Rebecca Minkoff unveiled a fresh Spring 2016 collection at New York Fashion Week, with a show filled with gleaming energy. The Californian designer proved that her expertise is not limited to accessories, and that she has a place in ready-to-wear.
The event took place on Washington street, between the West Village and Tribeca, early Saturday afternoon. The show was accompanied by a live performance from local alternative band Little Daylight, as well as the panoptic vision of the latest drone, the Yuneec Typhoon. Its function was to capture images of the models on parade, as well as of the celebrities seated in the front row. Minkoff thus confirms that it is always one step ahead when it comes to fashion-technology fusions.
“Within a few years we’ll be able to have a pet over our shoulders capturing snapshots of our daily lives,” she declared backstage before her show to the Wall Street Journal.
The designer, already known for her voluntarist interest in the subject, has developed this season charger bracelets for the I-Phone 6 and leather ornaments for the Apple Watch, always keeping in mind her young, predominantly American clientele. This positioning is an affirmation of the new Generation Y, also known here as the Millenials.
But beyond the technological buzz, the collection sees itself above all as a tribute to Marianne Faithfull, to her musicality, relevance and rebellious spirit. This inspiration gave us a glimpse of spartan-shod leggings reinvented as summer thigh-high boots hurtling down the catwalk. Versatile silhouettes dressed in leather overlays over embroidered chiffon pieces. Or loose-fitting suede mobile jackets rediscovered in pastel indigo. White is always in the spotlight, as is casualness.
Rebecca Minkoff takes the big, originally rebellious pieces that have become classics over the last decade (the leather jacket, the suede poncho, the high sandals), and infuses them with a new, more daring femininity. In this way, Minkoff proves that dissidence and femininity can gracefully go hand in hand, in the image of Marianne Faithfull and the gaiety of Swinging London in the 60s.
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