Zac Posen heeded the call of a couple of early 20th-century muses: Sonia Delaunay, the Ukrainian-French artist known for her abstract geometric paintings, and Emilie Louise Flöge, the Austrian fashion designer and companion to Gustav Klimt. In her time, Flöge‘s dresses were revolutionary for their fluid, bohemian silhouettes and often featured graphic prints — references Posen translated into his silk cady dresses and suiting done in a windowpane pattern. His chic daywear offerings also included easy silk and cotton blouses and day dresses in stretch Lurex jacquard, giving the lineup a buy-now-wear-now appeal.
Noting resort as a major red carpet season, Posen offered his signature taffeta and silk faille gowns in new sculpted silhouettes, many featuring rounded hemlines. He also experimented with new textures, particularly in eveningwear, with looks rendered in “floating,” striped organza, transparent patchwork jacquard and even “surgical mesh” interwoven with Chantilly lace, the latter worked into a ballgown with a folded, layered skirt. Wearing a featherweight pale gray and yellow floral print gown during the look book shoot at the brand’s Midtown showroom, model Anna Cleveland proclaimed, “it’s like a puff cloud.”