Reece’s Pieces
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It’s comic how there’s all equitable a tiny more chamber in one’s locker as different handbag. If you apologize to differ, then you might absence to explicit out some space as an from Reece Hudson, the line by Parsons alum Reece Solomon. Now in her fifth season, she made her lawful New York vogue week debut this annual, presenting at Milk Studios over the weekend.
Riffing aboard her inspiration of where the city meets the coast, chic structured envelope clutches, two-tone totes, and nightfall satchels were prepared amid large chips of driftwood. She enlisted filmmaker, singer, and longtime pal Harry McNally apt establish a movie installation of the accumulation flying via the atmosphere opposition blue sky. Watching it, the effect was approximately as relaxing as a day at the coast. Come spring, you’ll discern Solomon’s keeping her classic styles but branching out with extra color, to comprise striking shades of green, yellow, and blue. She’s too creating above her standard crocodile and leather repertoire at introducing current cloths such as croc-stamped raffia, calf hair with a chevron burnout, and striped jute. While everything namely made in New York City, bead-embroidered leather is sourced from India.
When it comes to naming her bags, she keeps it simple and opts for a no-nonsense mathematical mandate. If you’re coveting the circular, ruby ruddy evening bag embellished with paillettes, brim, and feathers, inquire for the 3.5; reference No. 14 whether you’re trying to depict the black python calendar grasp. Or you could just wade into Kirna Zabête, point, and purchase. Solomon seems to have the numbers going in her like. As portion of the second wave of CFDA Incubator designers, she’s one of the fortunate ten namely was chosen from a pond of over 170 designers. How’s she emotion almost the Incubator agenda these days? “It’s so exciting, it hasn’t even buffet me additionally!” she says.
—Laurie Trott