the arcades of the great library in Manhattan.
“I tried to see how to make the everyday sublime,” adds the designer, whose brand has long been considered very classic and is now evolving towards cooler aspects. Thus, she uses very light materials but gives them character with raw cut seams, adds multi-colored fringes to a long sequinned coat, or makes a delicate ruffled dress stick out from a pleated jacket.
Tory Burch fashion show at fashion week autumn-winter 2024 in New York, February 12, 2024 © ANGELA WEISS / AFP
“I think this is a woman who is confident in herself and seeking to be optimistic in the world,” she added.
– At Carolina Herrera, “beauty is power”
“Beauty is power,” assured Wes Gordon, the artistic director of the Carolina Herrera house, earlier. Faithful to the image of the brand founded in 1981, the new fall-winter collection is characterized by precise and refined silhouettes, enhanced by ruffles on the sleeves, skirts, as well as embroidery. The house classics are there: pencil or ruffled skirts, black and white checked suits, with sleeves inspired by Japanese kimonos.
Carolina Herrera fashion show at New York fall-winter 2024 fashion week, February 12, 2024 © Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP
But it is above all on the colors that Wes Gordon has left his mark since he was at the head of the New York house, taking it away from basics like black, white and brown to combine blocks of red or navy blue with blacks, pinks, yellows, denims and florals. All to dress a woman “without shyness, powerful and confident and who loves clothes”, he explains to AFP.
Carolina Herrera fashion show at New York Fall-Winter 2024 Fashion Week, February 12, 2024 © Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP
Wes Gordon seeks a “dramatic balance” between “color and combination of colors in prints and embroidery, precision and discipline in cutting”, he summarized at the end of the show, organized on the 41st floor from a Wall Street building with an impressive view of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan.
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2024-02-13 05:41:10
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