Fashion Week

High As A Kite At The Form Show

Form 021.jpgI’ve been following Form since they first launched in a loft - four kids who met on a Paris corner and decided, somehow, to make some clothes.

Their first few seasons, they didn’t really sell. Except for the drippy white t-shirts, which poured down the right bodies like candle wax, the garmets were just so… fast forward. They were stark, and sci-fi, and though beautifully built, a little too into their own galactic universe and a little too removed from ours.

That was two years ago, and now Form is down to three kids - designer Jerry Tam, team captain Eric Werner, and VP of musedom Kelly Andrews, whose Balenciaga training coats the clothes like translucent powder.

Their “pre-Spring” show was on Friday, and “pre-Spring” is just a fancy word for March, and the whole thing was based on kites. Silver dresses pleated like folded origami. White and gray tunics folding over like deflated balloons. A lot of bubble shapes.

Was it beautiful? Immensely. Their best effort yet? Oh yeah.

But now there’s a new question: Before, Form’s clothes were too unique to be comfortable. Now, are they too streamlined to be special, or have they finally found a balance between the world they’ve created and the one they actually live in?

Click through the photos to see the show.

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Backstage at Form.

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Kite tailed hair.

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The silk folded dress, up close.

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Contrast hemlines at Form.

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M.A.C. silver eyeliner, used as face paint.

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Backstage dressing gowns.

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The grass runway at the Rockefeller Garden.

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Swoosh.

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Miraculously, no models (nor audience members) toppled into the pool during the presentation.

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The End.


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posted by nina

Jun 12, 2007 10:53AM

oooh i love that fifth picture. hanne looks amazing covered in silver eyeliner. that's what i want!

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posted by Rachel

Jun 12, 2007 11:21AM

I dig.

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posted by guest

Jun 12, 2007 11:24AM

All I can say...the clothing might not be that interesting, but the location for the show makes up for it. I love it up there.

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posted by anon

Jun 12, 2007 12:32PM

glad to see so many people made it.....7 pm show on a friday night in the midst of resort insanity?? they were so desperate to get anyone to come that their pr was trying to lure us with towncars to take us to and from the show. i felt bad, but really.

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posted by Maryann

Jun 12, 2007 1:08PM

they made those poor girls walk on grass in stilettos?

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posted by VonKottwitz

Jun 12, 2007 5:09PM

I thought the show was fantastic, and yes, immensely wearable. As far as being interesting: didn't anyone see the peaked shoulder dress, or the gorgeous mini dress with asymetrical panels of varying materials?

Also--Kelly worked for Helmut Lang, and never at Balenciaga as far as I know.

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