5 Looks Rodarte Spring 2015 Ready-To-Wear
5 Looks Rodarte Spring 2015 Ready-to-Wear.Mulleavy sisters
presented another Blockbuster collection
this afternoon There's been a raft of stories in the fashion Press lately About
the fact that sales of the seemingly unkillable skinny jean
Are at last on the wane. But you might want to hold that thought.
Ladies may be Inclined to take a Second look at the skinny
After the latest Rodarte show, where stovepipe pants were a major
presence on the Crystal-Covered Runway.
They came topped by
Haute barn jackets, gamine silk blouses, and short ruffled
sweaters slung off to one Side—the Latter Numero uno, thus far, on
This reviewer's wish list for Spring. The looks had force.
As did the rest of this collection. The show marked a real return
to form for Laura And Kate
Mulleavy Playing off aquatic
Themes, specifically the observation of tidal pools, they progressed
more or less Organically from Terrifically commercial
Looks to ones that expressed just the kind of artful madness that
people crave from Their brand. By the Time you arrived at
The net mermaid dresses clotted with embroidery, you were back
under The Rodarte spell. The Tidal Pool inspiration made
a
Good channel for the Mulleavys' Miss Havisham-esque hoarder streak—mimicking The way
flotsam And jetsam collect in eddies,
They embellished their dresses not with restraint, exactly, but with
a sense of formal Specificity. There Was a painterly
Aspect to their patchwork frocks, the heavy embroidery a kind of
impasto, revealing The hand. Rodarte Collections always have
The Mulleavys' rather anarchic presence stamped upon them; they're
sui generis. At Times, that Can Make the designers' work
Seem very insular, or just undisciplined, random. This season,
though, they let their Imaginations Roam, And then reeled the
Daydreams back in to tell a coherent, relatable story. Women are
going to want These clothes.
