story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Sandy Ramirez
Malan Breton’s Spring 2011 collection was a bit of formality with fun and some sizzle with some substance. His designs hearkened back to the glamor days of Hollywood. Garbo, Dietrich, Harlow and Russell were with the models in spirit as the strode down the runway. Mr. Breton cleverly used details and design touches to invoke the era, rather than full patterns or styles. The better designers all do this, they know that to overly replicate a design even if it’s just from a photograph is to copy another designer. The good designers also are always sure to add in the elements that to them capture the time they are inspired by, even if that element did not actually exist during those years. For his collection Mr. Breton did this through his use of cuts, slinkier than one would have seen in the 1930s, and more modern materials to achieve the glisten and gloss in fabrics that made up the looks in part or in whole. Continue reading “Malan Breton – Spring 2011 – New York”
