While his main line collection for Resort was sweet, at Addition, Thakoon Panichgul went wild. A key print of the season was called "angry leopard"—up close, the spots had cowlicky locks. That s letting your hair down, and that s what Addition is all about. Thakoon mentioned the mixing he likes to do as the fun part of his design process. Here there were fabrics fused to fabrics, like a camo twill jacket with poplin shirtsleeves, or the side-zipped jersey sweatshirt with a panel of sequins. The lengths were short and the details winky, à la the cut-out trompe l oeil shirt collars on tops and angry leopard dresses. Fun, on the whole. And interestingly, a few pieces in a beautiful African embroidery pointed in a newly sophisticated direction. More on that story as it develops.
