For Proenza Schouler’s spring/summer 2017 collection, creative directors Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez put special emphasis to color and materiality. In an abrupt departure from their typically understated color pallet, bright pops of red, blue, orange and yellow were injected into nearly every garment on the spring ‘17 runway. Their use of shocking, primary colors was elevated by the inclusion of textured fabrics, like bouncy pleats and knit bodices, and hand crafted elements, such as feather fringe and commanding Calder-esque metal earrings. All thirty-eight looks in the tightly edited collection were shown on substantial, leather and pony-hair platform sandals, styled with the trademark, downtown cool, intrinsic to the brand’s DNA.
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Nanna Ditzel
Butterfly chair, 1990
Le Corbusier
Pavilion Le Corbusier, 1967
Model for Salvador Dali's I Dream of Venus Installation
1939 World’s Fair
Ka-Kwong Hui
Chinese Landscape Ceramic Form (lamp), 1965
Alexander Calder
Earrings 1940
Brent Wadden
RED/BLUE #2, 2014
Boa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mask, Late 19th century
Paul T. Frankl
Desk of Bakelite, 1930s
Lina Bo Bardi
São Paulo Museum of Art, 1968
Ruth Hollós
Bauhaus Textile, 1926
Minnie Muse Logo
Christo & Jeanne-Claude
Wall of Oil Barrels – The Iron Curtain, Rue Visconti, Paris, 1961-62
René Herbst
Bungee Rest Chair, 1930
Math Bass
'Newz!', 2015
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Hopi Indian Costume, 1922
Tauba Auerbach
Creation/Reaction, 2008
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Nanna Ditzel
Butterfly chair, 1990
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Le Corbusier
Pavilion Le Corbusier, 1967
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Model for Salvador Dali's I Dream of Venus Installation
1939 World’s Fair
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Ka-Kwong Hui
Chinese Landscape Ceramic Form (lamp), 1965
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Alexander Calder
Earrings 1940
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Brent Wadden
RED/BLUE #2, 2014
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Boa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mask, Late 19th century
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Paul T. Frankl
Desk of Bakelite, 1930s
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Lina Bo Bardi
São Paulo Museum of Art, 1968
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Ruth Hollós
Bauhaus Textile, 1926
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Minnie Muse Logo
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Christo & Jeanne-Claude
Wall of Oil Barrels – The Iron Curtain, Rue Visconti, Paris, 1961-62
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René Herbst
Bungee Rest Chair, 1930
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Math Bass
'Newz!', 2015
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Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Hopi Indian Costume, 1922
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