PHOTO BY GRETA TITELMAN
#TREND: SPORTS AUTHORITY
The new sportswear for spring '13 is in a league of its own.
You don't have to borrow from the boys to look sporty this season--there's a new take on the trend and it's more girly, more grownup, and very rebellious.
We spent the weekend spying not-quite-jock looks on the runway all weekend; there were fanny packs at Lacoste, track pants at Jonathan Simkhai, sweatshirts at Calla, MM6 Maison Martin Margiela, and Otswald Helgason, baseball hats at DKNY, and sporty jackets at Rag & Bone, Charlotte Ronson, Tanya Taylor, and Rebecca Minkoff. Not to mention the fact that both Rachel Antonoff and Lauren Moffat had tennis-themed presentations (the clothing was equally inspired).
Antonoff told us how she imagined a wardrobe for her bad-ass badminton chicks: "I feel like this girl has kind of a country club vibe, but she's more like Brenda Patimkin from Goodbye Columbus. She doesn't give a sh*t and she probably sneaks booze in. She doesn't really care what her parents think—but she's still a little bit like Veronica Lodge from Archie (only a tiny bit, because I think it's the most misogynistic character ever invented)."
Moffat imagined her athletic-tinged designs in a very specific setting: "We were drawing inspiration from the proper lawn tennis outfits. And the juxtaposition of that is a colorful city pool." Translation: A little bit preppy, but still totally wearable--whether you made varsity or have never picked up a racquet in your life. (It's cool if you don't feel like waiting for spring, because there are some pretty rad tennis skirts for fall, too).
RAY SIEGEL
We spent the weekend spying not-quite-jock looks on the runway all weekend; there were fanny packs at Lacoste, track pants at Jonathan Simkhai, sweatshirts at Calla, MM6 Maison Martin Margiela, and Otswald Helgason, baseball hats at DKNY, and sporty jackets at Rag & Bone, Charlotte Ronson, Tanya Taylor, and Rebecca Minkoff. Not to mention the fact that both Rachel Antonoff and Lauren Moffat had tennis-themed presentations (the clothing was equally inspired).
Antonoff told us how she imagined a wardrobe for her bad-ass badminton chicks: "I feel like this girl has kind of a country club vibe, but she's more like Brenda Patimkin from Goodbye Columbus. She doesn't give a sh*t and she probably sneaks booze in. She doesn't really care what her parents think—but she's still a little bit like Veronica Lodge from Archie (only a tiny bit, because I think it's the most misogynistic character ever invented)."
Moffat imagined her athletic-tinged designs in a very specific setting: "We were drawing inspiration from the proper lawn tennis outfits. And the juxtaposition of that is a colorful city pool." Translation: A little bit preppy, but still totally wearable--whether you made varsity or have never picked up a racquet in your life. (It's cool if you don't feel like waiting for spring, because there are some pretty rad tennis skirts for fall, too).
RAY SIEGEL
This story was published on September 9, 2012.
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