As New York Trend Week got here to a detailed, The Blonds had one thing to say. Presenting a Fall/Winter assortment impressed by romantic icon, actress, and magnificence star Elizabeth Taylor, The Blonds FW23 is colourful, dramatic, glistening, and grand.
Over-the-top camp is anticipated from the American model, however this season the glam was set on excessive. The present opened with the Blonds founder Phillipe Blond in a giant blonde wig, strutting down the runway in a black excessive neck lengthy sleeve catsuit embellished with the model’s identify in a bedazzled font. Blond additionally wore a black maxi fake fur coat –designed by unbiased designer Adrienne Landau– which, even with its fullness, couldn’t outdo the outsized jewels round his neck.
Phillipe set the tone for the present as a result of what adopted was even greater hair, jewels, and appears. The large jewels converse to the Elizabeth Taylor affect, because the famed actress was a jewellery fanatic. Nevertheless, as an alternative of protecting her spirit alive in a literal means, The Blonds artistic administrators, Philippe and David, used outsized jewels as extra than simply jewellery. Blown-up emeralds, canary diamonds, sapphires, rose, and rubies sit giant on low-sitting skirts, the busts of mini attire, and pasty element on lamé jumpsuits..
The bigger imaginative and prescient of the gathering expands pasts Taylor’s lush love for all issues fancy and appears at three famed movies: Valley of the Dolls, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Butterfield 8.
Juxtaposed with Taylor’s grandiose glamor, this assortment tells a narrative of what occurs once we fall out and in of affection and dream the longing dream of that excellent somebody. Via crystal-encrusted necklines, colour, sparkle, and eveningwear which can be certain to get you observed, David and Philippe introduce us to what they name “the Valley of the Blonds.’
This season, The Blonds lady is simply as fearless and forthcoming as earlier than, however on the coronary heart of it, behind her diamond-tough exterior, she simply desires pure, trustworthy love like the remainder of us.
Enjoyable party-ready materials like sequins and velvet seize this assortment with the occasional fake fur. This Blonds lady could also be lovesick, however she’s nothing if not nonetheless attractive. Plunging necklines, high-leg slits, and breathtaking corsets spherical out this assortment, and velvet bows are a typical element as a result of, effectively, she is a doll in any case.
