Fashion designer Sergio Hudson is having a great month.
Serena Williams wore a skintight light blue Sergio Hudson dress in the September 2022 issue of Vogue magazine. And on Saturday, she presented the Ella Collection 10 show at The Léman Ballroom in New York City with a collection of bold names in the audience and on the runway.
Veronica Webb, the first black supermodel to be the face of a major beauty campaign, walked the runway in a leather, suede and velvet bustier over a black turtleneck, black jodhpurs and knee-high boots.
Chanel Iman first appeared on the runway in a cobalt blue cocktail dress with a sweetheart neckline, and returned in the latest look in the collection: a graphic black and white slip dress with a keyhole front. And Issa Rae wore that same slip dress fresh off the runway at the 2022 Emmy Awards on Monday night.
Leomie Anderson modeled a black turtleneck, paired with a black leather, suede and velvet pencil skirt, and a lime green coat cropped at the hips. Maria Borges shed her white coat on the runway to reveal a white jumpsuit with a keyhole in the center, a wide white belt fastened at the waist, and white over-the-knee boots.
Winnie Harlow wore a monochromatic look: two-texture lime green suit with matching bra and Malone Souliers stiletto heels Sessilee Lopez came out of retirement, walking the runway in a black and white shawl-collar coat and black jumpsuit underneath, a wide black belt fastened at the waist.
And Kimora Lee Simmons’ youngest daughter, Aoki Lee Simmons, took to the runway in a pink Barbie double-breasted suit with scooped shoulders. Her hair was pinned up on top of her head, with a long thick tendril hanging down the front.
If sharp, angular shoulder pads were any indication that ’80s fashion was back, runway models wearing sheer tights cemented it. But these aren’t your grandmother’s pantyhose. On the catwalk Hudson is somehow sexier and cooler.
“I wanted to do something that was beautiful, bold and overtly glamorous and sexy while maintaining a clean, modern feel,” Hudson said in a press release after the show.
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In a press release for the collection, Hudson said he was inspired by singer Prince and The New Power Generation. Her latest collection introduced new techniques for creating leather, suede, and velvet jackets, evening dresses, and skirts, building on the striking color-coordinated ensembles of her previous collection.
Collection 10 included black and white cocktail dresses, jewel-toned slip dresses paired with matching coats, animal-print party dresses, color-block suits in the collection’s standout colors of cobalt blue, terracotta, chartreuse and purple. real.
The day after Hudson showed off his power outfit idea, Hudson announced the launch of his Collection 9 in Amazon luxury stores, making his collection available to Amazon Prime members.
“The Sergio Hudson collection is the definition of unabashed elegance: classic silhouettes rendered in bold hues, all finely tailored and highly polished,” Muge Erdirik Dogan, president of Amazon Fashion, said in a press release.
In January 2021, former first lady Michelle Obama entered President Biden’s swearing-in ceremony wearing a well-cut burgundy pantsuit designed by Hudson.
In 2013, Hudson was competing on Styled to Rock, Rihanna’s short-lived television show on Bravo. She beat out 11 designers to win the competition. She made her debut at New York Fashion Week two years later.
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Her celebrity clientele includes Beyoncé, Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross, and if the front row of her Collection 10 is any indication, rapper Latto, TV host Sherri Shepherd, P-Valley’s Shannon Thornton, WNBA player Charli Collier, Denée Benton from The Gilded Age. , and (Harris’s niece) Meena Harris, Hudson designs for all women.
And the Jodeci song that blared through the speakers as Hudson’s guests spilled out into New York’s financial district after the show indicated, “I can’t leave you alone,” the feeling for what Hudson showed on the runway is mutual. .
Channing Hargrove is a senior writer at Andscape, covering fashion. That’s easier than admitting how strongly he identifies with the lyrics “Single Black Female Addicted to Retail.”
Source: andscape.com