AnOnlyChild’s Maxwell Osborne was scheduled to current his fall 2024 assortment on the runway at New York Vogue Week this previous February. The present was initially postponed to a later date, however logistical difficulties acquired in the way in which. In lieu of a fall present, Osborne is releasing to the general public now an edit of his fall assortment introduced to patrons earlier this yr. He hopes to carry his spring assortment to the runway in September.
Whereas Osborne usually crafts an overarching story to unify his collections, what actually dictates his ideas are his supplies. AnOnlyChild works primarily based on deadstock. “In the event you look by means of the gathering this season, there’s a variety of heavier materials, which is on function as a result of it’s what we noticed,” stated Osborne. “Then it began to give attention to this lady who’s hiding the individual she needs to be.” Therefore the outsized garments, a lot of that are tailor-made and lower in menswear materials.
Osborne titled this assortment Pinch Me. This translated most actually and efficiently into the way in which he lower a large sleeve and flattened the highest line with a sew line from shoulder to cuff, replicating the design language he established in his anOnlyChild trousers (which he’s one of the best commercial for, provided that he wears them usually himself).
One other of Osborne’s private model nuances that made it into the gathering is the way in which he’ll usually put on his hoodies with one sleeve out and draped round his shoulder. “It’s me being noncommitted,” he laughed. He designed a cool one-sleeve turtleneck that gathers below the sleeve and drapes over the shoulder that he plans on refining so the sleeve is lengthy sufficient to be wrapped as a shawl. Different highlights right here embody the knife-sharp shoulder in his tailor-made overcoat and a grey stretch viscose double T-shirt with double sleeves and hem. AnOnlyChild is a younger model, however every season Osborne reveals that he’s a veteran relating to making garments each approachable and funky.