The Peplum

Clockwise from top left: Christian Siriano, Jason Wu, Vera Wang, Alexandre Herchcovitch.

Is every designer in New York going to the same trend forecaster because if they did, that fortune teller is a gypsy circus fraud. Soooo many collections have featured a peplum. I get that if enough designers show the same thing then you’ve got a trend and then the magazines push that trend and then everyone buys peplums. That’s how fashion works but this trend is dead already. Also, the bright, poppy colours and colour blocking. Dead to me. I love colour blocking but there’s too much. I can’t take any more. I think I’m gonna fashion my own colour blocked peplum that I can attach to my clothes like a waist scarf.

Alexandre Herchcovitch Costume Drama

This collection felt too historically costumey, as though you’d have to wear one of the ruffled tops with a pair of jeans just to pull it back down to earth.

I mean sure if you look at his previous work you'll see it's very avant garde that very few people would be brave enough to pull off but it still felt relevant unlike this fall collection. It felt a bit Eastern Europe too. And there was plaid. Is it punk, is it Canadian rockies or just plaid?

I dunno. It was all beautifully done particularly the first set of tops and the dresses were roomy with plenty of give.

ALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCH SPRING 2010

This was a nice collection with references to sport, some more obvious than others. Silk is a difficult fabric to work with and is a testament to a designers skill in the workroom. Unfortunately for Herchcovitch this is not as natural as his use of colour.
Puckered silk skinny pants in blush were a bit rocky, stretching in different directions when the models walked. Nude lace overlays on shoulders and underlays on skirts were pretty, while shin-high striped sports socks and baseball clutches made for fun accessories. If I see another collection with exposed zippers I may scream. It’s old people, Lanvin did it four seasons ago. Let it die.
A blue/purple and orange silk dress kinda looked like an LA Lakers basketball tank. A couple of looks with uber-exaggerated football shoulders will make great editorial pieces or a staple for Lady Gaga. Rubbery tops and dressses with curving slicks of pattern were pure Herchcovitch. The colours were great with punches of pink, purple and green, evoking his Brazilian heritage.