Raf Simons’ Spring 2014 collection catwalk presentation at Paris Fashion Week was headily women’s wear and children’s wear inspired, with models donning the likes of shorts jumpers with modest, kiddie-like U-necks, and dress-like tops that hit mid-thigh for an understatedly demure, and entirely edgy, feel. (You could say the naivety of the jumpers was undercut by the boldness of the street style-influenced trainers.)
The colour pink made a bold statement at the show, as well, appearing in flashes and asymmetrically aligning itself within single looks. We saw pink accompanying another coloured sleeve, another coloured half of the collar, spanning waists in the form of striped belts, and popping from beneath jumpers as button-down under shirts.
Most memorable is the artistry of it all. In an almost lurid, futuristic stance on artistic montage, Simons drew from vintage advertisements and conceptualized them in the form of statement making garments. Patterns and abstractions, some á la Picasso and some in the vein of 60s pop artists, were ubiquitous within the collection.
by Emily R Pellerin
Images via Style.com