Leave it to Gwen Stefani to close out New York Fashion Week with a rock-star kind of bang – again.
The No Doubt frontwoman and the platinum solo artist once again showed that she had the style, taste, and brains of a successful designer, once again ending the New York Fashion Week festivities to a beyond-capacity crowd at Lincoln Center for her line, L.A.M.B.
Like past shows, many of the looks in L.A.M.B. were reggae, Harajuku and menswear-inspired, but this season, Stefani took it to another level and gave the audience more than what they expected as she attempted to stray away from her usual girlish, glam rock-star looks into more chic, sophisticated styles – and succeeded.
Opening with the song, “Soldier Girls,” the models, or creatively dubbed by some showgoers as “Gwenbots” marched out in groups to the beginning of the runway, with each model progressing down the runway one by one in camouflage. The groups, which were divided into six themes, were influenced by the military, Rastafarian, and Navajo tribal styles.
One of the creative tactics that Stefani had for this collection was the breakup between the groups to depict a timeline of fashion in the past 40 years. While the entire collection was not necessarily a timeline, two groups – “London Girls” and “Buffalo Girls” echoed styles of the 60s and 70s featuring schoolgirl plaids and mod headbands.
The looks featured Gwen’s signature punches of color with bright oranges, electric yellow and deep reds with attires ranging from pantsuits to tunics to miniskirts. But the final group strayed away from the bold colors and surprisingly, were all black. Yet, the looks were sexy and sophisticated with a sense of glamour. The models’ hair was volumized, the eyes were coated in black eyeliner, and the black jumpsuits, dresses and gowns showed a different side of Stefani’s style – a branching out of her usual looks depicting her girlish music into a mature wardrobe.
Once again, the unexpected show-stealer was none other than Gwen’s precious little son, Kingston, who walked down the runway with his proud mommy (who was stylishly wearing a one-shoulder wide leg jumpsuit).
Images courtesy of our friend Andy Wisniewski of Keenography
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