Jasmin Shokrian celebrated the tenth anniversary of her brand last season. So it s only fitting that this time out, as she commenced a new decade in business, she expand her design horizons. This collection wasn t a sea change for Shokrian, but it did see her digging deeper into the things she loves and challenging herself to incorporate some stuff she hates. There was a nice sense of tension here. As far as the "loves" go, Shokrian found several ways to elaborate her signature karate pant shape, adapting the style into a jumpsuit, skirt, and particularly good-looking knee-length shorts. She also worked up new iterations of the envelope dress construction she debuted last season; here, she made the look more skin-baring and sexy, in keeping with the collection s overarching themes of plunging necklines and provocative cutouts. As for "hate," it s the word she used to describe her feelings about her palette s two pop colors, kelly green and neon pink. Still, the pink was especially fresh-making, both as a highlighting detail and in a full garment such as a short plastic anorak. All in all, this was a typically sound effort from Shokrian and an unusually fun one.
