NEW YORK (AP) — Atop a skyscraper, Wes Gordon unveiled his newest Carolina Herrera assortment to an keen crowd at New York Trend Week.
Fashions strutted down the runway adorned with 3,000 burgundy wine-colored ranunculus flowers whereas Gordon’s “personal assortment of songs” performed within the background, together with Fleetwood Mac’s, “Dreams.” The backdrop was a stunning, 360-degree view of blue sky and New York Metropolis delivered by floor-to-ceiling home windows on the forty eighth flooring.
Gordon, 38, took over as artistic director of the corporate from namesake Herrera when she retired in 2018. For his fall 2025 assortment, Gordon pushed the envelope with 66 daring seems. He included nearly all the things from tweed ultrafeminine mini clothes to extra masculine, tailor-made trousers, and blazers.
There have been delicate floral lace units adopted by a sequence of embroidered almost sheer robes. Many seems have been accessorized with gold buttons, earrings or rose appliques.
Gordon stated his favourite was the ultimate of the present, described within the present notes as “a dramatic cape with rosette in black silk faille and black jewel macrame sleeveless dress.”
After the present, Gordon defined the inspiration for the gathering: “The starting point was my favorite book of all time, which is also my favorite movie, a film called ‘Being There.’ The book’s by Jerzy Kosiński and the film stars Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine. It’s from 1979, which is around the same time that Herrera was founded,” he told The Associated Press. “The atmosphere of it, this poetic, romantic atmosphere, really kind of set the tone for me in the beginning.”
Dove Cameron, Chloe Fineman, Emmy Rossum and Nicole Scherzinger have been among the many VIP visitors. Herrera additionally attended along with her household and after seeing the gathering for the primary time advised Gordon, “It was beautiful.”
