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\n\t\u201cI\u2019m gagged that I can\u2019t use real fur!\u201d LaQuan Smith declared at his LIC headquarters during a fall collection preview. But neither the CFDA\u2019s fur ban \u2014 nor PETA \u2014 could squash his love of animal skins. And according to Smith\u2019s personal philosophy, he \u201cdoesn\u2019t do faux.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tShearling (still allowed) proved a workaround for the designer, who treated it like arctic fox, lining hulking jackets and the hem of one uncharacteristically demure ivory shift. With her teased-out bouffant, the model who wore it had airs of Jackie Kennedy. But Smith had a sexier, more cinematic \u201860s character in mind. His name? Bond, James Bond.<\/p>\n
\n\tSwaggy Sean Connery-style tailored pieces were peppered throughout, the most novel being a bow-tie fashioned into a bikini top. It conjured images of Bond girls like Honeychile Ryder and Jinx emerging from the ocean, but as Smith made clear, there wasn\u2019t a specific one he referenced. \u201cIt\u2019s more about the ideology of these different women and how they take on such strong personas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tPerhaps she\u2019s running an organized crime ring of female pilots in a crimson velvet pantsuit and naval-grazing blouse or jumping off the Eiffel Tower in an Ala\u00efa-esque leather mini with zipper tracks that zigged and zagged like a high-speed car chase (Smith should costume May Day if Amazon MGM ever brings her back). But taken off the runway and out of the action sequence, these clothes might work wherever a license to kill, looks-wise, is necessary, say the boardroom or the nightclub.<\/p>\n
\n\tSmith talked about \u201cgetting out of the catsuit thing,\u201d his words for explaining that he\u2019d like to explore more commercial opportunities. Sunglasses, made in partnership with Barton Parreira, are now a way to enter his world of divadom. Lingerie is another no-brainer according to Smith, who pointed out all of the lace trims and inserts.<\/p>\n
\n\tTo close, bugle-beaded nude-illusion gowns with silky mermaid skirts were supposed to walk in the finale. Whether it was due to financial or time constraints, it\u2019s a shame they didn\u2019t because Smith had big ambitions for these. \u201cWhat\u2019s the perfect Oscar\u2019s dress?\u201d he asked himself.<\/p>\n
\n\tSomewhere, best supporting actress nominee Teyana Taylor is asking the same. Taylor, he\u2019s got your answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cI\u2019m gagged that I can\u2019t use real fur!\u201d LaQuan Smith declared at his LIC headquarters during a fall collection preview. But neither the CFDA\u2019s fur ban \u2014 nor PETA \u2014 could squash his love of animal skins. And according to Smith\u2019s personal philosophy, he \u201cdoesn\u2019t do faux.\u201d Shearling (still allowed) proved a workaround for the designer, who treated it like arctic fox, lining hulking jackets and the hem of one uncharacteristically demure ivory shift. With her teased-out bouffant, the model who wore it had airs of Jackie Kennedy. But Smith had a sexier, more cinematic \u201860s character in mind. His name? Bond, James Bond. Swaggy Sean Connery-style tailored pieces were peppered throughout, the most novel being a bow-tie fashioned into a bikini top. It conjured images of Bond girls like Honeychile Ryder and Jinx emerging from the ocean, but as Smith made clear, there wasn\u2019t a specific one he referenced. \u201cIt\u2019s more about the ideology of these different women and how they take on such strong personas.\u201d\u00a0 Perhaps she\u2019s running an organized crime ring of female pilots in a crimson velvet pantsuit and naval-grazing blouse or jumping off the Eiffel Tower in an Ala\u00efa-esque leather mini with zipper tracks that zigged and zagged like a high-speed car chase (Smith should costume May Day if Amazon MGM ever brings her back). But taken off the runway and out of the action sequence, these clothes might work wherever a license to kill, looks-wise, is necessary, say the boardroom or the nightclub. Smith talked about \u201cgetting out of the catsuit thing,\u201d his words for explaining that he\u2019d like to explore more commercial opportunities. Sunglasses, made in partnership with Barton Parreira, are now a way to enter his world of divadom. Lingerie is another no-brainer according to Smith, who pointed out all of the lace trims and inserts. To close, bugle-beaded nude-illusion gowns with silky mermaid skirts were supposed to walk in the finale. Whether it was due to financial or time constraints, it\u2019s a s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}