Proenza Schouler Fall 2022

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Proenza Schouler is proof that big—and I mean, big—bags are back in business.

Even better? Make it a double: one giant hobo (for your laptop, your bullet journal, the volume of Proust you’ve carried around for years, a change of clothes, the kitchen sink) and the other, your handbag (chosen for the look and meant to house the daintier things: spare mask, hand cream, wallet, a brooch to spruce up your turtleneck from day to night perhaps?). Micro minis (the bag, not the Miu Miu skirt seen ’round the world) have had their moment, but we are women with things, and lots of them.

It’s a sign that the city is back again. Life in motion welcomes the return of the bag lady.

… but back to the collection. Proenza is reliable: always clean, cool, and precise with elongating silhouettes and a pared-back palette. Similar to my other favorite NYFW collections, though, are the accent colors: amongst neutrals are canary yellow, red, and either a candied grape or cornflower blue. Am I sensing a trend, or is this confirmation bias at play? Whatever the case, it’s a refreshing change of pace from pastels and brights (cyber green and sporty pink, I’m looking at you), and just so happens to be among my favorite shades, too.

Structure and ease exist in harmony here. Suiting is defined at the shoulders and waist, then made for movement everywhere else. Gowns are no less magnificent; now, you can run, sit, sleep in them. Transitioning out of loungewear and back to whatever you make of normalcy is made effortless: this is a collection that’s mindful of all the changes (kind to body, versatile with occasion) and cocoons you in comfort as you head out into the world.

SHOP PROENZA SCHOULER

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{images via; ph: Jonas Gustavsson}