BIRD CALL
/
New York Street/IMAXtree
We went bird watching in the fashion capitals. Birds have been fluttering around fashion as print motifs for a couple years already. Now they are migrating into fall. They seem to be everywhere, on jackets, coats, sweat shirts, on shoes, bags. They are no longer just printed, now they are hand-painted, appliquéd, beaded, even embroidered. The effect has become bolder and more three-dimensional, and these birds don’t seem to mind the cooler weather.
1. Gucci/Paris Retail 2. Milan Street/IMAXtree
Birds in flight with a large wingspan strike a casual unisex note on jackets and sweatshirts
3. Milan Street/IMAXtree 4. Alberta Ferretti
Appliqué motifs on a transitional coat include birds, and a little fluttering bird on a sweater pretends to be a pin
5. Doc Martens 6. Paris Street/IMAXtree
Songbirds are perching on a quilted vest as well as on a casual Doc Marten lace-up oxford
7. Veronique Branquinho/IMAXtree 8. Rochas
All kinds of designers received the call. Images of little birds tweeting in shrubs embroidered on a dress or beaded onto a boxy clutch bag have found great appeal
9. Milan Street/IMAXtree 10. Nach
Wait for spring….flocks of birds will be back on dresses, in jewelry and more