Andrea Lieberman knows what girls want. Fall found the A.L.C. designer drawing on a bicoastal notion of the season (she s L.A.-based) with plenty of quietly nostalgic touches from two decades that are presently rattling around the Zeitgeist: the 70s and the 90s. The former came through with pleasant subtlety; Lieberman s not trading on the post-Ghesquière turtleneck and flares combo that s become so ubiquitous of late. Instead she opted for quiet nods, like her palette (toffee and candy-apple red made for a surprisingly blissful combo), a foulard print, little black dresses with little lace bibs, and fully fashioned knits in a windowpane print.
Culottes have rarely looked as cool as her utilitarian take, with their big double buckle details—though that was far from the only standout hardware here. Take Lieberman s terrific pierced styles, for example. She amped up the interest of a simple, ocher-colored midi skirt by running small silver barbells (like those some of us may have had in the upper cartilage of our ear at one point or another) way down a slit. The result was elevated, and a bit edgy—just one of the many hits Lieberman has on her hands here.
