'12 SS Alexander Wang

2012 Spring Summer

Alexander Wang

Alexander Wang may sell at a contemporary price, but the way he evolves an idea has distinct designer finesse. He cycled easily through the collection's groups—or "gangs," as he called them. It was a jam-packed journey beginning with great dark laser-cut mesh bombers that revealed a dot matrix of bright polos layered beneath. These were followed by nylon cargo couture florals (peplums and pockets!), sexy race-car instarsia knits, and little body-con lasered leather minidresses. There's a real cleverness to the way Wang develops something like a fascination with mesh from the real deal into the grommets on a coat and a trompe l'oeil print on the sleeve of a cropped floral hoodie. And those tribal-looking motifs on the sheer jerseys that closed the show? Stadium seating maps.

by.Meenal Mistry

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