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Del Core is a fashion house from FMD.
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Del Core is a fashion house from FMD. |
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Beyond being an adventurous traveler, Daniel Del Core is proving himself a storyteller as well. For his spring collection, he envisioned a studious, dedicated scientist who, despite her serious demeanor, is also an obsessive-compulsive fashion type and clearly a Del Core loyalist. The narrative followed her daily routine, from the sterile environment of her lab (she doesn’t leave home without stacks of ponderous tomes like Hannah Arendt’sThe Human Conditionand Susan Sontag’sAgainst Interpretationtucked into her bag) to the dark hours when she sheds her pristine chrysalis and transforms into an extravagant creature of the night—a new breed of translucent scarab or perhaps praying mantis.Literal references or overt narration can be a risky path, but Del Core navigated it rather deftly. He is shifting the focus of his ready-to-wear shows toward daywear, while his more flamboyant creations will be displayed during January’s Couture Week in Paris. This decision seems to have unlocked a new sense of clarity, resulting in a more disciplined approach. Today’s collection’s edit appeared sharper, reflecting a newfound balance.The opening looks—a series of flowing, oversized white organza trench coats and layered separates—referenced pristine lab coats. As the collection progressed, it introduced more substantial pieces: slightly oversized pantsuits with tapered trousers and cropped, fitted leather jackets worn over shorts, all with practical, sellable appeal.Yet it’s with eveningwear where Del Core truly excels. He’s mastered couture-level craft; a growing list of celebrities—including Florence Welch, Sharon Stone, Lupita Nyong’o, Eva Green, and Björk—have graced the red carpet in his creations. The five closing looks were particularly impactful, especially a dramatic black cape dress in structured, pleated organza with a distinctive Cruella de Vil sci-fi edge. The finale was rather spectacular, with Naomi Campbell, draped in a finely pleated white column dress, embodying the goddess she is.
18 September 2024
Daniel Delcore just fêted the opening of his Madison Avenue flagship in New York last week; it is his second store after London’s Bond Street, which was inaugurated in 2022. The prime locations were obviously chosen to indicate the brand’s high-end positioning—which is no small achievement for a company launched only four years ago.While Delcore’s forte is theatrical one-of-a-kind pieces, often worn on the red carpet by the likes of Björk, Eva Green, and Florence Pugh, he also designs between-seasons collections for everyday wear delineating his favorite sci-fi vibe into less performative options. For resort, he riffed on his repertoire of sharp elongated shapes, with decorative flourishes interrupting their otherwise neat silhouettes. Case in point was a mannish black pantsuit from whose lapel an undulating volant recalling a leaf peeked out, and an oversized tailored bone-gray coat the sleeves of which opened up to reveal crystal embroideries like tiny stalagmites. On a similar note, a slender cloqué midi-skirt was inspired by the bark of an exotic tree, and the printed motifs of a soft-hued column dress evoked the veining of minerals.Delcore is partial to tailored volumes and oversized structures, occasionally indulging in some softening through draping, ruffles, and capes. For him, sensuality seems to rhyme with simplification, and romance is inflected with abstraction. However, he appears to be leaving his carapace behind as he goes along, much like a creature shedding its skin. This collection had a convincing new sense of lightness and ease.
