“Create from my heart.” That’s a line from Brandon
Maxwell’s Fall show notes, which addressed the designer’s struggles,
since starting his line, with pressure—both from the industry and its
already high standards and internally, where that tension might be even
higher. Tonight, he wrote that he was “ready to let go of what
people want from [him].” To see him test the waters of progressing from his signature of
abbreviated palette eveningwear was encouraging. Fall’s evolutionary step gave one the conviction that if he pushed with more
gusto, he could divine yet more of the starry power that gives his label
its all but stand-alone charm. “All the
leather, the diamonds, the fur,” said Maxwell backstage, speaking to his
fashion fantasies as a youngster in Texas. There was a kind of
boy-dreaming-in-his-bedroom, bigger-is-better appeal in brighter color
usage, impactful leather numbers, exaggerated proportions of sleeves, a damn fabulous black
pony hair ball-skirt, or a clingy, mercurial disco suit coated allover
in Swarovski crystals. Added separates were a savvy stride
ahead, too. At show’s end, Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy” filled the room, this wasn’t the sweetest fantasy, but,
so long as Maxwell keeps dreaming, it may well be in the future." - vogue.com
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