Fall/Winter 2012 This is Kenzo’s second season with longtime chums and design partners Humberto Leon and Carol Lim at the helm as creative directors and the genius duo have certainly sprinkled their cool dust on the Paris-based fashion house. They offered up their refined take of urban street style for the label’s fall 2012 showing. The collection offered a fun look at modern staples with zig-zag patterns in autumn hues of army green, burgundy, sapphire, black and white. Knitted tops paired with billowing pants or short skirts appeared on the runway alongside animal prints and bold, graphic patterns. Outerwear was bulky, featuring sculpted shoulders and arms. The departure from the label’s romantic prints and silhouettes certainly shows with Leon and Lim’s new vision of youthful nonchalance.
Topping the most memorable (and covetable) list: billowing high-waisted pants in pea green, noir and navy, shimmery haltered frocks in russet or colorblocked cool tones, and lots of stellar outerwear.