10 June 2024
Daniel Del Core draws inspiration from nature, the wilder the better, and from his passion for adventurous journeys, the more far-flung the better—perhaps in some previous life, he was an explorer, who knows. But having reincarnated in the (rather fit) body of a fashion designer, he had to come to terms with a conundrum: how to translate his fascinating encounters with rare, almost arcane flora and fauna species into wearable and viable fashion?The designer honed his skills under Alessandro Michele during his time at Gucci, working on couture-like red-carpet pieces; he clearly understands flamboyance and extravagance—Björk is a loyal friend, Florence Welch is a fan, Amal Clooney is partial to his most sensational frocks. Del Core is at his best when he lets his singular inspiration from fungi, lichens, and other abstruse microorganisms translate into spectacular renditions with an unsettling, sci-fi undercurrent. In today’s show, a beautiful evening dress in nude chiffon had side ruffles undulating like tendrils of an underwater creature; its matching brassiere was shaped with upward-protruding pointy breasts, inspired by the horns of the Caucasus beetle. The same curled-up thorns, recalling a sort of body morphing à la Orlan, jutted out from a Lycra catsuit, printed in sinuous iridescent curlicues “like the reflection of light on the carapace of the tiger beetle,” as Del Core explained at a preview. Similarly attractive was an hourglass-y gown dripping in silver sequins like the scales of an otherworldly fish; bulging padded hips made the dress morph into a bizarre yet inviting specimen. Letting the disquieting intrude into the beauteous is a knack Del Core should pursue more confidently; it’d give his vision focus and a sharper identity.On the daywear front, it seemed that he still has to find his footing. He played with the idea of protective carapaces, draping heavy asymmetrical mohair capes over matching slim trousers; the image of chrysalises opening up to reveal the vulnerable creature underneath was translated onto pantsuits whose hourglass jackets were double layered under a matching zip-up corset that could peel off like shedding skin. While the inspiration had a compelling romantic undertone, the actual renditions felt slightly forced and at times not so convincing. Del Core is an original designer with a flair for unconventional beauty: He should open up the chrysalis and let his expressive, daring artistic side take flight.
21 February 2024
Daniel Del Core worked on reduction for pre-fall. Picking up the vibe of his spring show, there was a certain clarity in silhouettes and concision in his approach to construction here. But being keen on the adventurous, he experimented on unusual shapes, trying to regenerate predictable templates. “My imagination works as a laboratory,” he said.Del Core has never met a microorganism he didn’t like: Fungi, lichens, molds, algae, bacteria, insects—they’re all part of his fantastical petri dish. Even his most visually sedate pieces exude a sort of unsettling sci-fi glamour. Case in point was a bustier in bonded jersey built with upward protruding pointy breasts, recalling the thorns of a rose or the horns of the Caucasus beetle, an alarming-looking scarab with a shiny black carapace. Its larvae are tender and gummy, and on a recent trip to Peru, he was offered them as a gourmet treat at a dinner party. The polite and not-so-squeamish Del Core obliged and tasted the delicacy.The rather disquieting experience prompted him to ponder how a protective shield often hides deep vulnerabilities. It translated into a play of rigid fabrics opposing malleable textures, as in an elongated strapless evening dress, straight-cut and conveying a certain stiff poise, whose right side erupted in an unruly cascade of quivering wool filaments, “like lichen seeping from the bark of a tree,” as the designer put it. On a similar note, a severe boxy black pantsuit’s lapels stretched languidly into long flaps “as pods that crack open or a chrysalis peeling off its layers,” he said. A few looks were topped by an oblong black felt headpiece shading the face that hinted at the triangular shape of the head of a praying mantis, the femme fatale of the invertebrate family that famously eats its mate after sex.Inspired by less ominous beings was a short red bustier dress, sculpted as the undulating petals of an orchid. A fan of plissé pleats peeked out from an ovoid cocoon skirt; 3D tufted pom-poms grew on net gloves or mohair knits, mimicking clumps of moss in the damp of forests. Del Core’s wedding-dress proposal was a long, sleek tunic in white lace with abstract botanical motifs he compared to crystallized flowers, overlaid by a soft cape armor with a triangular padded bustier that opened into a flowing gown.Del Core’s peculiar entomologist eye has attracted celebrities the likes of Beyoncé and Björk, with whom he frequently collaborates.
Björk looked otherworldly in one of his soft carapace creations at a recent concert in Nantes, France.
