Securing her position as an elite empress, with this collection s Carolina Herrara continues her devotion to her jet-set clientèle, ever since the rapturous glitterati days of Jackie O. And indeed, her exotic formative years may well have influenced the confident figures released in order to eulogise her respective AW14 collection, with a staunch display of pristine offerings.
A variety of luxuriant textures and geometric patterns established themselves as constants in the ever-evolving Herrera aesthetic, opening with, among others, a full Astrakhan dress, resting above the knees, with wide encompassing sleeves, stained by an ocean abyss.
An array of various Astrakan ensembles followed suit, complemented perfectly by the dignified fez hats adorning the poised skulls of each polished model, perhaps a nostalgic ode to Herrera’s fondness for mid-century hotspot, El Morocco.
Marbled jacquard suits, alluding to the immaculate grace of Tippi Hedren as seen through the lens of Hitchcock, make a desirable appearance, and trouser suit accomplices, Herrera’s forté, do not disappoint. Moving on from this the designer looked to shapely architecture to inform the uniformed tessellation prints, brandished on many dresses, but likely to be most effective when positioned on lengths of fabric.
Moving on from this, the designer looked to shapely architecture to inform the energetically emblazoned tessellation prints, embellishing many dresses, but likely to be most effective when positioned on the commanding lengths of plush fabric. Conquering assertive aspects of the shapes for AW, negotiating sloped shoulders for maximum appeal, and casting colouring, at once indigo, cold, yet regal, and next hot and daring, though aptly decorous, Herrera’s sentiment reads after all, in her own words, “Sometimes the potpourris are fun to look at, but it doesn’t make sense for me.”
by Liam Feltham
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