Without a doubt Designers, Luella Bartley and Katie Hillier of Marc by Marc Jacobs had a political yet fashionable statement to make at the fall 2015 runway showing. Models strut the runway setting of a ‘secret garden’ in linear formation with titles “Suffragette,” “Solidarity,” and “Unite” across their garments. A militant essence was portrayed with leather waist pouches, khaki attributes and stud hardware
The design process started with images of the Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa’s beret-clad citizen patrol, inspired by the activists, Bartley and Hillier played with gender-bending style with function meets fashion innovative tactics. The collection of unique prints and dominant primary colours of red and blue didn’t feel like a blast from the past, but somehow fit for the modern power girl. Reminiscent of ‘old Marc’ and his
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