From peach palm fronds to sea anemones to raffia as plush as fresh-cut grass, Opening Ceremony's Resort 2015 collection looked like it emerged from a tropical greenhouse. (Or perhaps, a tropical greenhouse 20 years in the future.) The line, presented at the Opening Ceremony flagship in New York today, was a fantastical combination of botany and beach club, femininity and futuristic streetwear.
Had you walked down Howard Street this morning around 9, you would have caught a first glimpse of the models as they paraded towards the store, aided by fashionable crossing guards-slash-OC staffers holding fire-engine red "MODELS X-ING" signs. The models entered the store to the sound of Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" and Pharrell's "Happy"––played on violin and viola courtesy of Chargaux, the Brooklyn-based strings duo, as guests snapped photos of the looks and nibbled on bagels from Baz.
For the first time, the OC women's collection featured denim, not only on pants and skirts but also accessories like wraparound platforms and the brand-new Athena bag, a satchel in a sweet "lunch bag" shape. Then there was the introduction of a baby-soft faux fur, done in a tropical print. The fabric came in fresh-spun pinks, recalling the fuzzy fauna that might live in a jungle's palm trees. What's more, classic Opening Ceremony shapes––the Dakota skirt, the Varsity Jacket––were reinvented in a host of new texturized materials and prints.
Also debuting this morning was the equally lush men's Spring/Summer 2015 collection. Collage-style prints were paired with nylon anoraks and pullovers in cool greys and oranges, topped off with sporty accessories like sunglasses with an OC-logo lanyard and palm-printed Velcro sneakers. If this doesn't make you long for a tropical getaway, we don't know what will.
Shop Opening Ceremony Women's and Men's | Read our interview with Humberto about the Resort & Men's collections!
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Photos by Brayden Olson, Matthew Kelly, and James Blanco
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Had you walked down Howard Street this morning around 9, you would have caught a first glimpse of the models as they paraded towards the store, aided by fashionable crossing guards-slash-OC staffers holding fire-engine red "MODELS X-ING" signs. The models entered the store to the sound of Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" and Pharrell's "Happy"––played on violin and viola courtesy of Chargaux, the Brooklyn-based strings duo, as guests snapped photos of the looks and nibbled on bagels from Baz.
For the first time, the OC women's collection featured denim, not only on pants and skirts but also accessories like wraparound platforms and the brand-new Athena bag, a satchel in a sweet "lunch bag" shape. Then there was the introduction of a baby-soft faux fur, done in a tropical print. The fabric came in fresh-spun pinks, recalling the fuzzy fauna that might live in a jungle's palm trees. What's more, classic Opening Ceremony shapes––the Dakota skirt, the Varsity Jacket––were reinvented in a host of new texturized materials and prints.
Also debuting this morning was the equally lush men's Spring/Summer 2015 collection. Collage-style prints were paired with nylon anoraks and pullovers in cool greys and oranges, topped off with sporty accessories like sunglasses with an OC-logo lanyard and palm-printed Velcro sneakers. If this doesn't make you long for a tropical getaway, we don't know what will.
Shop Opening Ceremony Women's and Men's | Read our interview with Humberto about the Resort & Men's collections!
Photos by Brayden Olson, Matthew Kelly, and James Blanco
