At NY fashion week, with so many casual ready-to-wear collections this season I feel as though it was tough for many designers to really shine through, I saw a lot of repeats in trends and mediocre collections. I understand that this is not couture week, but Marchesa’s fall 2011 collection certainly is and far outshines most of what I saw on the runways. The perfect embroidery paired with meticulous draping has always been their signature and was no less in this collection, but what was more was a new perspective on Victorian. Marchesa is very good at showing modern elegance but to blend modern with the kind of nostalgic beauty of the 19^th century is a new endeavor well achieved.

The helpless romantic in me always tends towards nostalgia; Marchesa’s new couture dress collection epitomizes romanticism through what they call “Decaying Opulence”.  The design duo displayed an intuition into how women want to see themselves as beautiful. It takes a certain kind of confidence and personal identity to wear a Marchesa dress, and this collection embodies an alter ego that many women feel akin to but it is at risk to portray.

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- Molly Hoeltke

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Tags: bridal, Decaying Opulence, dress, fall 2011 collection, formal, goth, lace, Marchesa, modern, molly hoeltke, new york fashion week, romantic, runway, Victorian

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One Response to “new york fashion week : Marchesa fall 2011”

1. Roger Hartsell says:

   March 2, 2011 at 4:28 pm

   This stuff is lame.

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