Dear Shaded Viewers,
I was positively enchanted by this uber-cute catwalk from Gina Drewes, a young Austrian designer who founded her brand in 2007. As a fashion journalist, I’ve seen “the return of ladylike looks” more times than I care to admit over the past three decades but for this fall collection, Drewes shook the cobwebs off this perennial trope with exaggerated details and youthful insouciance.
Sprinkled throughout Drewes’ “Belle de Jour” collection were pieces from the designer’s evergreen project Monkey on My Shoulder: outsized stoles that seemed composed of Yeti fur or explosions of confetti. In one instance, long hair (human? Vintage monkey?) cascaded from shoulder pads that were appropriate for a goth football team. Drewes solves the problem of prissy Peter Pan collars by blowing them up to cartoonish proportions and placing them atop thigh-high mini-dresses.
The correct attire for würstel dining on-the-go.
xxx
Glenn Belverio
