Yuna Yang was named one of our women's designers to watch. Early critiques of her work was that she had the talent, but she needed a bit of a jump on coordinating a collection that was not just a random display of technique, but also a complete vision. Sadly she didn't take her spirited designs to the cuckoo couture level. It seems she's managed more commercial-friendly designs in her latest Fall 2011 collection.
Colors: black, camel, blue, gray, pink
Materials: organza, chiffon, jersey, knits
Looks Loved
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The sequin short sporty dress could blend in with the Alice + Olivia sections of department stores. Piece by piece, the wide leg pants were great, the tops were basic. But it was a bit as if you could see Yang sitting in a room with "designer's block." Is that a real phrase you ask? It is now!
Unloved Looks
Still, it remains that she's still trying to find her identity. While I can see many of these pieces online at contemporary stores, overall, I wonder whose closet I'm looking into- mom's or daughters? The show could've used much stronger styling to at least bring in some cohesion. Spring 2011 was a much stronger collection.
People, Scene and Music
Shown at the Alvin Ailey Theater, this off-site show was about as basic as it could get. Basic clothes, basic stage, basically basic. Sure, the show had a title called Bright Lights, Big City (this was also the name of a 1988 movie starring my childhood crush Michael J. Fox) and was supposed to follow the journey of how a women evolves because of her arrival in said city, but the stage and venue did nothing to help that vision.
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