\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u201cEarthy elegance.\u201d \u2014 Michael Kors<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Michael Kors Collection<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tCertainly falling under the last category, Michael Kors kicks things off Thursday, and judging by his photograph taken on the island of Pantelleria, resort wear will likely be his focus, grounded in \u201cearthy elegance,\u201d the caption reads. Translation? Infinite shades of beige.<\/p>\n \n\tKors may just be a few shades off as pink seems to be the color on almost everybody\u2019s palette. Henry Zankov, however, is seeing ultraviolet ahead of his first seated runway show, while Stacy Bendet will salute the red, white and blue at Alice + Olivia \u2014 just take a look her patriotic collage. <\/p>\n \n\tPatriotism was another common theme, though Elena Velez\u2019s lack thereof could lead to some form of political protest. We\u2019ll just have to wait until the last day of NYFW to see how it unfolds.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u201cPassage to a new land of milk and honey requires blood sacrifice; the river only parts for the faithful. The cost of this freedom is in letting yourself fall through the widening cracks of the American dream.\u201d \u2014 Elena Velez<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Elena Velez<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tBut before then, Alexander Wang will return to the calendar Friday after a two-year absence. The designer declined to lay all his chips on the table, sharing only a Mahjong tile as his inspiration. Earlier that morning, Wang alum Nicholas Aburn\u2019s debut at Area will be a hot ticket. With New York City as his starting point, Aburn said he was considering \u201chow to feel as excited about going out in the morning as you do at night.\u201d His solution may lie in styling: see his crystal embellished belt strangling the waist of a banal Canal Street t-shirt below.<\/p>\n \n\tSpeaking of iconic city streets, creative director Emily Smith chose a playful rendering of Lafayette 148\u2019s namesake location as the brand gears up for its 30th anniversary.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u201cThe banality and extremeness of New York, optimism when everything\u2019s a mess, how to feel as excited about going out in the morning as you do at night.\u201d \u2014 Nicholas Aburn<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Area<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u201cThe beauty of Manhattan in the springtime and the uniform of the Lafayette 148 women who inhabit it.\u201d \u2014 Emily Smith<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Lafayette 148<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tFashion week aside, September also brings with it the fall semester and a few designers are taking lessons, namely Christian Juul Nielsen, who has his bags packed for \u201cboarding school.\u201d The Aknvas designer\u2019s sketch of a model, shown here, with her hands shoved cooly into the pockets of baggy green shorts gets an A for attitude.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u201cBoarding school.\u201d \u2014 Christian Juul Nielsen<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of AKNVAS<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tThose signed up for music include Ib Kamara, who\u2019s composing a \u201cpop romance\u201d for Off-White and Luar\u2019s Raul Lopez, who will pay homage to his Dominican roots through the percussive rhythms of Carnival. <\/p>\n \n\tElsewhere, the Tanner Fletcher boys took up shop to debut a homeware collaboration with Etsy and Christian Siriano teamed with lunchbox staple Capri Sun on an exclusive handbag. Kate Barton, meanwhile, geeked out in the computer science lab, using AI to generate her unique art piece. Expectedly for this set, art class was the most popular with a roster that includes Anna Sui, Sally LaPointe, Pamella Roland and fashion week first-timer Zane Li.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u201cPop romance.\u201d \u2014 Ib Kamara<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Off-White<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u201cA childhood favorite of mine that\u2019s as fun to wear as it is to drink.\u201d \u2014 Christian Siriano<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Christian Siriano<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tBut it was Tory Burch who encapsulated this season\u2019s mood best with two words: \u201csentimentality and femininity.\u201d Leaving out Gabe Gordon\u2019s car crash, there\u2019s an underlying romance to the images across the board (hence all that pink). Could mannish tailoring and \u201880s gaudiness be on their way out? Flip through the gallery above to see if Burch got it right.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u201cSentimentality and femininity.\u201d \u2014 Tory Burch<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Mondadori Portfolio<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Before all the newly installed creative directors make their spring 2026 debuts in Europe, the designers showcasing in New York will be first to set the tone creatively for what\u2019s sure to be an era-defining season ahead. As is tradition, a few newcomers, comebacks and cornerstones on the New York Fashion Week schedule provided WWD an exclusive look at what inspired their collections. \u201cEarthy elegance.\u201d \u2014 Michael Kors Courtesy of Michael Kors Collection Certainly falling under the last category, Michael Kors kicks things off Thursday, and judging by his photograph taken on the island of Pantelleria, resort wear will likely be his focus, grounded in \u201cearthy elegance,\u201d the caption reads. Translation? Infinite shades of beige. Kors may just be a few shades off as pink seems to be the color on almost everybody\u2019s palette. Henry Zankov, however, is seeing ultraviolet ahead of his first seated runway show, while Stacy Bendet will salute the red, white and blue at Alice + Olivia \u2014 just take a look her patriotic collage. Patriotism was another common theme, though Elena Velez\u2019s lack thereof could lead to some form of political protest. We\u2019ll just have to wait until the last day of NYFW to see how it unfolds.\u00a0 \u201cPassage to a new land of milk and honey requires blood sacrifice; the river only parts for the faithful. The cost of this freedom is in letting yourself fall through the widening cracks of the American dream.\u201d \u2014 Elena Velez Courtesy of Elena Velez But before then, Alexander Wang will return to the calendar Friday after a two-year absence. The designer declined to lay all his chips on the table, sharing only a Mahjong tile as his inspiration. Earlier that morning, Wang alum Nicholas Aburn\u2019s debut at Area will be a hot ticket. With New York City as his starting point, Aburn said he was considering \u201chow to feel as excited about going out in the morning as you do at night.\u201d His solution may lie in styling: see his crystal embellished belt strangling the waist of a banal Can…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5630,"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\/5629"}],"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=5629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MICHAEL_KORS.jpg?w=300\")
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