–KATIE EARY SS13 SHOW 6 June 2012–
KATIE EARY KICKS, PUSHES ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE US THIS SEASON, PLACING CALIFORNIA SKATE AND THE DECADENCE OF CAREFREE YOUTH ON A PEDESTAL.
“I WANTED TO TAKE A LIFESTYLE RATHER THAN LOOK AT A FANTASY LAND THIS TIME,” SHE SAYS. “I DIDN’T LOOK AT LITERATURE AT ALL BECAUSE I’M BEING EXPLICIT – WHAT I DO IS REAL.”
IN ORANGE, AQUA BLUE AND PURPLE, SILHOUETTES ARE XXL WITH SLIM, LOW-SLUNG JEANS FOR DEFINITION. SILK JERSEY BAROQUE OCEAN PRINTS ARE FUSED WITH NEOPRENE WHILST SHIRTS ARE CUT IN PURE SILK TO BILLOW WITH MOVEMENT, ESPCIALLY WHEN LEFT OPEN.
RUCKSACKS GLISTEN IN PATENT WHITE EMBOSSED CROCODILE AND BIKER JACKETS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN BLACK BABY CALF LEATHER. HEAVY GOLD CURB CHAINS REPEAT THROUGHOUT, SIMILARLY GOLD HARDWARE THROUGH ZIPS AND STUDDED TOWEL CAGES. 7.5 PRINTED SKATEBOARDS HAVE MIRRORED GOLD KATIE EARY BRANDING.
‘GOD SAVE THE QUEEN’ IS THE HEAVY SOUNDTRACK PRODUCED (AND DONATED TO EARY) BY MANO – AN AMERICAN ENGLISH TRIBUTE IN CONTRAST TO EARY’S TRANSATLANTIC ENCONIUM.
PRESS: RACHAELBARKER@IPRLONDON.COM
SALES: CLAUDIA@KATIEEARY.CO.UK