The Tamesis
Carolina Herrera’s Wes Gordon took a pragmatic approach to his Pre-Fall collection. “This is a season to really embrace lifestyle and complete wardrobes for summer and fall,” he said at the brand’s Midtown headquarters. “So this collection is about gardeners—think women like Bunny Mellon, Miranda Brooks, Grace Fuller, who were landscape designers and gardeners, women who created beauty and embodied beauty.”
Herrera’s signature glamor runs throughout the collection, but it’s based on pieces that can carry women through the 9-to-5 and 5-9, whether working in the soil (see: cotton canvas jackets and pants with floral embroideries, and lively striped and plaid suits) or in more opulent settings, requiring elaborate draping of gowns with delicate rosettes or other gowns with 19th-century hand-painted prints. Hydrangea. Playful knitwear with crochet details and, of course, a classic white shirt complete the lineup. “Simple, beautiful clothes make her feel beautiful,” Gordon added. It really is that simple.
