Self-Portrait | Spring 2020 Ready-To-Wear Collection
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Self-Portrait | Spring 2020 Ready-To-Wear Collection
Ah - the amazing Self-Portrait. When has this line not been fabulous?!? Each collection keeps getting better & better! All the lace details with ruffles everywhere - need I say more?
“If there’s a mini-trend we can establish on day two of New York Fashion Week, it’s a general loosening up of silhouettes. That may seem a relatively minor change compared to the bolder, flashier statements we’ll see this month, but if even Self-Portrait’s party girls are trading their nipped-waist minidresses and bustiers for A-line midis and gowns that fall straight from the shoulder, it’s a significant adjustment.
Designer Han Chong said he wanted his dresses to feel easier, freer, and simply more comfortable; as a result, there were more “daytime” options than the going-out frocks and wedding guest dresses he’s known for. He isn’t one to sacrifice fun in the name of practicality, though. Chong’s signature lace details were subtler here, appearing as yoke details on a shirtdress or along the bottom of a poplin blouse to reveal a flash of skin. In lieu of the ’80s-ish puffed sleeves and corsets of past collections, he introduced empire-waist dresses and ruffled “going out tops” with square necklines, many of which had open backs and large bows tied at the shoulder blades.”
All Photos Via Vogue
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