At Area’s tenth anniversary show this morning, you could hear the models’ Cuban-heeled boots stomping on the runway before you saw the first look: a navy suit with a wide shouldered jacket, accessorized with a matching officer’s cap worn low on the face, obscuring the eyes but not the attitude. “It’s been 10 years of … Read more
At Area’s tenth anniversary show this morning, you could hear the models’ Cuban-heeled boots stomping on the runway before you saw the first look: a navy suit with a wide shouldered jacket, accessorized with a matching officer’s cap worn low on the face, obscuring the eyes but not the attitude. “It’s been 10 years of … Read more
Ten years in and Area’s Piotrek Panszczyk has his collection development down to an exact formula: a group of terrific novelty jeans, a groovy print, and crystal-embellished party-ready separates that are sexy but never basic, thanks to their interesting fabrication. And yet the results are always unexpected, due to a belief in creative experimentation that … Read more