20 December 2023
Daniel Del Core staged his Spring show in a glass-and-steel modernist venue perched atop a high-rise building. Suspended over a sweeping view of Milan’s landscape, the setting somehow read as a metaphor for his atypical designs, which live in a blurred territory between couture and RTW, a liminal space where extreme expressive creativity feels the pull (and the strain) of the laws of reality.Del Core is a lover of architecture, and adventurous travels in wild, faraway destinations; his visuals are fed by the juxtaposition of these two sources of narration—organic shapes drawn from nature crystallized into sculptural renditions. For spring he kept the silhouettes elongated, with graphic and clean outlines. They were accented by blown-up exotic florals as if seen through a sliced glass and printed onto silky opera coats or strapless column tunics; undulating organic forms morphed into 3D bustiers seemed to stem like otherworldly botanicals from form-fitting, long evening dresses.Playing on the same organic/sculptural dissonance, pointy corseted bustiers were lacquered in a lustrous black glow, made with the same technique that gives Steinway pianofortes their patina, or were polished to achieve the chrome shine of race cars. They looked slightly dangerous, like poisonous blooms sprouting from liquid long skirts. On a less disquieting note, draped dresses in flimsy jersey highlighted Del Core’s skilled understanding of the intricacies of fluid construction, which he honed worked alongside Alessandro Michele on special pieces for a coterie of celebrities. This is an arena where he feels comfortable: his loyal following of megastars—Florence Welch, Beyoncé, Björk, Anya Taylor-Joy—enjoys the theatricality of his designs.This side of Del Core is creatively his strongest, and deserves to be expressed with more unrestrained flamboyance. His creations have the quality of execution and the inventive visual appeal of Haute Couture. As a young designer, he should give himself permission to be radical in expressing his artistic, imaginative flair. Fashion is at its best when it walks on transporting territory, making the imagination travel and dream. And fashion needs visionaries. Del Core is an adventurous traveler, and has dreams to offer. He should trust his fearless explorer’s instincts to move forward.
20 September 2023
“The beauty of nature is ultimately about simplicity, no matter how complex the processes regulating the functions of each living organism.” So reasoned Daniel Delcore, a designer whose passion is to explore the remote wilderness in which rare specimens of flora proliferate and mutate.Searching for clarity and more “natural” visuals, for his Del Core resort he worked on balancing the elaborate aesthetic he favors with what he called “the refinement of weightlessness.” Delcore’s creations have always veered towards the sci-fi opulent—grand sculptural gestures with a dash of fantasy glamour. You certainly don’t go to the label to buy an athleisure tracksuit; yet even occasion dressing and red carpet flamboyance are now shifting in a “quieter” direction. His new collection was an exercise in fine-tuning his instincts to the shift to the essential that dominates today’s fashion climate.While retaining its inventive character, the lineup offered a streamlined translation of Delcore’s proclivity for the architectural. Dimensional ruching, couture cocoon shapes, elaborate drapings, and dramatic silhouettes were rendered in malleable fabrications that softened their sculptural impact. A flower he found on a hike in Costa Rica served as a template for the bustier of a column dress in ivory jersey; the pitch-black liquid surface of a billowy parachute parka in lightweight nylon suggested the damp feel of a rainforest. Intended as an updated version of an opera coat, it looked arresting worn over a long, sinuous mermaid skirt.Elsewhere, textures were treated as decorative canvases, where the designer experimented on abstract renderings of naturalistic motifs. A standout was a blown-out flower pattern sprayed over a chrysalis jacquard dress in tones of green, black, and mercury silver. It looked like a carpet of moss, lichens, and ferns had mutated into an evening gown.
15 June 2023
Jet-black carbonized tree trunks were scattered around the stark white space of Milan’s Triennale, where the Del Core show was staged, like remains of wildfires in some geological cataclysm. That Daniel Delcore is concerned about the state of the Earth is stating the obvious. He travels to the most remote places just to find the purity and the intact beauty that our planet has lost along the way.His latest hiking trip was at the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska. He spent time in the nowhere-ness of fields blanketed by lichens and moss corroding ancient stone formations. Often wildfires erupt in the dryness of such barren land. Fire is a transformational force, as regenerative as it is destructive; that’s what fascinated Delcore. He called the collection Embers Bloom, “an exploration of new mutating forms emerging from the ashes.”The idea of mutation translated not into hybrid constructions, a concept that’s a bit passé, but rather into garments transforming with a simple gesture into shorter, more revealing, or more fitted versions of themselves through fastening and unfastening hooks placed at the hem, at the shoulders, or at the front. Shapely tailored pantsuits and slender tunic dresses were cut with surgical precision and rendered in sleek, lean silhouettes; the concise palette of stark lab-white and jet black was a smart choice, tunneling the attention on the message without diluting it with unnecessary options.Delcore honed his skills on theatrical one-of-a-kind red carpet dresses, and his bravura shines when he works on evening or couture pieces. Here, standouts were long flowing backless dresses suspended on thin straps and finely pleated à la Madame Grès to mimic the combusted corrugating surfaces of tree barks.The Arctic lichens that so fascinated Delcore—a species called Xantharia Parietina that comes in the form of a sunburst flower in tones of rust and deep red—were hand-embroidered by his atelier on an enveloping cocoon couture coat, or on a bustier dress with a puffy skirt blooming from draped layers of faded nude tulle. The finale—a jet black sculpted number with sequined appliqués in the form of round wings exploding from a corset—was a confirmation of the designer’s proclivity for the grand gesture. It’s an asset definitely worth cultivating and expanding.
