SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2016

New York Fashion Week Lady Gaga stuns in Marc Jacobs NY fashion finale

ady Gaga powered down the runway for design legend Marc Jacobs in a triumphant finale to New York Fashion Week Thursday, show- Lcasing a Gothic fantasy of oversized coats, full skirts and teetering platforms. Jacobs, the darling of the US fashion scene, prides himself on closing out the biannual Big Apple fashion bonanza by putting on extrav- agant spectaculars — and his fall/winter collection was no exception. He turned the Park Avenue Armory into a circular catwalk bathed in white, providing a dramatic backdrop to his meditation on black and all things Gothic, accentuated by incredible lace-up platform boots. Lady Gaga walked the show with professional models just days after donning a Jacobs costume in her flamboyant tribute performance to the late David Bowie at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Monday. The pop diva wore a pale green pussy bow blouse with a giant, oversized black coat with huge fur patches on the sleeves. Her blonde hair was crimped in rigid waves. Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal was among the stars sitting in the front row. Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour was photographed wearing a custom- made Jacobs tee-shirt in support of presi- dential candidate Hillary Clinton. The designer shored up his reputation as the most cutting edge, daring fashion mind in contemporary America, offering up a loose, oversized look of baggy pants, full skirts and lace detail at the neck. It was a dark and brooding show, emphasized by heavy black eye makeup and fur accessories in the look that kept the slender form of his girls almost hidden in Marc Jacobs wears a “Hillary 2016” the giant clothes. His t-shirt at the end of the Marc models sported Jacobs show. —AP/AFP photos Lady Gaga walks the runway wearing Marc Jacobs Fall checks and there was 2016 during New York Fashion Week at Park Avenue a luxurious chessboard train, as well as plastic-looking black skirts with Armory on February 18, 2016 in New York City. lace-effect cut out, and frayed hems. Splashes of purple came on small bags and his towering boots. Ralph Lauren, the last word in wearable preppy chic, kicked off the day poles apart from Jacobs with a collection blending country gentleman and cowboy dandy styles, crowned by liq- uid gold evening wear. British actress Sienna Miller was guest of honor, dressed in black, seated next to Wintour and Lauren’s family. Lauren made extensive use of plaid and checks with signature suiting that included loose-cut pants, blazers and trench coats finished off with men’s ties at the throat-a meditation in taupe, truffle and mocha. The suiting was lightened when styled with delicate cashmere knits, pleated silk crepe pants and silk shirts.

Liquid gold Lauren’s evening wear had its roots in a Victorian-era elegance, with frothy high-lace collars and black velvet, and a Prussian pigment printed coat that looked like a Romantic-era smoking jacket. There was a stunning black velvet evening dress finished with oversized pleated white cuffs and a white ruffle at the neck worn by supermodel Karlie Kloss. A black velvet cocktail dress was made in a similarly exquisite manner-embellished with tightly pleated black leather ruffle sleeves and a collar that defied gravity Models walk the runway wearing Marc Jacobs Fall and made the outfit look like sculpture. Lauren, 76, broke new ground by 2016 during New York Fashion Week . finishing the show with a mikado evening dress, its billowing skirts in his trademark style, but giving off the overall effect of liquid, glistening gold. all very new to us.” Sharp suits were worn with low-cut V-neck slip blouses in silk and he followed a trend also seen on the catwalk at Vera Wang and Animal magic Alexander Wang by using buckle and strap accessories. There were large fur Francisco Costa, the Brazilian creative director at Calvin Klein, used a collars, another key trend of the season, and leather panels cut into skirts to sun-drenched Tribeca loft to showcase New York cool-the look that defines create movement. Plaids were mixed and matched-with different check the label and pioneers contemporary, urban fashion. “It’s the night before patterns used on the two sleeves of a dress, a third plaid on the front and the morning after,” Costa told AFP backstage, summing up the theme of yet another on the back. Fur coats were chunky with textured panels. In a the collection. It marked a return to tailored suiting for the brand, as well as slight break with the usual Calvin Klein look, Costa incorporated oversized novel use of fur for Calvin Klein. Costa said he took brand innovation further tribal-style pendant necklaces and sewed large jewels onto the front of silk by “pushing it into crazy, very fun prints as well, which is all photographic, is dresses. The models wore sensible loafers. —AFP