WEEKEND
BLOCK PARTY
Tory Burch celebrates New York City’s big comeback. BY GABRIELLE ECHEVARRIETA Tory Burch’s new bucket bag, a modern take on a 1950s lampshade hat.
Light fabrics and bold colors are quintessential for spring.
century designer credited with the creation of In spring of 2020, New Yorkers’ hearts ached, American sportswear, Tory Burch’s Spring/Summer longing for the return of vibrant nightlife, dining 2022 collection embodies a sense of freedom, and culture, as they watched the once-bustling confidence and casual elegance. Paying streets of their city go dark and quiet. Some homage to the then-radical ideas of women’s naysayers said that New York City had lost its fashion, the line merges contrasting color palettes, sparkle forever, but Tory Burch’s runway show prints and fabric. Delicate broderie anglaise is and block party, held on September 12, proved mixed with modern jersey textiles, and effortlessly them wrong. chic linen and chiffon are merged to create Wearing a collection of all-new fashion from laid-back warm-weather looks. The collection is Tory Burch’s Spring/Summer 2022 line, models part of Tory Burch’s ongoing partnership with the strutted down the cobblestone street, just steps Maryland Center for History and Culture, which from the brand’s boutique at 151 Mercer. Bighouses McCardell’s personal archives. name Hollywood fashionistas cozied up in the Designer “There is a delicate tension between the retro front row, including Emily Ratajkowski, Mindy Tory Burch and the modern,” says Burch of her namesake Kaling and Keke Palmer. The festive block party brand’s new aesthetic. “Cat-eye sunglasses, and sculptural commenced after a lively performance by dancer Lil Buck silver jewelry. Our new bucket bag silhouette, Lampshade, and drummer Cornelio, with local Soho businesses inviting is the inverse of a 1950s-inspired lampshade hat. This, along guests to eat, drink and be merry. Vendors’ booths lined both sides of the runway, featuring heavenly French-inspired with oversize totes, hobos and cross-body envelopes, is crafted in suede, napa, double top-stitched leather and cuisine from Balthazar, Italian bites from Sant Ambroeus, T Monogram raffia. Included are two reissues of McCardell’s Morgenstern’s ice cream and confections courtesy of designs: a flat she created with Capezio in 1953, and a BonBon NYC. striped silk-cotton boot.” toryburch.com Inspired by the ingenuity of Claire McCardell, the 20th70
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Silhouettes of yesteryear are updated to reflect contemporary fashion trends.
