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Tory Burch F/W 12.13 New York via Vogue and Telegraph.

“It has taken what seems like moments for Tory Burch to rise from relative obscurity to full-blown gazillion-dollar fashion corporate, and this collection showed precisely why.

There was no one revelatory idea here (although the correspondent shoe heels were fun) but instead a masterfully assembled amalgam of pre-existing fashion hits. Prada-checky prom dress? Check. Miu Miu-ish Forties shape with eye-catching detail on the skirt? Yep. Valentino ruffles and Chanel boucle by the bucketload? Most definitely.

Maybe one-in-a-hundred catwalk shows aren’t to some extent derivative, and this isn’t a criticism: because what Burch brilliantly brings to the table is a genius jackdaw eye and a totally assured command of the fashion remix.The model Joan Smalls finale walk in a tulle and chiffon embroidered dress was, furthermore, the most devastating look of the week so far.

According to the shownotes, “we were inspired by the idea of a prim girl who is under the spell of the wrong kind of guy. She’s an innocent, unaware of her own sex appeal. The setting? The hotel where they meet.” Burch knows that even when it’s buttoned up, even the wispiest hint of some unbuttoning can sell clothes like nothing else.”