THINK PINK
An overabundance of bold, bright colors was the biggest story of the week. In addition to a surfeit of sunny yellows (a holdover trend from the spring and summer 2018 shows), the collections were a jelly-bean bowl of blazing oranges, lime greens and cherry reds. But it was the range of springy pinks on the runway that really caught our attention.
Adam Selman, Christian Siriano, Alexander Wang and Ulla Johnson were among the designers with one-off pops of vibrant pink in the mix, and Jeremy Scott, never one to shy from bright colors, accented his pink velvet track suits with chunky, thigh-high Moon Boots covered in neon pink faux fur.
But it was Prabal Gurung who made the color choice most meaningful. The colors of his fall collection, he explained in his show notes, had their inspirational roots in India’s Gulabi Gang, a group of female activists who made the bright pink sari a symbol of power and fearlessness. The hue appeared throughout the collection: on silk crepe skirts and trousers with pink chiffon that was draped sarong-style and on chunky wool mandala-print scarves.