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Style.com Review by Kristin Anderson
September 7, 2014
Despite the July departure of founding designers Heidi Middleton and Sarah-Jane Clarke, the Spring offering turned out by Sass & Bide's design department found the brand going strong (rising creative director Anthony Cuthbertson's debut collection will be for Fall '15). Spring's clothes bore all the richness of the label's recent fare: the heavy, Deco-meets-tribal beading, the ultra-structured tailoring, the bevy of prints. But most extravagant of all this season were the shapes. There were draped tops with floor-grazing panels, billowing pant legs, kimono styling (a Japanese influence was palpable in nearly every look), and lots to be knotted, layered, and generally swanned about in. Drama was the order of the day, but it was unfussy. To counterbalance all that fabric were simpler pieces, like structured knit tops and some slim trousers (though those looked pretty nice with a pleated panel at the back, too). The palette was almost invariably black, white, and emerald—opulent, fresh, and augmented by big prints, including a wild helix design. With shapes like these, Sass & Bide is bound to encounter some skepticism from more petite customers, but all told, this felt like a compelling move for the brand.
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