“The connected dresses were inspired by our relationship, codependency, and what it means to be a merged entity,” Mattie and Amanda shared.
There was a clear exploration into the realm of the animalistic, with headwear combining feathers and other decidedly birdlike silhouettes, along with models bathed in the uniquely bright orange hue and black stripes of a tiger. A beekeeper’s headpiece was adorned in a delicate, lace veil, with the rest of the ensemble culminating in slitted tights and deliciously dramatic high, white boots. “We love to explore the aspect of being othered in society, highlighting marginalized genders, and deconstructing a living being,” the duo noted.
The brand brought together a spirited throng of longtime supporters and new converts across New York’s culture ecosystem: (artist Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo was a seat-mate, and writer Whitney Mallet was a line-mate), stylists Marissa Baklayan and Haley Wollens were present, and a splash of Hollywood talent à la Hunter Schafer and Amandla Stenberg were sprinkled in.
Barring any notion of the stoic, certain looks were greeted by impassioned cheers, and the clubby bass of the music was welcomed with head-bobs and light movement throughout the show. In a cavernous, raw space with open-floor seating and a sweeping wooden balcony around the periphery, Women’s History Museum did what they do best: creating a world that is both entrancing and welcoming, promising and suggestive of something entirely new.
