... Turns Up the Volume !
Spring 2013 feels like “a statement season.”
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PROENZA SCHOULER
The real-people-in-the-pool print on Proenza Schouler’s catwalk
Wednesday night probably took some fashion insiders — who don’t expect
that much newness during these previews — by surprise. The collection by
Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough started off by advancing some
trends seen for spring, including leather, patchwork, some perforated
and mesh textures. The leather was a little shinier, the patchwork a
little more random and the textures a little more exaggerated, but,
still, they fell in line. The Proenza Schouler duo also offered
skirt suits galore, but they weren’t trim and tailored; jackets were
collarless and covered in snakeskin, and the skirts were slung low on
the hips. But the digital-print satin dresses decorated with neon
nailheads on the tops and grommets on the bottom that served as the
finale were only as Proenza Schouler can do, and showed why they are
considered one of New York’s bellwethers for fashion’s future. The Proenza Schouler styles were a little out there, but it’s where so many others will be..... Read more. 