23 February 2023
Daniel Delcore’s idea of nature isn’t that of a bucolic idyll, but rather that of a powerful force—magnetic and mysterious, sometimes alien and inhabited by organic mutating wonders. He’s traveled to the remotest places, sometimes just to look closely at the most minuscule and unassuming life forms—fungi, spores, mold growing on the trunks of exotic trees, rare insects, spectacular sea anemones, and other swimming or flying creatures whose names are familiar only to mad scientists.This otherworldly environmen has found its way into his creations from the very beginning. Delcore’s shapes and volumes reference the metamorphic process of nature, as they’re often undulating, sinuous, and hybridized. For pre-fall, which was called Abstract Two as he considers it as being an evolution of the show’s narrative, he was drawn to more dramatic, even threatening natural phenomena, like volcanic explosions, flows of erupting lava, incandescent magma, and even desert landscapes pierced by meteorites and nuclear dust. A sort of metaphor of a not so distant nightmarish future, if earth continues to be eroded by human foolishness.“I was thinking about a sort of apocalypse, where nature collapses and implodes,” he said. “But there’s also hope in its power of self-regeneration.” To that end, he worked on an intense palette of blood red, dark burgundy, and black, with occasional flashes of white, and kept the silhouette alternatively dramatic and languid. Surfaces were treated to recall tectonic movements, crevices; shapes were intended as shells protecting the fragility of what is underneath. A rugged-looking tweed, corrugated with in-woven micro sequins, was cut into short and ovoid-shaped coats of generous proportions; a majestic oxblood-red shearling greatcoat was wrapped over an ethereal slip dress in nude silk chiffon. On a similar note, the black silk velvet of a slinky asymmetrical dress was appliquéd with clusters of crystals, “as if they were little fires crawling over its surface, or alien little creatures overgrowing on it,” Delcore explained.The same wrinkly, furry finish was given to knitwear, while a simple white T-shirt (worn by Delcore himself in the lookbook) was emblazoned with a drawing of a not-so-benevolent bunch of undulating fungi. An inquisitive eye peeked out from what looks like a mushroom dissolving into an irradiated sunray shape. “It’s a reminder that as humans we’ll be judged for what we’re doing to the earth,” said Delcore.
“It’s also about the mystery of mutation: what will we be a thousand years from now? Will space still exist? You find no answers to these questions—unless you want to go straight into a state of no-return insanity.” There’s definitely a streak of the mad scientist chez Daniel Delcore.
14 December 2022
Daniel Del Core is an inveterate traveler—the more challenging the faraway destination, the better. He’s also a semiprofessional diver, so he’s able to reach the impressive ocean depths where the light no longer penetrates the water, colors almost disappear, and you can look up close at the incredible marine creatures that can usually only be seen on the Discovery Channel. No wonder his fashion is inspired by such experiences—lived firsthand, not just as floating images on a screen.The spring collection was activated by Del Core’s latest marine adventures, “but I wanted just to hint at that, not be too literal,” he said at a preview. He toned down his grand couture gestures a notch and kept the silhouette sleeker and liquid, giving it what he called “an urban undertone.” Fluidity was interspersed with more structured accents, as in a series of languid, body-skimming satin slip dresses or harnessed and corseted chiffon numbers. These contrasted with broad-shoulder, nipped-waist, wide-flare pantsuits in rich brocade, exuding a powerful entrance-making vibe, or with cloudlike hand-pleated sculptural couture tops worn with high-waist, slim-leg trousers.Del Core believes that couture, while keeping its mystique of uniqueness, has to be “lived in” and more easily integrated into an urban lifestyle—that is, into the lifestyle of women who can afford such stellar-priced pieces. His first store—due to open in London in November, where he plans to offer both RTW and couture options—will put to the test his assumption that they can happily share space in the same closet. For now, while doing a good job at smoothing the edges of his visionary grandeur, he didn’t let go of it just yet. The closing looks of today’s show were four fabulous, red-carpet showstoppers—no-holds-barred couture creations.
