With the beginning of the spring season comes quite possibly the most exciting time of the year in terms of fashion—Spring Fashion month! As fashion’s biggest names display their latest collections across the style capitals of NYC, London, Milan, and Paris, the ~fashion-obsessed~ everywhere are given a sneak peak of some soon-to-be major trends.
Despite still having a few days left of NYFW shows, designers have already blown the world away with awe-inducing, bold looks as seen on our favorite models such as Bella Hadid and Kaia Gerber. Here are some of the shows that have fashion critics everywhere totally obsessed.
1. Prabal Gurung
Politics made a rather bold entrance in the fashion industry this season as it made its mark on the Prabal Gurung Fall 2018 show. Dating back to the Golden Globes, when many celebrities wore all black in support of the Time’s Up movement to bring an end to sexual harassment and gender inequality, there has been the question of whether or not celebrities should wear all black to the upcoming Oscars. Fashion has been avoiding this controversial issue, but the Prabal Gurung show boldly addressed it. Prior to his show, Gurung expressed his respect for the solidarity of wearing black, but also his strong belief that women should not suppress their sense of self, insinuating that color and vibrancy is a powerful way to display strength. This collection is comprised of bold, bright colored pieces of a variety of prints, patterns, and fabrics alluding to this underlying theme of self-expression.
2. Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta made a beautiful, fresh statement this NYFW with its reveal of chic, conservative, feminine looks. This season had a very large focus on conservative pieces, as many of the designs are less revealing than past trends and in a way allude to vintage styles. There is a strong focus on beauty and femininity as flowers inspired many of the looks. In accordance to De la Renta’s past design history, his eveningwear was definitely the strongest among the collection.
3. Carolina Herrera
In honor of Herrera’s final fashion show, the designer put forth a remarkable show that entirely embodied all that the brand stands for. Herrera has always been fond of 3D, tremblant embroideries and this is depicted through her designs. There was also a large presence of whimsical, wildcat prints in replacement of Herrera’s past seen floral designs. The collection’s finale embodied the power of simplicity as it consisted of a parade of white button-downs, wide belts, bold taffeta ball skirts, and evening slippers.
4. Alexander Wang
For the brand’s Fall 2018 Ready-to-Wear show, Wang’s curated designs were extremely chic yet very edgy. One of the major accessories seen on several of Wang’s models were black tinted sunglasses. The show included symbols of everyone’s favorite accessories of the 20th-century corporate life such as: Nineties nylon Prada backpacks, giant plastic hair clips, and platinum cards. Models were sophistically dressed as #girlbosses, wearing tailored black jackets, sheer black stockings, and bold pumps—all alluding to the modern power of women.