Lifestyle FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

NY Fashion Week: Top trends

ew York Fashion Week wrapped Politics Wednesday in an explosion of Disgust with Donald Trump contin- Nglowing colors, greater in-roads ues to bubble over in New York and res- into diversity, designers still pondering onates well with the largely female the point of the runway and younger clientele of luxury fashion labels-not to talent given a chance to shine. As the mention a Democrat-voting, diverse global style bandwagon now flits to group of designers. Tory Burch offered Europe, with London Fashion Week an ode to happiness to escape troubled kicking off today before moving onto times. Retailer alice + olivia had a mod- Milan and Paris, here are top trends el pose in front of a feminist wall and New York offered this season: offered a Super Woman clutch. Raf Simons, whose show for Calvin 1990s throwback Klein was the week’s stand out, medi- kicked off the week by tated on the American dream meets going back to his Gucci heyday, mining American horror. Rihanna-favorite for inspiration the decade that made Matthew Adams Dolan said that in him famous. There were plenty of low- times of “relentless civil unrest and slung pants, hip-grazing cut-out body- widening political divides,” he reimag- suits and boxy jackets. Italian label ined a “working wardrobe for an inclu- GCDS also went for low-slung and sive and celebratory generation.” bodysuits, while Oscar de la Renta and Victoria Beckham showed oversized Diversity jackets. Continuing a theme, perhaps snub- Oh, and 1990s supermodel Cindy bing their nose at Trump’s assault on Crawford officially passed the baton to minorities, the notoriously snooty the next generation-her 16-year-old world of fashion is starting to relax is daughter Kaia Gerber made her runway rules of membership. Plus-size models debut for the Calvin Klein, Alexander are having a moment in the sun, see Wang and . Ashley Graham walking for Prabal Gurung and , not to men- Rainbow colors tion plus-size only collections from Collections were a riot of every color Addition Elle and Chromat. from the rainbow-hot pink paired with red: the color combo of the season for Giving others a chance the brave Tom Ford shopper. Marc With Raf Simons the lone standout Jacobs went orange, green and psyche- and the departure of established trend delic. Spain’s luxury pret-a-couture setters Rodarte, Proenza Schouler, label Depolzo luxuriated in green, pale Thom Browne and Altuzarra to Paris, it pink and bright yellow. Yellow was a gave editors, bloggers and buyers time statement color at Carolina Herrera and to check out shows several confessed also Ralph Lauren, in tulle with a black they would never have bothered to see biker jacket. otherwise. One was Mexican-born Victor Check mate Barragan, 25, who got a packed house Fine check-or the graph-paper look for his third New York show, offering an as Victoria Beckham told AFP-is having original take on what it means to be a moment. See Rosie Assoulin, Public masculine/feminine, the female body School, Christian Siriano, Monse, Calvin and defying conventions. Klein and rag & bone among others. End of the runway Stripe right A hot topic of conversation for some Traditionally the preserve of old- time, an increasing number of design- fashioned pajamas, blue was the color ers are searching for something differ- of choice for vertical stripes. Seen at ent. Ralph Lauren unveiled his collec- Rosie Assoulin, Zero + Maria Cornejo, tion out of town alongside his collec- Phillip Lim, Sies Marjan, Monse and tion of racing cars. Duchess of Jason Wu. Cambridge favorite Jenny Packham, who next year celebrates her epony- Flamenco mous evening label’s 30th anniversary, With flamenco an ultimate and time- ditched the runway in favor of a photo- less summer fantasy, there were graphic and video campaign to be flounces and ruffles galore for a flirty, released later. “I got what I wanted real- sensuous look. See Carolina Herrera, ly and I just felt it needed a bit more Oscar de la Renta, Phillip Lim and integrity really,” she told AFP. — AFP Jeremy Scott.

Fashion from Marchesa collection is modeled during Fashion Week, Wednesday.