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'60s fashion - inspired, '60s historical relevance, 60s fashion, fabric mix styling, fashion and history, Karen Walker- designer, textural fabrication, womenswear, womenswear- a/w 2015
New Zealand based designer
Karen Walker
presents her collections on the runway of New York Fashion Week.
Hers is a design aesthetics which celebrates women with a nod
to historical perspective.
For a /w 2014, Ms. Walker drew inspiration from the suffragette movement–
in acknowledging her home country New Zealand, which in 1893
was the first Western nation to grant women voting rights.
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In the spirit of looking to the fashion past for present design direction-
her Fall 2015 collection paid homage to ’60s trends:
imaginative prints
colour bursts
mini skirt hems
shift dresses
boxy jackets
denim dimension
A-line silhouette
boots boutique
trouser fashion
androgynous attitude
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“Outta Sight” baby!
from designer, Karen Walker a / w 2015
Mod squad
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Graphic magic
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Blue attitude
cobalt-blue leather coat with front zip detail and textural accent
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Denim direction
denim shift dress
collared, three pocket detail, zip front
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denim skirt with mustard-yellow stitching and frayed hem
boxy, cropped jacket in mustard-yellow
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Mixed print
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Graphic intent
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Accessory express
chunky scarf
black, zip top, hand held bag
tread sole, caramel-brown ankle boot
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Trouser suiting
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“Sheer” sensation
honey hue, long length leather gilet
shearling lining
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The Ensemble
high waist, rolled hem jeans
denim blouse with ruffle detail
cropped jacket
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Fabulous fabrication
textural, orange/brown colour coordination
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(images from vogue.com)
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