Kate Spade took over the Chelsea Market Passage on the Excessive Line on Friday morning to current its new spring assortment. Between the summery climate and looming fall season, friends had loads of trend choices to think about.
“What I like about fall is form of the identical factor I like about spring, which is that you are able to do a hybrid of heat and chilly climate garments. I feel it’s a lot extra enjoyable to get to layer,” mentioned Stephanie Hsu, who’s been making the style week rounds and can be doing a studying of a play whereas on the town. For the presentation, she went sans layers in a Kate Spade pink, inexperienced and blue two-piece.
“I like how a lot enjoyable Kate Spade has,” Hsu added. “The colorfulness within the totally different patterns that they use doesn’t take itself too significantly. And it’s at all times good for a picnic.”
Friends made their well past fashions perched on astroturf-covered pedestals, rewarded on the opposite aspect with a lemonade and iced tea stand.
Molly Gordon was admiring the intense colours on show — “it’s going to encourage me to deliver some extra colour into my wardrobe since I simply put on lots of black often,” she mentioned — and famous that she was additionally excited for fall climate forward. “I like a sweater, and I like a coat,” she added.
Gordon attended the CFDA Awards with Kate Spade in 2019, and in addition walked within the model’s runway present on the Elizabeth Avenue Backyard that very same 12 months. “It’s very fascinating to be again right here, and never as a mannequin,” mentioned Gordon. “I felt very brief, however I felt very fortunate to be a part of it. I simply love their garments. They’re very comfy, they’re extra inexpensive. I simply assume they’re like a ravishing firm.”
Christina Ricci additionally enthused in regards to the accessibility of the model.
“I grew up right here in New York. I keep in mind as I used to be attending to the age the place I used to be shopping for myself a purse or a handbag — or no matter you need to name it — my first very nice bag was a Kate Spade bag,” mentioned Ricci. “In case you wanted one thing, you would simply at all times belief that the model was going to present you one thing stylish and straightforward to put on.”