NYFW: LANYU A/W 2017

In case you missed it on my Instagram Stories, NYFW kicked off officially with a snowstorm. For me, it started the day after, with tons of leftover snow on the grounds and gusts of freezing winds. My first show of the season began with premiere Chinese couture designer LANYU, but despite the icy conditions outside, the designer brought on a force of fashionable designs that brought the crowd ooh-ing and aah-ing with all thoughts of the bitter weather banned to the forgotten corners of the mind. I gratefully accepted a front row seat, which allowed me to fully appreciate and soak in the outfits in their entirety…including the shoes, which usually go lost in the line of sight if you’re sitting anywhere behind the third row!

From wool coats with lace embellishment in Jade to silk tops with lace hoods, and from dark jade green off-the-shoulder sweater dress to a long silk strap dress with a braided tweed top, it was beyond inspiring to see how LANYU married traditional Chinese elements with Western silhouettes and played around with a variety of textures, patterns and colors. Below, I’ve compiled a gallery of some of my favorite looks to share! Hope you’ll find as much whimsy and inspiration in them as I did!

Thanks to the LANYU team for an amazing time!