NY FASHION WEEK: Mara Hoffman Fall 2012

Heading out to the the desert?  Perhaps you can find your spirit fashion animal.  Mara Hoffman was inspired by shaman gaucho cowboys for Fall 2012.  The designer known for swimwear was a natural for transitioning into cozy sportswear.  

Prints were graphic updates on Native American patterns.  The color palette sleek with black, cream, purple, muddy rose and burnt orange.  You can take her looks from the beach in summer and slip right into the long caftans and skirts without losing your state of zen.

Accessories included chunky motif necklaces and fashion interpretations of a gaucho hat.  I want to describe the collection as rustic, but it really isn't.  It may have cowboys as a theme, but the runway looks were actually very chic and cosmopolitan.