Like a worn down Halloween costume that barely resembles the
look you carefully pieced together before leaving your apartment, this red
leather duo looks like a discount Bond girl after she’s blacked out at 2 a.m. Luckily,
the offender responsible for this travesty will remain anonymous because of the
show’s glitchy video screen that never once projected designer names in-sync
with what walked down the runway.
Leather is an incredibly difficult fabric to work with,
especially when attempting to properly tailor it into a structured jacket and
slim, cigarette trousers. If executed well, leather can look like a smooth, second
skin, but here, the result is shapeless and boxy, giving the model unwarranted
creases. Red and black alone are two powerful colors, but together, they’re
costumey and cliché, like an angry teenager filling her closet with mall Goth
clothing from the local Hot Topic. Lace and leather could be sexy if
used sparingly, but here it’s overwhelming on the model, screaming at the
audience like a wasted, uninvited party guest.
The styling doesn’t help the designer’s case. Every
model throughout the show sported bright, bobbed wigs to loosely coordinate
with the evening’s weak, ’60s pop art theme. As the production progressed, however,
these wigs became more disheveled. The model’s real
hair is peeking from beneath and the purple, artificial locks look terribly
unkempt, like the Party City wig you shoved into the corner of your closet,
untouched from last Halloween.
Like a shameless serial killer, the outdated black heels
show no mercy. The height seems a touch outdated, while the rounded toe is unfortunately reminiscent
of a lawyer's go-to shoes in the early ’90s. These must have been a donation from a student
designer’s mother, who probably wore better heels to the event than anything
that was sported on the runway. When the audience members look better than the models,
there’s clearly a problem.
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