Vivienne Westwood

Role: Couture Intern

Season Assisted: Spring 2017

“It wouldn’t hurt, however, to consider why Kronthaler created them (Europe is hurting) and what they represent (symbols of the continent on big and small scales). The woman in the rainbow frame, for instance, was a woman at a market stall; the jewelry denoted a combination of iconography from Christian churches and the pagan Greek phallus. Keep going down this route and you end up further away from the actual clothes, which when removed from all the theatrical elements, boiled down to a wardrobe of eclectic daywear with Matisse-inspired cut-outs, beachy separates (a shout-out to Yasmine Eslami on the swimwear), and asymmetric dresses that possessed a certain impulsive spirit.“

–Amy Verner, Vogue