"Real clothes on real girls." That was how Diane von Furstenberg described the idea behind her fall … well, call it an immersive experience: the fashion equivalent of the theatrical trend embodied by "Then She Fell" and "Sleep No More."
Held in her meatpacking district headquarters, it featured a series of plausibly quotidian scenarios (girls leaving the house for the day; girls at work; girls getting ready for a big night out at the disco) and offered up the clothes for each: print wrap dresses with swishy skirts falling below the kne e; culottes and wide leather trousers; pussy bow blouses and graphic knit vests; a gold sequined gown.
Guests were guided from one moment to the next, then invited to lounge upstairs on Ms. von Furstenberg's hot-pink velvet sofa, take selfies against a wall of her signature prints, eat heart-shaped vodka jellies and maybe even conga with the models. (Actually that would have been a mistake.)
Though it's debatable how "real" someone like Karlie Kloss seems to the woman on the street, what with her towering, well-honed beauty, there's no question that seeing the clothes in action gave them a life of their own, and drew a convincing connection between the collection and its functionality.
To underscore the point, a black-and-white lace lightning bolt slip dress worn by Gigi Hadid was available for online purchase directly after the show. Just in case, you know, someone saw the picture and had a blinding vision of what she should wear to her next benefit, birthday party or ballet premiere.
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