With a strong attraction for pop culture and an even bigger passion for irony, Jeremy Scott has always made it clear: fashion should be fun. And he surely had fun while drawing the Jeremy Scott Spring/Summer 2016 collection, where he enjoyed mixing the main trends from the Sixties with those of the Eighties. Digital television prints and trippy sweaters knit paid homage to the way old television screens looked when they went a little wonky. That was all part of Scott’s larger theme, which was geared towards the sixties era B-movies and sci-fi that he interpreted with his typical heaping of club-kid flash.
The first thing you will notice about the Jeremy Scott Spring/Summer 2016 collection is the vast amount of sequin applications which, in contrast with the clean lines of the skirts and tops, creates some nice and fascinating figures. The men’s looks were eye-popping, but they hewed to classic shapes—guys with some daring in the fashion department might be swayed by a button down in Scott’s scribble print, or a leather biker spotted with white polka dots. Lots of the women’s looks, meanwhile, could appeal to customers outside the Jeremy cult, to wit, the tulle pieces with high-contrast sequin stripes, or summery short sheaths covered in the scribble or raygun prints. A cocktail dress, black on top, with a ribbon at the waist and a bouffant pink and silver brocade skirt, was downright homecoming queen mainstream.
Scott’s success is a great blessing to the fashion industry and shows the most cheerful and breezy side of fashion. It proves that we should all take life less seriously, and try to concentrate on having more fun.
What were your thoughts on his fun-filled collection?
