Jane Wade's sophomore show took her out of the city commute and “out of the office” for the fall.
Wade said he wanted to push his Pacific Northwest heritage to showcase outdoor sports and “OOO” escapism. The styling details of the show: seat cards with lift tickets; Salomon skis, snowboards and footwear; crampons; utility belts and bags; walkie talkies and even bags made from blocks of ice, accelerated the concept into its utilitarian and slightly subversive version of city and après ski style.
Wade wanted to “improve the techniques” in both editorial and commercial offerings, noting that his continuous layers of brushed canvas have sold well at Bergdorf Goodman. His hybrid and modular utility styles were simplified for ease of wear, as seen through excellent reworked 100 percent cotton shirts, base layers and ribbed dresses and utility corsets cut closer to the body.
“It's giving a sense of modularity without the pieces having to be completely separated: maintaining the segmental integrity or being able to separate it or use it in different ways without it looking too ornate to them.” grasp. From the commercial space, you really look at direct sales and what people respond to and why,” she explained.
The latter's notable techniques included hand-crocheted knits, new 100 percent leather injections, and custom metal tag embroidery, which could be seen on individual layers (a bold woven balaclava and underpinning look), or mixed together. in the form of halterneck dresses or a loose, cropped leather wrap jacket with hybrid knit and leather chaps.
The lineup was fun, cool, and a nice extension of the emerging designer's strong point of view that nicely bridged the worlds of retail apparel with experimentation.
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