Dion Lee
Australian designer Dion Lee has showed in New York the past few seasons, but for his spring collection, which he showed at the Hudson Yards—adjacent Hosfelt Gallery on a lonesome, industrial stretch of West 36th Street—his reference point was directly tied to the works of Australian painter Jeffrey Smart, known for his hyper-saturated road scenes. Lee harnessed that saturation in head-to-toe blue and lemon yellow looks and his main print—watercolor-like swooshy patterns rendered in fluoro orange and shades of blue. Black, white, and metallic looks keyed into the theme with its embellishments—from seatbelt-like harnesses to biker chains. Lee’s signature body conscious cutting kept the shapes of dresses, pants, and tops sculptural, and the cutouts and folding of fabric evoked an origami feel.
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