Christopher Kane has been a young designer to watch the past few seasons. Ever since Donatella Versace used him as a consulant, I have wondered what tricks this boy has up his sleeve, if he would be one to rise or like a bright firecracker fame that would soon die out.
To be truthful, I was not a fan of his last collection but still curious as to where Kane would grow and develop his identity doing. Citing unlikely inspiration from Planet of the Apes, The Flintstones, Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C., and Dian Fossey and her gorillas it's hard to imagine what this collection would be.
This time around though, he built on the use of Pailettes (Giant Sequins) from the previous collections, but now in leather and organza building layers of cartoon like scales with great effect, delighting my eyes with texture, movement and layers. I loved loved loved this look. Kane stuck to a mostly safe color palatte of nudes, silver, black and ivory but injected acid green, lemon yellow, red and oranges to keep things lively. I could live without the bright leopard prints and the marabou came off looking trashy. While the ape motiffs are almost comical fortunately the insiration wasn't always so literal and limited to only a few pieces.
Overall I could see some of these frothy frocks looking great on fashion forward gamine-like young celebs but not for everyone, as the layers add bulk. But the offerings seem more commercialy viable than ever before. I can't wait to see what the future holds for this young designer.
To be truthful, I was not a fan of his last collection but still curious as to where Kane would grow and develop his identity doing. Citing unlikely inspiration from Planet of the Apes, The Flintstones, Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C., and Dian Fossey and her gorillas it's hard to imagine what this collection would be.
This time around though, he built on the use of Pailettes (Giant Sequins) from the previous collections, but now in leather and organza building layers of cartoon like scales with great effect, delighting my eyes with texture, movement and layers. I loved loved loved this look. Kane stuck to a mostly safe color palatte of nudes, silver, black and ivory but injected acid green, lemon yellow, red and oranges to keep things lively. I could live without the bright leopard prints and the marabou came off looking trashy. While the ape motiffs are almost comical fortunately the insiration wasn't always so literal and limited to only a few pieces.
Overall I could see some of these frothy frocks looking great on fashion forward gamine-like young celebs but not for everyone, as the layers add bulk. But the offerings seem more commercialy viable than ever before. I can't wait to see what the future holds for this young designer.
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