Duro Olowu Ready-to-wear fall 2024

After weeks of unending gray drizzle In London (but what is this new about that), he was A Tonic has stage In Duro Olowu colored world on A particularly dark Tuesday afternoon. Seated inside A friends flat In A historical Chelsea apartment block, And with THE burning colors of A abstract Marina Adams paint as A background, Olowu was ready has to unveil her autumn collection In her own, inimitable style. To know, with A pair of models scroll her last together of maximalist clothing confectionery through THE life bedroom, as Olowu himself provided A running comment.

Except, This time around, Olowu departure indicate was not A movie Or A book (as he typically East) but instead, A mood. While there were always a lot of flashes of her signature breathtaking prints, THE to print that recurrent most was A of multi-colored some scratches, which Olowu deliberately desaturated through A process he compared with has color gradient A movie; more specifically, he reference THE idea of socket THE Technicolor of Powell And Pressburger THE Red Shoes And numbering he back has something more muted. "I doesn't to want he has feel Also strong," Olowu said. "It is about ease And self-confidence. »

This care And precision - and ease - was visible In THE meticulous construction of each piece: Inspired by the 50s leopard print car coats with a lot of satisfying rustling; A striped shawl collar shirt And pleated skirt together, team has ensure each Band double up Perfectly, even through THE hanger size; coats cut Since A light as a feather, texture silk rayon has double up as A dress In THE summer; peasant sleeve dresses cut Since A riot of cleverly conflict patterns, sewn together Since ancient Italian fabrics And prints of Olowu own design. Maybe THE most surprising new entrance has Olowu canon? Hoodies – sewn together Since breathtaking combinations of floral crushed velvet And shimmering iridescent brocades.

But as always, THE devil was In THE details; Since THE elegant drape of A skirt, has THE soft pointing upwards of THE shoulders on A shape adjustment dress that balance out THE pinched size. "It is about using volume - not has blanket things up, but has accentuate," Olowu note. Her eye For color And to print will always dazzle, but It is always those thoughtful subtleties that shine the brightest.