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Gone is the cause-to-the wind, horseback-riding through Macchu Picchu-girl that we met last September at Lela Rose's Spring 2011 show. For Fall, Rose has made a collection that
doesn't just nod, but centers around the sensibilities and visuals of contemporary artist Gerhard Richter's diaphanous and filmy works. To cover all the bases that such a conceit might
imply, Rose has served up 39 looks in a dizzying array of fabrics, treatments and embellishments. Lela Rose's repertoire has always been about major accessibility. Here, she has finally
flexed some real muscle - showing that most of what we've come to know from the designer, have been exercises in restraint.
This wasn't just cute, girly accessibility. It's no wonder that the hair and make-up crew backstage were aiming for a modern take on 1940s glamour. Lead make-up artist, Sarah Lucero for
Stila Cosmetics, indulged our inquisitive minds and let us in on how to achieve this powerful Lela Rose Fall 2011 glamour. "Lela and I discussed glamourous beauty," said Lucero. "For
this collection we saw a sexy siren, so we came up with a powerful lip and we used a great long-wear lip color from Stila Cosmetics called 'Daring.' I mixed in a little bit of brown
smudge-pot to create that dense, vintage merlot lip. A woman who wears a dark lip, no matter what time of year - is confident and she believes in herself and I think fall is a great time to
step into something that is more full-coverage and opaque in make-up."
Devon Toth, who headed the Ted Gibson Salon team backstage let us in on the little secrets behind that chic do that went so beautifully with Sarah Lucero's look. "We used large French
bobby pins and we set it with a wave," he relayed backstage. "We just leave those in for the whole show with a ponytail in the back so it's more on-the-go. I'm using "Tame-it" on the part to
make it really shiny. I'm using "Beautiful Hold" everywhere to keep the fly-aways in."
The clothes themselves played to all the great prevalent trends that came up in glimpses last season and have resounded more vigorously for the past week. Peplum dresses, surely a
reaction to the dazzling paysanne skirts of Spring's YSL and even the clever treatment of peplum hems at the Mulleavy sister's Rodarte show last season, have been all over the runways
at New York. But alas, none this season have felt as fresh as Rose's own, which came in a black faille and mixed lace paneled dress, as well as in jigsaw print dress. Editors who went
absolutely gaga for Jason Wu's printed feather dresses the day before, saw a good amount of those here, which would've been enough of a sartorial achievement on its own - but with an
ocher combed wool pea coat and a blurred check printed cashmere crewneck knit - boy, did those looks soar.
doesn't just nod, but centers around the sensibilities and visuals of contemporary artist Gerhard Richter's diaphanous and filmy works. To cover all the bases that such a conceit might
imply, Rose has served up 39 looks in a dizzying array of fabrics, treatments and embellishments. Lela Rose's repertoire has always been about major accessibility. Here, she has finally
flexed some real muscle - showing that most of what we've come to know from the designer, have been exercises in restraint.
This wasn't just cute, girly accessibility. It's no wonder that the hair and make-up crew backstage were aiming for a modern take on 1940s glamour. Lead make-up artist, Sarah Lucero for
Stila Cosmetics, indulged our inquisitive minds and let us in on how to achieve this powerful Lela Rose Fall 2011 glamour. "Lela and I discussed glamourous beauty," said Lucero. "For
this collection we saw a sexy siren, so we came up with a powerful lip and we used a great long-wear lip color from Stila Cosmetics called 'Daring.' I mixed in a little bit of brown
smudge-pot to create that dense, vintage merlot lip. A woman who wears a dark lip, no matter what time of year - is confident and she believes in herself and I think fall is a great time to
step into something that is more full-coverage and opaque in make-up."
Devon Toth, who headed the Ted Gibson Salon team backstage let us in on the little secrets behind that chic do that went so beautifully with Sarah Lucero's look. "We used large French
bobby pins and we set it with a wave," he relayed backstage. "We just leave those in for the whole show with a ponytail in the back so it's more on-the-go. I'm using "Tame-it" on the part to
make it really shiny. I'm using "Beautiful Hold" everywhere to keep the fly-aways in."
The clothes themselves played to all the great prevalent trends that came up in glimpses last season and have resounded more vigorously for the past week. Peplum dresses, surely a
reaction to the dazzling paysanne skirts of Spring's YSL and even the clever treatment of peplum hems at the Mulleavy sister's Rodarte show last season, have been all over the runways
at New York. But alas, none this season have felt as fresh as Rose's own, which came in a black faille and mixed lace paneled dress, as well as in jigsaw print dress. Editors who went
absolutely gaga for Jason Wu's printed feather dresses the day before, saw a good amount of those here, which would've been enough of a sartorial achievement on its own - but with an
ocher combed wool pea coat and a blurred check printed cashmere crewneck knit - boy, did those looks soar.
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By Alexander Patino
POSTED February 14, 2011
Lela Rose's Fall Girl Dresses Up In Every
Trend That Actually Matters
Trend That Actually Matters
Photo Credit: Jennifer Sweeney