Fall 2019 Fashion Week Trend: Utilitarian

Utilitarian garments, pockets, and bags dominated the Fall 2019 Fashion Week runway. Oversized patch pockets with flaps or zippers, pouches draping off different areas of the body, and gargantuan bags such as Derek Lam‘s and Ovadia & Sons’ meet consumers’ growing need to carry their expanding essentials; phones, tablets, e-cigarettes, makeup, wallets, fragrance atomizers, skincare…

Derek Lam SS16

Derek Lam’s Spring/Summer 2016 looked like an Asian take on Americana, with button-ups, trench coats, flared-leg pants and flared sleeves, A-line skirts, deep-v jackets and tops, and a palette of light blue, tan, camel, golden rod, navy blue, cream, gray, taupe, salmon, and plum.  There were black and white ink-blot and a plum and white…

Derek Lam Fall/Winter 2015

  Derek Lam took the 70’s trend to an eerie place.  Marsha, Marsha, Mr. Rodgers?  Bold plaids on stiff textured sweaters and coats, a horrid blue jumpsuit… Basically, anything not cute about the 70’s was shown.  I am curious about the suit with the long jacket, but it’s covered by an atrocious sweater.  The picnic plaid with…