Michael Kors’s Latest Collection Is for the Personality Hire
The eternal conundrum of what to wear to the office these days seems to be suffusing New York Fashion Week. (That, or everyone just binge-watched Severance at the same time.) At Calvin Klein, Veronica Leoni leaned into the softer side of suiting, while yesterday at Carolina Herrera, Wes Gordon unfurled a flirty, romantic take on cubicle staples.
Today, on the last day of NYFW, as Suki Waterhouse, Rachel Zegler, and Kerry Washington sat front row, Michael Kors presented his own solution to the dreary commute blues: why not glitz things up? With a symphonic ’80s medley on the soundtrack, he evoked modern-day Melanie Griffiths and Sigourney Weavers making their way to the C-suite.
While the designer mainly stuck to his preferred neutral palette of black, gray, and camel (with a few cameos from plum, lavender, and seafoam green), his textures were more maximalist, whether it was a glittering trench worn by model Devyn Garcia or a gray flannel skirt suit with spangled sleeves. Models carried structured bags, some with faux-fur trim, or sported dramatic opera gloves. And the oversize, gallery girl-worthy pendants worn with many of the looks were a standout.
The styling, too, felt fresh (if not always HR-compliant): menswear suiting worn over a bra or a transparent base layer, a peek of midriff, or even an example of elevated pajama dressing for the work-from-home girlies. At its heart, though, these clothes were made for working, and his customers are sure to snap up the paper-bag trousers, skirts with asymmetric hems, and perfectly tailored blazers.
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