Altuzarra Spring 2014

I wouldn’t necessarily call Altuzarra’s spring/summer collection effortless—sure, there’s a certain “undoneness” about it all, but it’s precisely undone. Even so, I mean it in the best way possible: this is businesswear purposefully unbottoned and disheveled. It’s sexy; it’s cool.

The hero look is without doubt, Joan Smalls’ look: a striped, silk button-down unbuttoned to the navel, and tucked into a midi-length skirt with thigh-high split. There’s something Mediterranean or beachy about the whole look—maybe it’s the striped, fringed skirt that could be a sarong or picnic cloth grabbed haphazardly and tied (chicl-y, I must add) around the waist.

And it works.

It’s ensembles like Smalls’ that, when thrown into a mix of more recognizable (read: wearable, albeit with a similar “undoneness”) LBDs that lend the entire collection its holiday feel. In fact, I find it unique: there’s none of that expected brights or pastels; sarongs and swimwear-inspired tops; floral or tropical prints; etc. Instead, Altuzarra is fall clothing undressed.

Undressed, undone, unexpected. It’s beautiful.

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