Jason Wu Pre-Fall 2013

[Stereo_Flo]

It was difficult to find a September issue of a fashion magazine without a page or two devoted to Antonio Lopez, whose fashion illustrations and photographs from the Seventies were celebrated in a recent Rizzoli book. Jason Wu, too, was drawn to Lopez’s colorful brand of retro fab, using it to infuse his pre-fall collection with good-time glamour fit for the latter-day Jerry Halls and Grace Joneses of the world, but with Wu’s ladylike touch.

He also “wanted to continue the sexier mood that I started in spring.” Multicolored panels of paper-thin eel skin were painstakingly darted into a curvy halter dress, a leather and jersey T-shirt and a matching jacket and skirt. That level of production muscle and luxury was echoed in a quilted leather and chevron mink coats (both the mink and the eel-skin styles could be worn with matching bags).

Wu escalated the sizzle for his party girls, whose options included a halter dress with pink floral beading, and a slinky sheer tulle gown embroidered with chevron waves of gold bugle beads.

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[dior_couture1245]

God, he really is the worst designer.

 

[chloesaab]

this doesn't seem good at all

 

[HeatherAnne]

I find the gown sexier than hell and hope a celebrity will wear it. The rest, boring.

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

no, this is quite amateur

 

[Not Plain Jane]

Ho hum, but agree with HeatherAnne on the gown. It's the only notable piece.

 

[elle_gb]

I need to see more these couldn't sum up the whole collection to me.

 

[valliaddict]

WTF is this? Those first 2 looks make me wanna slap somebody, & not in a good way. That striped leather dress screams Proenza-wannabe, & that gown is just . Sequins & mesh? Oh my God.

 

[TianCouture]

Incredibly unfocused and frankly, ugly.

 

[ALAUU]

Sometimes I feel like pre-fall and resort collections give designers an excuse to throw together a collection that lacks coherency and precision. I don't know what this is. It's not the worst collection ever, but it's the definition of lackluster.

 

[liberty33r1b]

is that the whole collection?

 

[Prairie]

^ No, just a preview.

 

[D A N A]

eeek!

 

[justaguy]

I like the gown but that's about it. The rest of the collection looks like something Jason Wu would have designed for Target.

 

[TheItGirl]

That burgundy dress looks like it was made with Jessica Rabbit in mind. A disappointing preview, to be honest.

 

[Prairie]

The whole collection now is on style.com, and it looks pretty weak.

 

[Marc10]

style

 

[Marc10]

style

 

[Marc10]

style

 

[elle_gb]

Well it's beautiful collection, I love the color used in this collection.