#nyfw: dion lee s/s 2014

For the record, I love Dion Lee.

(And so does everyone else, apparently.)

He brought to the fashion scene a unique eye that was, safe to say, unfounded elsewhere or seen previously. It was innovation and technique that had most of the fashion world agasp last year during London Fashion Week, and while that launched his name into stardom, it also set an impossibly high bar. Greatness, however, always leads to one of two things: falling short of expectations by simply recycling what brought one to fame, or continuing to surprise with evolution and growth.

Spring/Summer 2014 was just different enough to bring out the oohs and ahs whilst remaining true to the Dion Lee aesthetic we all fell for. And while there’s still that futuristic vibe present, it’s more The Fifth Element than last year’s pastel, other-worldly surrealism. The Dion Lee femme-de-2014 is signicantly stronger — more androgynous, more edgy — than who she was previously. She grew up, she moved from Down Under to the City That Never Sleeps. Previous textile manipulations were refined to suit her needs: Lee continued to enthrall with innovative techniques with construction. There was still neoprene, but now there’s leather, too.

The most incredible thing, however, is just how wearable this collection is. Sure, it’s all bare midriffs and approrpriately inappropriate cuouts — it wouldn’t be Dion Lee if there were no abs in the equation — but it’s wearable nonetheless. Those bustiers! That cobalt pant! The molded pencil dress! Surely a girl could find use for those pieces in her wardrobe, no matter who she was.

(Just no shy ones allowed. Here’s to lack of inhibition!)

.   .   .

x

(images via)