Chloé Fall 2017 RTW
Clare Waight Keller provide a sense of escapism through fashion. “It’s not political, but it’s where people go when they feel a lot of what’s going on in the culture now,” she said. “They look for escapism.” She feels the future of Chloé is truly optimistic.
With the phenomenal job she’s been doing for the last 6 years, the collection featured neither intense visual mania nor cartoon overstatement. She wanted to escape: a retrospective approach. She tempered along the way sacrificing the Chloé girl boho allure that she has worked so deftly in the past. In its place: little dresses cut short and straight from the late-Sixties vein. These were dressed with a billowing blouse sleeve here; a lovely murky blue gown with floating appendages there — as well as glimpses of lace on the hem of a slip under a loose multicolor sweater. As for the tailoring, it looked strong: short cut jackets and a new pants silhouette, full-cut from a low-slung waist, in separates and jumpsuit versions.
