A silhouette inspired by Body Glove's classic one-piece maillot was the style that unified today's Calla presentation at the always crowded Milk Studios.
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A silhouette inspired by Body Glove's classic one-piece maillot was the style that unified today's Calla presentation at the always crowded Milk Studios.
"This was my first collection about nostalgia," Calla Haynes said of her Spring offering, an ode to early-nineties surf culture. "I was a young teenager at the time, and it was when I first discovered fashion."
A silhouette inspired by Body Glove's classic one-piece maillot was the style that unified today's Calla presentation at the always crowded Milk Studios. There was a neon-green swimsuit with an exposed zipper up the front, yes, but that quintessentially nineties brand was also referenced in a kicky skater dress made of an extremely thin fabric called Alcantara, which was ink-jet-printed with a lavender design and then crinkled to give it a worn-in feel.
A full, couture-inspired skirt—made modern with a high-low hem—was printed with a speckled neon coral (that totally nineties color that falls right in between hot orange and hot red on the spectrum).
Prints, as always, played a major role in Haynes' work, but it would be interesting to see her take on solid pieces in a more serious way. She says she wants her collection to represent a real wardrobe; that's possible, if she mixes it up just a bit.