Style Memo - Don’t Know Much About Geometry... But We're Learning Quickly

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Don’t Know Much About Geometry… But We’re Learning Quickly

From the runways of the spring fashion shows we’ve singled out a very cool trend to share: the geometric silhouette. Lanvin executed this contemporary element with over exaggerated shoulders and hips. Chole was slightly more subtle with tall, structured scalloped edges adorning the hems of shorts as well as the shoulders and arms of jackets. Victor & Rolf liberated the female form by way of horizontal pleating and tucking to create an organic, but still very geometric shape.

The last time we saw such extreme manipulation of the female silhouette was during our nation’s last great economic downturn of the 1920’s. With this trend, the typical curves of the female figure are thrown out the window; and architectural structure, lines and hard geometric shapes dominate with authority. And you thought you would never have to use geometry after high school.

-Erin Semp