New York Fashion Week: ADAM By Adam Lippes Spring Summer 2008 Runway Review
September 7, 2007
The Adam by Adam Lippes collection has been a fast growing label since it’s birth in 2004. The label is designed by Adam Lippes who is a seasoned industry player having worked at Polo/Ralph Lauren and Oscar de la Renta.
After a few changes to the name, which previously included Adampluseve and Adam+Eve, the designer finally settled on ADAM by Adam Lippes. The new name is more than welcome after the confusion we were met with when people asked about his articles of clothing and thought it was related to the, er, adult toy store.
The label immediately surged to the top of our favorite designer list after buying just a few items and being extremely pleased with the purchase. The clothing is tailored in such a way that fits simply great and made with fabrics that come to life through their movement.
For Spring/Summer ‘08 the collection stayed in the direction of contemporary luxurious sportswear. The runway presentation was staged with men and women walking the runway together.
Lippes made use of light-color, light-weight fabrics.
Well tailored, well proportioned classic sportswear pieces were made from luxurious materials. Pants were flat-front and fitted without being excessively skinny. Shorts were above the knee in keeping with the current trend seen heavily this past spring.
A soft, subtle color palette of white, black, greys and beige was used allowing a classic collection that will be able to get alot of use.
Photo credit: IMAXTREE for New York Magazine
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New York Fashion Week Roundup
What can you expect to be wearing from New York Fashion week? For men there were lot of neutral coloured clothing, nicely tailored trousers. Shorts worn with tailored jackets also seemed to be a trend, but a difficult look to pull off if you’re n…
Yes…the shorts worn with tailored jackets is a trend from the collections. Thom Browne took it to an extreme with shorts that were basically hot pants. But I do like the trend with knee length shorts. When done correctly it is a great look.
The knee length tailored shorts look great, I completely agree - but I think I’d definitely get a but of a fright if the Thom Browne collection hit the high streets!