Fresh off his men’s show in Paris, Shayne Oliver continued to propel his post-genderless collection forward, this time by riffing on shirting, workwear overalls and tailoring.
On the runway, crisp white shirts were not so classic — one look with cutout crisscrossed sleeves had the words “not sustainable for children” running down them; another, worn backwards, read “wench” under the Hood by Air logo, and a third was built into a bra. On the boys, Oliver showed folded shirts with ties (as seen on store displays or in still-life catalogs) attached to deconstructed tailored jackets. Workwear overalls — perhaps an intended play on white- vs. blue-collar “uniforms” — were also reinterpreted in interesting cuts: a khaki strapless version on a girl, and a great hybrid partial trench on a boy, for example.
Floor-sweeping parkas, dressy topcoats with embellished HBA logos on the back, and oversize Ts were among the retail-friendly pieces presented. But that’s the thing about Hood by Air. It’s very democratic.