This is a husband and wife run show that began in Spring 2005. The designers Lynda Cohen Kinne and Daniel Kinne let the 18th century inspire them to create modern looks. Most of their clothes are centered around the corset. They try to make it fashionable again as a comfortable item of clothing. Pirates are also said to be an inspiration to some collections, which scares me a little.... They are RTW and show in New York.
The Designers
Both of them used to be teachers at the Parson's School of Design. Both have studied costume making and also are collectors of vintage clothing.
The two on the left are Daniel Kinne and Lynda Cohen Kinne.
Spring 2007 RTW
I really like the colors here. Throughout the collections, the colors get a little too indecisive and mixed for me, but here the washy blouse is nice. You can already clearly see the blend of modern and 18th century in this first outfit.
Already in the second look the color pallet freaks me out. The pumpkin orange tights with that style of shoe screams Halloween witch to me. A strange green tie-die up top doesn't really help things either. The thing I found interesting in this was the lines on the shirt which remind me of the red tape used for pattern making.
I really hate those two greens.... sick green...
And this one with the purple and black also says witch. And the stripes. The high neck and longer skirt still stays true to the oldies inspiration. Elements of the corset also seem to be in the top of the skirt.
This skirt confuses me..... The overall color pallet on this ensemble is better though.
This is one of my favorite looks. The colors work really well together, I love the pink popping out. I think a huge help for the colors is all the white. It keeps them balanced. This well fitted but fun look is a nice example of their style.
They do some guy looks as well. Here was one of the better ones. It is an interesting color but I think it looks nice in this situation. The line seems to make a lot of use of fabrics that have a sort of false sheen, like tulle over satin.
They had a couple dresses over shirts. They are interesting statements that I actually rather enjoy. The colors I still really don't like. Green and purple.... ug..
I really love a LOT about this dress. The construction is nice and I like the color and the stripes. The only thing I don't enjoy is the black thing up top...? I'm not even very sure what it is? A ruffle? It looks kind of like a garbage bag.......? The rest of the dress is lovely.
Overall, this collection was ok. The inspiration is very intriguing. What killed it was the color pallet. The mixture of greens and purples and blues was just too much. It gave it a sort of moldy feel to be honest which is not good when yur trying to make the old look new. Overall, it was interesting, but definitely wasn't my favorite.
- kEyLyNne
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