NEW YORK, February 8, 2004 – Tara Subkoff is a new woman. In an about-face from her retro-inspired spring collection, which celebrated the glamour of Old Hollywood, the designer presented a vintage-free fall knitwear collection to an artist-heavy crowd packed into the small 94th Street salon of independent curator Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn. A decent portion of the audience had actually had a hand in the production: Paula Hayes’ Forest installation formed the backdrop, while Rita Ackermann helped paint the meandering paper runway, strewn with white roses and magnolia leaves. Also in attendance were Jimmy Fallon, Sam Taylor-Wood, and a gaggle of under-fives that included Mingus Reedus, whose saucer-sized blue eyes followed his mom, Helena Christensen, as she walked.
Subkoff’s theme was a kind of extreme take on the strong woman: half goddess (but not of the drapey sort), half Amazon. (sophia K???)
That translated into microscopically short, body-loving knits, mostly rendered in black, white, and metallics, accessorized with Erickson Beamon cuff bracelets and knee-high gold Puma boots. This was a tightly focused show that marked a departure from Imitation of Christ’s established brand image. Though reworked vintage will continue to be available by special order, Subkoff, for now, seems focused on her own original designs .
This takes her out of an increasingly crowded niche, but how well she can fare in a bigger, more competitive arena remains to be seen.
agreed.Originally posted by Atelier@Feb 10th, 2004 - 11:13 am
I much prefer this to IOC's S/S 04 offering mostly because the pretense factor is way down. I can only hope it's because Chloe Sevigny had nothing to do with it.
And give it up to seeing Maja Latinovic and Colette P. on the runway again!
I agree with Scott.Originally posted by Scott@Feb 10th, 2004 - 3:33 pm
Just so my comment won't get misconstrued-what I mean is,are they really capable of creating things other than just re-working? I'm sorry,I like the fact that this is easy to wear,but there is no structure in this and I find it to solidify that they have no know-how of actually designing a garmet. So if this is the path they are taking,will it be nothing but dowdy from here on?
apparently they are able to 'create' very simple shapes and basic knits, just the fact that they are moving on from re-working vintage is an improvement no?Originally posted by Scott@Feb 10th, 2004 - 11:33 pm
are they really capable of creating things other than just re-working?
apparently they are able to 'create' very simple shapes and basic knits, just the fact that they are moving on from re-working vintage is an improvement no? [/b][/quote]Originally posted by Lena+Feb 10th, 2004 - 2:51 pm--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lena @ Feb 10th, 2004 - 2:51 pm)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Scott@Feb 10th, 2004 - 11:33 pm
are they really capable of creating things other than just re-working?