New York Fashion Week: Custo Barcelona

Custo Barcelona has chosen to restructure the color patterns found in nature to their own liking this Spring 2009. The bright and beautiful colors only found on male species in the wild have been stripped and thrown into a kaleidoscope of color to form Custo Barcelona’s new wild female spring fashions. Bold prints and vivid colors adorn everything in the women’s collection from dresses to jackets. As if the colors weren’t enough to catch your eye, many pieces have been decked-out with jewels and gold details. However, the originality of the new men’s fashions is nothing to be ignored. The men may be lacking in color, but the unique designs are very up-to-par this spring season. In particular, one white suit covered in black flower embroidery had everybody talking. The show christened “Emotion in Motion” couldn’t have been a more appropriate title.
-Jackie Medler