Chloe Pre-Fall 2012 Collection
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SINCE ITS LAUNCH BY GABY AGHION, AN EGYPTIAN-BORN PARISIAN IN 1952, CHLOé HAS
BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH A GRACEFUL AND EFFORTLESS ATTITUDE EMBRACED BY MODERN
WOMEN WITH AN INDEPENDENT MIND.
SPRING-SUMMER 2012 BY INSTILLING A NEW FLUIDITY AND EASE WITHIN THE MODERN
CHLOÉ TEMPLATE. MOVING INTO PRE-FALL 2012, KELLER ADDS A PLAYFUL SENSE OF
PROPORTION AND A SOPHISTICATED EDGE TO HER CONFIDENT AND LUXURIOUS TAKE ON
CHLOE.
“FOR PRE FALL, I TOOK INSPIRATION FROM A COLLECTION OF IMAGES TAKEN BY THE
PHOTOGRAPHER GARRY WINOGRAND WHO CAPTURED BEAUTIFUL CANDID SHOTS IN THE
LATE SIXTIES EARLY SEVENTIES OF WOMEN ON THE STREETS OF MANHATTAN. THE MIX OF
THE TWO DIFFERENT ERAS OF FASHION WORN BY WOMEN AT THAT TIME WAS REALLY
INTERESTING. THIS INSPIRED ME TO CREATE A COLLECTION THAT HAS A CLASH OF SIXTIES
GRAPHIC MODERNITY WITH THE URBAN EASE OF THE SEVENTIES. BOYISH MINI AND MAXI
PROPORTIONS WORN IN AN EFFORTLESS WAY WITH A FLUID FEMININE SPIRIT.”
--CLARE WAIGHT KELLER
WARDROBE STANDARDS ARE MAXIMIZED AND MINIMIZED FOR A SUBTLE CONTRAST IN
PROPORTIONS PAIRING OVERSIZED COATS WITH CIGARETTE PANTS AND PENCIL SKIRTS. TO
ENHANCE THIS, MINI AND MAXI CHECKS FROM PRINCE OF WALES TO HOUNDTOOTH, ARE
MIXED AND MATCHED.
THROUGHOUT THE COLLECTION, A PALETTE OF WARM SKIN TONES INFUSED BY RUSTS,
FROM PINK TO TOMATO, LOOKS PARTICULARLY FRESH WITH A SUNNY, CANDIED LEMON
YELLOW ACCENT AND GRAPHIC BLACK AND WHITE.
SPRING’S LONG, LEAN PLEAT DRESS STORY CARRIES FORWARD, NOW IN SOFT, WARM
DOUBLE WEIGHT CADY. LAYERS OF SCALLOPS, IN SILK CREPE DE CHINE CREATE A
DELICATE, SCALED TEXTURE FOR DRESSES AND SEPARATES WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL
EFFECT.
IN THE COLLECTION’S GRAPHIC SPIRIT, EGG-SHAPE DRESSES, COATS AND CAPES COMBINE
WITH SKINNY, ELONGATED SHAPES, WHILE CONVERSATIONAL PRINTS IN THREE VERSIONS
COORDINATE BLOUSES, JACKETS, SKIRTS AND TROUSERS. KNITWEAR IS INTRICATELY
TEXTURED FOR A LIGHT AND FLUFFY, 3-DIMENSIONAL LOOK FROM SCALLOPS TO OVERSIZE
EYELET, WAFFLED ANGORA AND FRINGED, ETHNIC STRIPES FOR CARDIGANS AND BODYTRACING
BIAS SWEATERS.
LEATHERS ALSO MAXIMIZE TEXTURE. COMBINATIONS OF LONG AND SHORT HAIR
SHEARLING WITH WOOL SHOW IN TONE-ON-TONE PATCHWORK CONSTRUCTIONS FOR
REVERSIBLE JACKETS AND COATS, WHILE BRIGHT LEATHER, IN CANDIED RUST AND LEMON,
IS A STAND OUT, AND RUBBERY LEATHER GIVES A ROUNDED, CONTEMPORARY LOOK TO
BLOUSONS.
FUR IS LIGHT AND MIXED INCLUDING FOX PATCHED IN STRIPS ON KNIT FOR A FLUFFY
SWEATER-JACKET IN TONES OF RUST BLACK AND WHITE AND A BLEND OF RACCOON AND
MINK FOR A SHAVED AND LONGHAIR PATTERN COAT.
BAGS ARE AMPLE AND GRAPHIC IN CHEVRON STRIPES RECALLING CHARLIE BROWN’S
ICONIC SWEATER, OR HOUNDTOOTH CHECK WITH DOUBLE CHAIN STRAPS. THE HIGH HEEL
LOAFER HAS AMUSING TWO-WAY FRINGE, OR SHOWS IN COLOR BLOCK, AND BOOTS
FEATURE A SLIGHTLY SCULPTURED STACK HEEL.
MODERN AND ELEGANT, THIS COLLECTION’S NEW PROPORTIONS, GRAPHIC CONTRASTS AND
RICH TEXTURES HIGHLIGHT CHLOé’S FRESH, CONFIDENT STYLE.
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