SPRING/SUMMER 2012
“For Mandy Coon, adding more color to her collections, which are often on the dark side, is admittedly a challenge. "I always want to wear black," the designer explained backstage before her runway show this morning. This season, Coon added "a lot more white, which is a color in and of itself, in my opinion," she said. The result was a refreshingly lighter lineup that still maintained the designer's edgy aesthetic. (Bonus: Coon gives each piece a cool name, as if it were a song on an album.) Coon's close friend Jamie Bochert opened the show in a cobalt Rong Hands top and Smokescreen skirt that combined tough leather with fluttering sheets of accordion pleat chiffon. Other notable leather looks here included the I Feel Voxish culotte shorts, which had panels of striated silk at the sides, and Helter Skelter pants with cutouts and buckles up the shin. Those, along with a few of the all-white looks—like Bochert's finale Spellbound ensemble—should be an editorial hit with some of the in-demand stylists who were sitting in the front row.”
By Brittany Adams for Vogue
The inspiration for this collection came from crystal formations and the work of David Altmejd, who makes otherworldly mixed media sculptures.
