Just a few days after presenting the new spring collection of his secondary line, designer Zac Posen presented his new spring/summer 2014 collection at fashion show during New York Fashion Week. This was an ultra-romantic collection based on soft, undulating curves and lush, sculptural volumes. Plays of transparency, lightness and movement and pale florals draw from the gardens of Impressionism.
Cocktail and day dresses reveal a beguiling, softer dimension of anatomical construction. Mid-calf plissé dresses fall across the body with a fluid, organic drape. Satin corsetry is balanced with light-as-air ruffles on knee-length party dresses. Rich, lemon-colored taffeta is lent a pleasant ease with voluminous sleeves and external pockets.
For evening, cape-sleeved jersey dresses and bias-cut satin gowns are rendered in watercolor shades including eau de nil, celadon, blush, nude and sea foam. The circular tiers of ruffled skirts appear throughout, rendered with both ethereal simplicity and exaggerated volume on strapless evening gowns.
The silk and taffeta red-carpet gowns further amplify the play on movement and scale. Pale pink silk, gently kissed with white blossoms, is fashioned into wide-leg trousers paired with a halter top for evening and an ultra-full-skirted ball gown. A Sheer, cocoa chiffon evening gown falls to the floor in structured layers of curves and tiers highlighted by silver-blue ribbon. Together, these pieces showcase a graceful femininity and exquisite, architectural construction.
Designer stated: “The collection invokes a romantic femininity with a touch of whimsy. A manipulation of emotional textures, a layering of prints, and tonalities of color within a single piece evoke a modern-day Sarah Bernardt.”
Coco Rocha (Wilhelmina)
Crystal Renn (Women)
Herieth Paul (Women)
Kate Bogucharskaia (Next)
Cora Emmanuel
Pauline Hoarau (The Society)
Daiane Conterato
Sessilee Lopez
Lindsey Wixson
Alina Baikova (Next)
Rose Cordero
Manon Leloup
Anna Cleveland (Trump)
Josephine Skriver
Mackenzie Drazan (The Society)
Melodie Monrose
Nastya Kusakina
Bruna Tenorio
Arlenis Sosa Pena (Marilyn)
Ming Xi (The Society)
Designer Zac Posen
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