A 200-year-old water-nymph sculpture titled Sabrina was defaced by children running rampant with blue crayons on Easter weekend this year. While the world balked, Marina Moscone thought it was kind of beautiful, actually. She kept the picture of the scribbled-on Sabrina on her phone and returned to it, thinking of Cy Twombly’s works on paper and Liam Lee’s felted chairs. It provided the inspiration for her spring 2024 collection, titled Coloring Outside the Lines.
Moscone’s clothes aren’t ever messy—clean lines is probably the most common phrase people use to describe her work—but she channeled her graffiti inspiration into a scribble-dot print, high-tension embroidery on slip dresses, and bias-cut chiffon ruffles. It still felt artistic, but overall the mood this season was playful, maybe even a little whimsical. Silk twill pajama lounge sets and Moscone’s signature twist capelet were printed with little daisies on a British racing green backdrop. There was still plenty of structure, as evidenced in the super-cinched Basque blazer, which had an even more exaggerated waist-to-hip ratio this season.
Even when Moscone is at play, she’s still precise. Nowhere was this clearer than in the U-neck sheath dress with abstract resin appliqués. Every single teardrop-shaped blob was molded in a custom cast.
