New York Fashion Week 2014: Carolina Herrera Creates a Wardrobe for a Woman Who Is 'Queen of her Domain'
Venezuelan-American fashion designer Carolina Herrera continues to wow audiences, bringing her bold yet timeless and romantic red floral flair to New York Fashion Week 2014, proving that she's a classic fashionista and an ever-evolving style icon.
Herrera is known for dressing stylish First Ladies from Jacqueline Onassis to Michelle Obama -- and she is a class act herself.
While she's been in the fashion industry for decades, she admits that she still gets nervous when presenting a new collection. "It's always the same feeling, I mean I get nervous the same way -- and I think that's a very good sign," she told the U.K.'s Daily Mail.
So what did the timeless trendsetter bring to the runway with her Spring/Summer 2015 collection?
"Raw silks and linens in golden tones flowed over the body in loose coats and caftans, or swaddled the shoulders atop ankle-length empire gowns," the New York Times said, describing Herrera's collection.
"Jackets wrapped at the waist over billowing shirts atop full skirts or fluid trousers, and knit tabards were slit up each leg to just beneath the breastbone to reveal the pants beneath. They were a little bit regal and a little medieval; 'Game of Thrones' seen through urban eyes."
Herrera isn't afraid to incorporate technology either. "The inspiration was really the color code of a flower that I took and I digitized," she said. Herrera used "techno-fabrics," which "molded the dresses in a different way."
"I mixed them and it's in a way that makes them very seductive and feminine. It's a collection for the actual moment," she added, according to the Daily Mail.
Herrera also took things up a 'knot' with funky yet sophisticated hairstyling. She put her spin on buns that looked like fierce bows on the end.
"The painterly large-format prints and sculptural tailoring at today's Carolina Herrera show called for a striking beauty look to match. Complementing the makeup - clean skin, bold lips - were slick, scraped-back buns that resembled dramatic half-tied bows in back. Thanks to extensions and plenty of gel, the looped dos appeared to defy gravity," the NY Times reported.
Herrera is reportedly not a huge fan of the crop top, for she says not everyone has the figure to pull it off. Can you blame her? After all, she's got the experience to put anyone in their place. But in all fairness, some crop top-type dresses made it to the red carpet this year -- example, Kerry Washington rocked the crop top -- despite some fashion snafus from other fashion offenders. (It's a shame that the late Joan Rivers couldn't chime in here.)
Herrera is fashion royalty in her own right. She has created "A wardrobe, in other words, for a woman who is queen of her own domain. Or knows life is better when you speak softly and carry a long scepter. The crown is just a state of mind, conveyed by clothes," said the NY Times.
What woman wouldn't want to be the "queen of her own domain?" Sounds good to me; now bow down to Herrera and her royal duds!