L'Oreal Fashion Week: Evan & Dean

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In the press release for Evan & Dean it states that the designers, Raymond Boutet and Lyle Reimer, “create architectural garments ideal for the young professional woman looking to add serious edge to her wardrobe.” As cute a design and life couple these two make, I have to disagree. The clothes are tacky, some are ill-fitting even on the model, and they seem to have taken their 70s and 80s inspiration too far, styling their models with brown-orange contour make-up smeared from cheekbone to temple.
Model selection was also a contributing factor to the retro effect. As the man next to me accurately remarked of one model, “she’s an old lady.” Old models plus old clothes plus old make-up makes for a stale show.