Carolina Herrera was presented at New York Fashion Week with an autumn-winter collection inspired by the Empress Sisi of Austria (1837-1898), characterized by the jewelery garments, feminine silhouettes and the colors of precious stones.
Carolina Herrera with Wes Gordon at the brand’s fashion show. (Photo: AP)
The house founded by the Venezuelan designer, who handed over the creative reins a few years ago to Wes Gordonhe recreated an aristocratic salon in the Hotel Plaza and displayed fifty groups in which dresses for all kinds of occasions.
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Carolina Herrera showed a luxurious collection. (Photo: AP)
Among his proposals, for the day several mini dressessuch as one in white tweed with short sleeves covered with silver and green jewels on the chest, neck and waist, and another in fuchsia pink with long sleeves and lines of beading embroidered in the same colour.
For the evening galas, Gordon invited the woman to show off in dresses with a fitted body and a voluminous skirtsuch as one in lilac silk with ruffles and a black tulle neckline, but also smooth fitted tunics in lime or strawberry satin, layered to the elbow.
Bet on fuchsia, the color of fashion. (Photo: AP)
Keeping makeup and hair simple and betting on stilettos and small bags at all times, the fashion house gave space to fantasy in some outfits with Huge pompoms made up of tulle ruffles in black and white or canary yellow.
Canary yellow and tulle ruffles for Carolina Herrera. (Photo: AP)
He also showed more casual options that have been present in the latest collections: the emblematic combination of white shirt and tight pantsand flower prints or wide sailor stripes.
Wes Gordon, the man behind Carolina Herrera
Gordon, received with applause at the end of the presentation, had Herrera in the front row monopolizing all the looks among celebrities and “influencers” and on the catwalk he displayed models with a diversity of races and sizes, something increasingly common in the sector.
As the designer indicated in a note, the collection draws on Empress Sisi’s “dichotomy of discipline and majesty” and recovers her “extreme opulence” in terms of craftsmanship, which she considers is not at odds with “comfort and modernity.”
Another of the designs that captivated on the Carolina Herrera catwalk. (Photo: AP)
This intention was reflected, especially, in innovative and urban pieces, such as a dress, a short down jacket and a cape, all in golden lurex.
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