Good late morning, Friday. I almost broke my sweet neck getting into work today and was featuring that ridiculous girl on the go wet head thing. Sad state of affairs. I did have lipstick on but otherwise...oy.
So as I was writing that post yesterday, I got an email from my dear friend with a link to Chloe Resort 2015 with the line, and I quote:
"Holy Mother of God"
I know from what she speaks. This pal and I share a love for cool girl fashion and were just lamenting the end of our (she calls it this) "Nuruyev" at Studio 54 era and the beginning of something more sculptured and angular. She too could relate to my lament about caring vs. not caring as she is the recent and proud mama of a fur baby of her very own. And since she lives in LA, my Brooklyn mom is her Santa Monica one. Either way, it's been bleak of late for women who don't necessarily want to look like a boho high priestess who dabble in the Stevie Nicks arts (not that there's a damn thing wrong with that). It's just that I'm into that look say, only once in a while, vs. every day.
So back to all things Chloe. Apparently the collection was based on Le Corbusier, that big daddy of modern architecture as we know it. And Vogue noted (quite true actually) that many designers reference architects when it comes to defining their pieces. But I think this collection smartly speaks to a bigger truth. Since Le Corbusier was more than instrumental in modern city planning and making life in urban areas better, it's not surprising that this collection restored my faith in clothes. These are just the most magic designs for city living, and further, big city living. According to Wikipedia, " Le Corbusier contributed to a new journal called L'Esprit Nouveau that advocated the use of modern industrial techniques and strategies to transform society into a more efficient environment with a higher standard of living on all socioeconomic levels. He forcefully argued that this transformation was necessary to avoid the spectre of revolution that would otherwise shake society". Um yea. That. These are clothes for that, and when they trickle down to the masses at stores like Zara and Cos who will surely copy them, l'esprit nouveau will be a real fait accompli. I realized looking at this collection that it's not that I've given up on fashion, it's just that I'm looking for something more efficient, more modern, and more level to accommodate my big city life.
Oh how I love this collection. All of it. Any of it. The mix of beautiful blues and greens that somehow seem neutral. The black and white pieces. The play on layering. The structure. These are clothes for everyone- not at this price point of course- but I love the ageless quality of these beautiful things- thank you Chloe for making clothes to inspire us- and by us I mean alllll of us.(You know who you are).
Feast your eyes- there's not much here I wouldn't wear, and think my favorite is the one shouldered number above. So modern, clean, effortless, and sexy- and best of all- completely wearable and efficient. I'm so all in.
And since this is resort, it wouldn't be right not to play a bit with color and print. I have such a thing for a printed suit like the one above. It's just genius. And the colors are more whispering and less shouting, and in a city of gazillions, I love that. I don't need to shout so much, and what I love about New York is not that I can stand out, but that I can go chameleon style and just blend right in. Plus, I would pack all of these garments into a bag and go anywhere in them. Art Basel, Paris, Passaic. It matters not. Holy Mother of God indeed. I'll raise that with a Sweet Jesus.
Cause that's what's up this can I get an amen for beautiful clothes that work kind of Friday in the 212? Yours, in chic city living. XO