Strolling across the runway to get my seat at the Phillip Lim show, I saw that it was covered in a marble pattern in a palette of ivory, camel, gray and black. The same marble pattern was also used as the back drop.
The same palette from the marble strolled down the runway for look #1 in the form of an exploded-check mohair skirt.
Look #2 had the same exploded check in a cape coat over suede flared jeans. This flared pant leg looked truly modern as opposed to the ultra skinny pants we've all been wearing for seasons now.
There were seventies moments throughout the collection in strong pieces that every Phillip fan is sure to love. Extreme asymmetric hem dresses, a black waxed motorcycle jacket, shearling bomber jacket, a Windsor-blue tuxedo blouse, steel blue tuxedo jacket and of course, those flared jeans.
Here are Phillip's thoughts behind the collection taken from his show notes:
"Somewhere in the air between disco and punk lives a woman boiling with youthful revolt but distinguished by unexpectedly classic style. Her clothes are meticulous, but her way is easy. She says goodbye to dreamy glitter and too much skin, a confident enigma with nothing left to prove.
Her look is modern, polished, streamlined. Her obsession with baroque flourishes surprises many and amuses her to no end. She has this punk rebellion, so she will cut her dress. But it seems cut by the wind, for this was where magic happened, somewhere in the air between inherent and apparent."
The last look is an example of one of the "cut" dresses mentioned in the notes.
