Spring 2004… It was a season by which Daria Werbowy reigned supreme—her reemergence final month in a Gucci advert bolsters the concept that style runs in 20 12 months cycles. Additionally set for a comeback is Phoebe Philo. Again in 2003 she was at Chloé and designed the must-have jean of the season, a high-waisted “mother” mannequin with ’70s aptitude. Nostalgic for a good earlier time, Miuccia Prada despatched dolce vita-era postcard skirts down the runway. Alexander McQueen staged a dramatic dance-a-thon, choreographed by Michael Clark for the designer’s “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” assortment. He wasn’t the one one with a sense for motion: At Balenciaga, Nicolas Ghesquière hit the waves with scuba-inspired items, Proenza Schouler got down to sea, and Y-3 was prepared for the pitch.
Helmut Lang pulled inspiration from the sky, referencing the shimmer and ephemerality of the dragonfly in his assortment. In distinction, the Marc by Marc Jacobs lineup was an ode to the teenage dirtbag, a determine not too long ago resurrected by meme tradition. As if anticipating the AI revolution, Jun Takahashi’s outing for Undercover, titled Languid and proven on “twins” carrying two variations of the identical look, anticipated the distortions of expertise and the morphing of picture and actuality.