21 September 2022
For Daniel Del Core, inspiration comes from the places he visits on his faraway travels. No lazy sunbathing on sand beaches with a martini on hand; rather adventurous destinations challenging his perception. There’s a bit of the explorer in him, and spartan camping in the thick of a tropical jungle is his idea of heaven. A keen surfer, he’s also a semi-professional diver. The undersea creatures he encountered on one of his 260-foot dives into the ocean’s depths in Mexico mutated into pictorial prints and fluttering shapes in the resort collection, which he called Abstract One.Intended as a sort of compendium of the flamboyant themes he develops for his runway outings, Abstract One is an offer of everyday and occasion pieces related in spirit to the label’s couture-inflected concoctions. Do not expect any literal translation into overt practicality though. Del Core’s idea of a functional wardrobe included tailored pantsuits with bejeweled buttons replicating coral branches; slender city coats printed in a whimsical pattern inspired by breaking waves, and rendered in a dégradé of silvery hues; and elaborately constructed trench coats in algae-green nappa leather which can transform into two-piece ensambles via a play on hidden-zipper closures.Obviously what Del Core excels at is the occasion repertoire, and even if he toned down his verve for the Abstract One exercise, he couldn’t help but come up with a few spectacular pieces. Riffing on the marine creatures theme, a pale pink asymmetrical poplin skirt was finely pleated to billowy effect, recalling the underwater motion of a jellyfish; a bustier evening gown with matching cape in airy silk mesh and hand-draped organza had the translucent grace of sea anemones; and an elegant column dress with ruffled bodice was printed with undulating waterbodies “as if they were floating on the surface of the dress,” he said. Del Core is eager to get to his next hard-core scuba-diving adventure. Where will that be? He was mum on the subject, but one can bet he’ll decamp soon enough and come back with more new inspiration.
28 June 2022
Daniel Del Core is obsessed with the concept of mutation. If he could become a chrysalis, or live the life of a lepidopterist, he probably would. Apparently caterpillars, butterflies and moths reciprocate the love. On a recent trip to Thailand, he had a close encounter with aDaphnis Nerii, a huge oleander hawk moth with kaleidoscopic wings. “It was trippy, weird and fascinating,” he said at a preview. The beauty and fragility of its golden-green colors and its transformation from chrysalis to an outsized-winged flying creature inspired his fall collection. He called it Chrysalis Corrosion.Moths live their lives mostly in the dark, which gave Del Core the hint to explore a nocturnal, more sensual side than usual—mysterious and seductive. He opened the show with a series of sexy black numbers, high-slit, corseted and with built-in garters, slightly fetish, exposing the skin with plays on transparencies and revealing cut-outs. Worn with thigh-high, tough black leather boots with thick-coned platforms, they made for an impactful opening. Imaginative tailoring was also convincing: a black evening pantsuit was cut neat and glamorous—the jacket nipped tight at the waist, the shoulders round and jutting, a bejeweled half-lapel circular and luminous like a misplaced necklace. It was also offered in an acidic shade of absinthe green and hot pink, a slightly dystonic combination highlighting the designer’s unconventional chromatic flair.For Del Core, fashion inhabits the realm of fantasy. He’s at his best when his imagination is free to bring extravagant creatures to life in a land of abstract creation, where he can connect with the idea of mutant glamour which is at the heart of his repertoire. The collection’s final looks, couture-level elaborate concoctions inspired by chrysalises and winged cocoons, were beautifully executed showstoppers. A standout was a round-shaped short dress, entirely made by spirals of circular plissé fans in pale pink gazar, with tiny dots in black vinyl “replicating a moth’s eyes,” explained Del Core.The strength of a designer lies in the authenticity of his vision, and in the consistency of his execution. No creative is good at everything: Recognizing one’s skills and sticking to them is what gives fashion designers longevity. Del Core has talent and imagination; he could benefit from a sharper focus on what really makes his language unique.
