3.1 Phillip Lim before Fall 2023
"I started thinking about putting our feet back in the scene and what that means, because we kind of pause and reflect. It feels like the time has come to start looking at New York, so this is the start of an ode to New York,” Phillip Lim said. during a preview at his Great Jones Street storefront, which was set up with an art installation of discarded objects, rolled chain-link fences and bright yellow car parts surrounding his new collection.
>To reintegrate into the city that gave birth to his eponymous label 18 years ago, Lim expressed the importance of exploring all of his dialogues.
"It's so fleeting, and a big talk, but I think it shouldn't be thinking too much about what New York is. I think that's the answer - the disparate ideas of the city of hopes, the city of dreams. Somewhere, somehow, one day, we will all be here. Those who have been here have our own ideas of what our dreams and life in New York are all about, but there are elements that allow us to recognize ourselves and navigate through beauty and chaos, bags of walked to scraps of fabric that we sat on and turned into arts and crafts.”
Sporty t-shirts and market bags featuring bonded graphics inspired by New York memorabilia and a naive bodega flower the embroideries made a direct nod to the nostalgia of the city; dark abstract floral prints alluding to blurry city lights; embellishments of stars, studs and crowns on her reworked Americana denim referenced the Statue of Liberty, and layers of macrame derived from fabric scraps offered a luxe DIY style. Because Lim's strong ideas were rendered with restraint, they played together in harmony to create an updated uniform.
There was also a Broadway "West Side Story" presence for its "immigrant diaspora and its look at love against all odds, but against this backdrop of unfiltered city reality,” mixed with Lim’s signature romantic utilitarian DNA, Victorian-era costumes, and a continuation of the pseudo-grunge scene. 90s that he's been riffing on lately, "because there's always this rebellious nature with people who totally come to New York. For example, a cute long-sleeved cotton voile top all black and a skirt with corset-inspired smocks and soft, voluminous sleeves with chunky combat boots and an updated Pashli moto bag in nylon and leather, or an all-white recycled polyester smocked jacket with matching smocked cargo pants and tank top in delicate cotton voile.
Oversized utility jackets with midi utility skirts and casual pants and crafty souvenir tees at Casual, sporty suits, multicolored denim and softly romantic dresses, the collection embodies the eclectic spirit of the city that never sleeps in a modern and fashionable way.
"I started thinking about putting our feet back in the scene and what that means, because we kind of pause and reflect. It feels like the time has come to start looking at New York, so this is the start of an ode to New York,” Phillip Lim said. during a preview at his Great Jones Street storefront, which was set up with an art installation of discarded objects, rolled chain-link fences and bright yellow car parts surrounding his new collection.
>To reintegrate into the city that gave birth to his eponymous label 18 years ago, Lim expressed the importance of exploring all of his dialogues.
"It's so fleeting, and a big talk, but I think it shouldn't be thinking too much about what New York is. I think that's the answer - the disparate ideas of the city of hopes, the city of dreams. Somewhere, somehow, one day, we will all be here. Those who have been here have our own ideas of what our dreams and life in New York are all about, but there are elements that allow us to recognize ourselves and navigate through beauty and chaos, bags of walked to scraps of fabric that we sat on and turned into arts and crafts.”
Sporty t-shirts and market bags featuring bonded graphics inspired by New York memorabilia and a naive bodega flower the embroideries made a direct nod to the nostalgia of the city; dark abstract floral prints alluding to blurry city lights; embellishments of stars, studs and crowns on her reworked Americana denim referenced the Statue of Liberty, and layers of macrame derived from fabric scraps offered a luxe DIY style. Because Lim's strong ideas were rendered with restraint, they played together in harmony to create an updated uniform.
There was also a Broadway "West Side Story" presence for its "immigrant diaspora and its look at love against all odds, but against this backdrop of unfiltered city reality,” mixed with Lim’s signature romantic utilitarian DNA, Victorian-era costumes, and a continuation of the pseudo-grunge scene. 90s that he's been riffing on lately, "because there's always this rebellious nature with people who totally come to New York. For example, a cute long-sleeved cotton voile top all black and a skirt with corset-inspired smocks and soft, voluminous sleeves with chunky combat boots and an updated Pashli moto bag in nylon and leather, or an all-white recycled polyester smocked jacket with matching smocked cargo pants and tank top in delicate cotton voile.
Oversized utility jackets with midi utility skirts and casual pants and crafty souvenir tees at Casual, sporty suits, multicolored denim and softly romantic dresses, the collection embodies the eclectic spirit of the city that never sleeps in a modern and fashionable way.
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