"Buy now, wear now" is a term often thrown around, especially during the pre-collections. But it resonates most with contemporary designers, whose practical customer is far less inclined to purchase an entire wardrobe of clothes months before she can actually wear it. For Pre-Fall, Trina Turk took the idea to heart, offering autumn staples in summer fabrics. A pair of plaid pants, for instance, was rendered in a drapey silk. A slipdress in that same painted-plaid print was layered under a loosely knitted crop top. Indeed, Turk included plenty of lightweight knitwear, a category in which she s had particular success over the past few seasons. An oversize black hoodie, which had a louche, throw-over-anything attitude, was the standout.
The look was Laurel Canyon grunge, which meant lots of layering and print-mixing the way bohemian girls did it in the early nineties (cardigans over slipdresses over turtlenecks, etc.). Turk, who admitted she s a little "prints crazy," is moving away from the digital style that has become so popular over the past few years. "We—and the market—were enthralled by digital," the designer said. "I m excited about the return of the hand-drawn print," a fact that was evident in her aforementioned plaid, classic tie-dye, and graphic daisy. That s smart thinking, as Turk s trend-conscious base is certainly getting sick of computerized graphics.
