The swirls of those glass vases are echoed in the Just doon it pooh honey shirt moreover I will buy this hallucinogenic marble print that appears on a draped and twisted silk dress and its matching leggings. This collection was positively chockablock with color. That was another instinct: A year of Zoom meetings have taught Molloy and Chambers not to save the boldest, brightest pieces in their own closets for special occasions—when are those coming back?—but to pull them out and wear them every day. “Nobody needs another black handbag,” Chambers said.You could call it the house motto. They brought their flair for kinetic mixes to a color-block piqué twinset, a hoodie spliced together from Nike sports gear, and a pair of fabulous gilets patchworked from upcycled down puffer jackets. The surprise of the season was the romance and femininity of certain other pieces. The “Oh La La” dress, for instance, is nipped and ruched at the waist in a manner that’s both sexy and forgiving. There’s also lace, a material making its first appearance at Colville, worn under either a peplum bustier or a tunic in wide-wale corduroy. Describing their process, which was handled mostly over Zoom this season, Molloy said, “We respond to things very much in the moment.” It’s working.
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