My alma mater,
Parsons School of Design held its fashion show for the class of 2013 last night. The evening honored
Patrick Robinson and attracted other Parsons alumni like
Proenza Schouler. The first batch of designers here were all about a technique. They took high tech and classic treatments and created a mini collection around it.
Sharon Yumen Wang above was about making sculpture out of pleats. He used wide, sharp pleats and wound them around the body in different ways to in a grey, black and white palette.
Francine Frolich incorporated digital printing and laser cutting. She took architectural forms and used them as motif and almost like armor when worn on the body. I'm not sure how comfortable they were to wear, but I can say I haven't seen this on a runway before.
Connie de la Cruz from the Domincan Republic also used digital printing. He then took the printed fabric and manipulated it with bold solid colors for an easy sportswear look.
This collection by
Jasmine Plantin was all about thick, woolly embroidery contrasted with sheer, light fabric. The dark, natural colors and the swirled patterns looked a lot like an elevation map to me. While the silhouettes were very simple, the looks were very effective. It's hard to make embroidery look masculine, but this group made it work.
Stay tuned for more graduate work! Good luck to all of the designers!
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