And so, New York Fashion Week begins. Give or take it
actually started six days ago and may be coming to an end for another season
tomorrow evening. Yet here we are, entering the Fall/Winter 2013-14 season for us to feast our eyes on what we will wearing
when Fall comes. And if I was born a woman, I know for certain I’d be making
sure I got my hands on one of Sally LaPointe’s stunning pieces from her Fall/Winter
2013-14 season. LaPointe has entered into her sixth season of designing for her
own label which seems to have caused a bit of a stir within the fashion
industry and received major press attention. A designer who I’m not
familiarised with and had rarely seen on websites before but with this recent
collection, popping up all over the web; it didn’t take me long to fall in love
with Sally’s creations. LaPointe found the right balance between elegant and
the dreaded word I like to steer close from, ‘edgy’, creating a line-up of
beautiful ready-to-wear garments that played with ideas of modesty but with
exposure. Constructed in a shadowy palette with deep reds, LaPointe demonstrated
a collection that was to be looked at carefully. “Read between the lines” may
be a suitable phrase to use here as fine details hid amongst these striking
garments that elevated this collection and took LaPointe to the next level. With
black crocodile skin panels used against heavily embellished dresses with matte
seed beads and sequins shaped into predator-like scales as if LaPointe wanted
the modern woman to be elegant with a tough edge. I’ll now make sure I keep my
eye out for Sally LaPointe! See the rest of the collection
here.