View all the looks from Ralph Lauren Fall/ Winter 2017 ready-to-wear fashion show and discover our favorite looks from the collection!
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With an exotic desert theme, the collection focused on a Middle Eastern color palette of earthy tones mixed with rich metallics – beige, pale gold, copper, bronze, burnished gold and white. Some precious stone colors like red, amethyst and emerald came coupled with black towards the end of the collection.
Exotic silhouettes like kaftans and tunics came alongside western classic wardrobe staples like cocktail dresses, slim crop pants, bar jackets, skirts and leather jackets, even though those, too, had a heady, foreign feel to them. Of course, because they were accessorized with large pendant gold necklaces and leopard print handbags or snake print ankle-strap wedges.
Some of the looks were very casual, everyday chic – jumpsuits or pants. Others had a feminine softness about their silhouettes – one-shoulder or slip dresses, see-through crochet kaftans, shoulder cut-outs or bell sleeves on dresses, waist-cut outs and floaty skirts on cocktail dresses.
Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid were the familiar faces of this show, wearing crop white pants with beige jacket, and a peachy orange satin kaftan, respectively.
With the perfect western, familiar touch given to the Middle Eastern silhouettes, this collection scored high in terms on wearable glamour and memorable aestheticism. The part with the western pieces including pants, tops and mini-dresses can be worn as everyday street style. But the only question remains as to what kind of occasion would give us the opportunity to wear those copper dresses and pants. I can envision them befitting a hookah party, maybe? Or the next Ralph Lauren fashion show, perhaps?
Ralph Lauren Fall/ Winter 2017 Ready-to-Wear Collection: Gallery
Ralph Lauren Fall/ Winter 2017 Ready-to-Wear Collection: Video
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Shilpa’s work has been published in the University of Fashion blog and Jet Airways magazine. She is also an artist, illustrator and cartoonist. She is also the creator of Audrey O., a comic series that represents the lifestyle of millennial women. She enjoys creative writing and world travel. Her art has been exhibited at Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Aroma Hotel, Chandigarh and been published in Chandigarh Times.
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