24 September 2015

Donna Karan.




I always appreciate a designer who continually reinvents themselves without dwelling on their successes of the past. With that being said though, sometimes a modern take on old design concepts is welcomed, and none more so than those of Donna Karan. Deigning her the queen of opaque hosiery and jersey doesn't seem like a title mighty enough for Donna Karan, but she reminded us with this collection just how much of a stamp she has made in the fashion industry over the past few decades.

The collection involved elaborate jersey dresses embellished with flowing capes, amplified with furs & double breasted jackets. A few key leather pieces studded the collection, but the palette was limited to muted greys, blacks and chocolate browns. Perhaps a little colour would have added some much needed modernity to what I think was a very safe collection from DK. She's still the queen, though...

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