Here is a quick sneak peak of whats to come in the full review of The Royal College of Art Graduate Show. The collection of Jae Won Park, ‘won’ over my heart with its brilliantly tailored menswear. Jae Won Park took the idea of a classic suit and deconstructed it through color blocked paneling, exposed binding and multiple layering. For the runway he created these beautifully welded metal eye frame masks which really sealed the deal for me.  I would imagine that if Calvin Klein and Comme des Garcons collaborated it would look quite similar to Park’s graduating collection.

******         “It’s kind of Forties meets Eighties,” the young designer said after his concise runway show. “They are body-conscious clothes, but they also have an emotional element.”

A recipe for fashion stardom, is how I would describe Josep Altuzarra. With his ravishing looks and a sensibility beyond his 25 years, its no wonder his following include Carine and Julia Roitfeld, Julie Gilhart, Vanessa Traina, and Hana Soukupova ~ just to name a few first class fashionistas. The young designer is making the right kind of waves, building up the momentum in a subtle way! I’m sure that working for houses such as Givenchy, Proenza Schouler, and Marc Jacobs have taught the French native a few of his tricks, but his work bears a positively distinctive direction from the work of each of those designers. His monotonous color palette works in his favor to accentuate the intricacy of the construction and draping of this collection and  is a great indication of his wisdom as a designer. I am very excited to see whats ahead.

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