One of many classes of the autumn season is that grand exits will be as essential as head-turning entrances; with the backs of clothes being unexpectedly totally different from their fronts. At Rokh and Dries Van Noten there was a continuation of the backwards styling I tracked final yr, however for fall 2024 the main target was on whet Nicole Phelps known as “different-coming-than-going building,” which is extra widespread in night put on (see Tom Ford and Giambattista Valli) than ready-to-wear. Thom Browne’s collages of material wrapped throughout the physique, and the Poe-ian chorus “Nevermore” appeared on the reverse of a ribbon-trimmed jacket. Jun Takahashi additionally despatched messages this fashion in his menswear assortment, one in all which recognized the wearer as a member of the “unhappy music lovers membership.”
Plenty of Chitose Abe’s hybrids labored a entrance/again dynamic, whereas there was a way of wanting again in time at each Yohji Yamamoto. The Japanese designer’s lovely present closed with a collection of seems to be that includes again bustles, marking a return to a silhouette he labored with in his 1989 and fall 1995 lineups. Prada’s two-sided designs appeared to convey style historical past alongside for the experience.
NB: That is the primary season that our phtotographs have taken again pictures at choose reveals. You could find these photographs within the Element tab on the Collections web page.
