The collections were presented in tandem at an installation-cum-party in New York's Garment District.Labels: LPD New York, designed by 22-year-old Benjamin Fainlight, and Conflict of Interest NYC, whose designers are not yet ready to expose themselves and thus want to be known, for now, as "agents." The collections were presented in tandem at an installation-cum-party in New York's Garment District.

Need to Know: Let's start with LPD (left), a one-year-old label that gained notoriety thanks to its mesh athletic jerseys emblazoned with designer monikers—SLIMANE 68, for example. Yet wisely, the label's young founder recognizes that a one-trick pony does not a brand make, and, for the first time, will offer a fully cut-and-sewn Spring '14 lineup that extends well past the gimmickry. On mud-covered models, he showed both men's and women's separates, some rendered with eye-catching grayscale landscapes or Japanese lettering. LPD's inherent street sportiness isn't sacrificed, though—this was lean, mean, and greased to the concrete bone. In particular, keep a lookout for sweatshirt-material shorts with a leather-mimicking finish, as well as an upcoming collaboration with Jessica Stam.
POST: 2024-11-24