The fall 2020 shows are underway in New York — and T’s photographers are there to capture it all. We’ll be updating this post daily with notes on the collections and our favorite images, so remember to check back.
Saturday, Feb. 8
This season, Ulla Johnson looked to the work of the pioneering 20th-century French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand, who believed good design made for a better life. That way of thinking was apparent in the show’s setting — a raw space in west SoHo outfitted with pillars painted to look like marble and a matching stone-like runway — and in the clothes themselves: As the Pamplona-based garage pop band Melenas provided a live soundtrack, models walked in an assortment of vibrantly colored looks that balanced fluttery elements with more structured ones. A drawstring pear yellow skirt was paired with a matching cropped wool jacket, for instance, and the ruffled tiers of various dresses called to mind the floors of a building. There were also nods to 1970s-era craft obsessions: thickly crocheted knits, leather pants and belts and a couple of dresses that looked more like American quilts.
Reporting by Laura Neilson.