Show Review: Mary Katrantzou Fall 2016 Ready-to-Wear

Mary Katrantzou’s Fall 2016 collection was one filled with volume, color and dynamic layering aesthetics. Even her incorporation of trench coats on top of dresses and skirts proved to be a guiding point of the collection, tapered with intricate designs and only enhancing the variation of texture and design.

Down the runway came models draped in color made into dresses, various prints of hearts, stars, and fire signs chaotically scattered throughout the fabric. The collection was one of variety, even down to the hemlines: In the beginning stages of the collections, hemlines fell above the knee for a breezy Fall day scenario, where by the end of the collection there was an assortment of floor-length dresses and coats. Even work attributed attire retained the element of whimsical and color, with embellished stars running down the sides of pants or found in the sleeves of double-breasted blazers. While some designers may stray from pattern overlays or meshing combinations, Katrantzou lives in them. She brought outfits that featured strips and lavish intricacies on the bottom while mixing her signature aesthetic of decorative patterns and embellishments.  Pieces from the collection definitely looked to be viable assets for both the trendy consumer as well as the wear-all fashionista.

Ending her collection, Katrantzou focuses on floor-length dresses that remained form-fitting until the bottom where high-levels of volume were to be found; patterned dresses turned over on top of tulle inserts made for a perfectly re-imagined princess of a fairy tale, an idea of reinvention and modernity Katrantzou has sought for  years in her collection.The collection was definitely one that focused on re-inventing while adding a touch of timelessness to clothing, even while building off a patterned aesthetic that has trended the collection for years.

 

What do you think of Mary Katrantzou’s Fall 2016 collection?