3.1 Phillip Lim
For SS 2011, 3.1 Phillip Lim presented clean, tailored sportswear–pieces every girl would love to have in her closet come spring. There were sleek collared tops paired with laser-etched leather shorts, fitted tuxedo jackets, embroidered tunic tops, and luxe slouchy pants. Throughout the collection, Lim played with paneling. Dresses and shorts had aprons and smocking, and several squares of sheer or beaded fabric were overlaid on top of one another on cocktail dresses and gowns to an almost Mondrian effect at times, though the color palette was muted in grays, camels, and nudes with an occasional burst of a color called “bougie blue” (think of a sky blue) on the line sheets.
- LEAH CHERNIKOFF