Tamara Mellon S/S 2016 New York

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By Roxanne Robinson

Tamara Mellon can hardly contain her enthusiasm for a tribal-gypsy-warrior woman motif and spring 2016 was no exception. Her mood board was awash with Peter Beard photos of Seventies supermodels in the desert and a trio of carved wood African sculptures that were the genesis of the collection. The cutout became a graduated black-and-white print on a tiered, ruffled above-the-ankle “maiden” dress with a rope and leather harness-style bodice. The effect also showed up as laser cuts on color-blocked suede drawstring pouches and platform wedges.

A mix-matched draped gown with a leather open-corset belt worked back to her first love, accessories, and a gold Masai-influenced embroidered bodice on a white camisole-style dress was reminiscent of an Ancient Greek rather than African mood. The stunner of the collection was a white linen “blanket” dress with a turquoise, red and yellow stripe pattern and fringe whose inspiration came from another far-flung place: Marfa, Tex.

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[GIVENCHYlover]

Even the shoes are horrible/basic

 

[Street_a_Licious]

the real problem here is the price point. if this were a Topshop collection, fine. Zara? okay. Mango? great.

but for what Tamara is charging, this is just sub-par.

 

[perhydrol]

Even Zara is more interesting than this.

 

[reese06]

It's very matronly for what it is. It looks like they were made from Butterick patterns.

Everything is so incredibly basic and shows no real design. Quite disappointing.

 

[elle_gb]

I can only see her wearing this collection.It's just like she pick her favorite pieces from her closet and redo it.