Fashion Week once again invaded New York with six days of fall/winter 2023 from brands like Rodarte, Thom Browne, Prabal Gurung and Eckhaus Latta.
Last season marked the return of nearly each and every in-person show, and celebrity A-List descended on the city for a packed program of high-production exhibits throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. This week, the trend of iconic backgrounds and Wonderful Architecture continues, with performances being located at the New York Public Library’s historic main branch, the former Rainbow Room hotspot, and the Solomon R Museum. Guggenheim.
On Friday, fantasy overcame temperament when Rodarte hosted the official in-house program of neoclassical Williamsburgh Savings Bank, transforming the iconic Brooklyn establishment into an otherworldly banquet populated by gothic fairies. Kirke and Natasha Lyonne.
The evening continued with themes of transformation, from Collina Strada’s playful presentation of models turned into animals to Dion Lee’s avant-garde looks that played with the concept of garments shedding snakeskin (the latter in the presence of the Internet’s favorite “It” woman, Julia Fox and icy spice).
At the New York Public Library, designer Prabal Gurung sought to create a heavenly escape into the center of the building, encouraged through meditation and its Nepalese heritage. Visitors watched as the visitors, in addition to Kimora Lee Simmons and Nicky Hilton, watched.
“I searched for other people for 10 minutes while they were in New York, to feel like they were on a spiritual adventure with me in Nepal,” he told CNN ahead of the show.
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Another highlight of the weekend’s dramatic fruit display in Area, turning bananas, watermelons and grapes into sculptural ensembles that seemed largely based on art history, from Andy Warhol’s pop art to Dutch paintings of “vanitas. “surpassing techno, while colors were replaced from colorful to black, indicating decadence.
Celebrity cameos on the runways included Lindsay’s siblings Lohan, Ali and Cody, who took part in the kickoff of Christian Siriano’s Thursday performance (with Lohan in the front row), as well as a wonderful appearance via “White Lotus” actor Jon Gries on the Eckhaus Latta runway on Saturday night. Emily Ratajkowski closed Simkhai’s presentation of the wearable outfits.
Other celebrities who were seen in the front row this week included still-masked South African singer Orville Peck and Japanese Breakfast singer Michelle Zauner, the latter performing at Rodarte and the inevitable Sandy Liang. Liang said about cultivating an unwavering visitor base, which includes Bella Hadid and Phoebe Bridgers. .