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23 February 2022
While most designers’ mood boards tend to be plastered with images of arcane artworks or cultured references to literary heroes (a recent trend), Daniel Del Core’s displays photos he’s taken in the Amazon of weird vegetation specimens, rare florals, and intricate foliage from the botanical underworld.Fungi, mycelium, and algae feature prominently as aesthetic templates in what Del Core calls ‘mutant glamour,’ his extravagant distillation of naturalia, elements of the fantasy genre, and theatrical flourishes rendered via elaborate couture techniques. “I can sit for hours in front of a flower and try to translate its shape into a silhouette, a fan-pleated ruffle, or into the altered proportion of a dress,” he said at an appointment at his Milan atelier, where young artisans and tailors were busy bringing his creations to life.Del Core approached his first pre-fall outing as an exercise in reduction and concision, toning down a notch his flamboyance without digressing from the imaginative flair defining his repertoire. The collection was called Abstract Zero, as if it were a sort of compendium or summary of the label’s essentials, filtered from the runway and translated for the everyday. For example, a rounded ruched sleeve which in the show had operatic proportions, here looked gentler on a sleek tailored coat or on a knitted minidress. The fan-pleated details inspired by the fleshy petals of wild orchids found on a couture dress were given attenuated allure on a silver evening dress and a flame red lace intarsia’d chiffon number. The red look was worn with an appropriately mutant face mask, which could’ve been created by experimental designer Neri Oxman’s Mediated Matter Research Group at MIT Media Lab; it also recalled the late Alexander McQueen’s gestures of disquieting glamour, and would look apropos on Björk.Mushrooms, which are having a moment as a natural source from which to grow a sustainable alternative to animal leather, are one of the designer’s botanical obsessions, as they’re symbols of metamorphosis and facilitators of transformation. Here they featured as the collection’s main decorative motif, translated into a jacquard pattern on a sartorial bomber and reproduced on flimsy lace for a billowy dress, or else needle-punched on knitted lurex jumpers. Elsewhere, a vivid abstract pattern, printed on a vertical-cut quilted coat or on a silk blouse with loose trailing panels gave a jolt to the mainly autumnal palette.
With two promising collections under his belt, Del Core is sharpening his high-end vision and skills, which he honed working in Beirut alongside Zuhair Murad and with Gucci’s Alessandro Michele as VIP designer. Presenting a concise, tightly edited pre-fall collection (or Abstract, as he wants it to be called) seems to be a wise move, not only from a business standpoint but also creatively, as it gives him room to work on the catwalk collections without having to compromise on their visual impact and their virtuoso execution.
14 December 2021
Following up a remarkable debut can prove challenging, especially for a young designer whose first collection landed with a bang. Daniel Del Core’s was the talk of the town at Milan Fashion Week in February. Today he presented his second outing, a physical show held in the vast spaces of Palazzo del Ghiaccio (Ice Palace), which was transformed into a sort of mirrored shrine, polished to a silvery blinding gloss.The choice of setting seemed counterintuitive, given the organic, metamorphic, mutant theatricality of Del Core’s creations. His inspiration comes from nature and its most elusive and mysterious creatures—fungi, algae, orchids, rare plant species he finds in the often remote places he likes to travel to. On a recent trip to Costa Rica, he trekked to an ancient rain forest covered in moss and shrouded in thick clouds. “It was so calming, so preternaturally serene, almost mystical,” he said during a preview at his atelier. While this evanescence was captivating, he was also drawn to explore a tougher counterpoint: “I wanted to break that purity with something loud, more raw and rough,” he said.Del Core referenced the world of Japanese techno as a sort of visual antidote to the voluminous, airy constructions he favors. Massive shiny platforms anchored imaginative couture concoctions, entirely handmade in his atelier by his team of young tailors and seamstresses: “I’m at my most happy when I can actually work on a dress; I love the craft, the meticulous sartorial work in the atelier,” he said. There was certainly no shortage of beautifully made showstoppers in the collection: an imposing yet sinuous number in white chiffon printed in delicate ramages edged in undulating ruffled fans; a majestic cape-dress entirely covered in absinthe green sequins and punctuated with frills; a pale pink kimono with a long train, hand-embroidered with a whimsical herbarium. They will look spectacular on any red carpet.Counterbalancing the theatrical, a series of light, feminine dresses in chiffon printed in abstract florals was energized by plays of ruffles, plissé inserts, trailing ribbons, and asymmetrical hems and worn under ample fluid trench coats. They made for a dynamic, vital gesture. Del Core certainly has range.
22 September 2021