Nicholas K kicks off New York Fashion Week with ‘Urban nomad’ style – Reuters

By Melissa Fares
| Sept 8

Sept 8 Luxury brand Nicholas K kicked off New
York Fashion Week Thursday, bringing its desert inspired style
to the city with a display of long caftan style dresses and
asymmetrical jackets.

Wearing shades of creams and ivories, models showed a total
of 47 looks inspired by the deserts of Wadi Rum for the brand’s
Spring/Summer 2017 collection.

Christopher Kunz, half of the sibling duo behind the brand
told Reuters, “It’s a desert in Jordan and the landscape is very
pale, very dusty, very nude, they call it the valley of the
moon. So it’s very breath taking.”

The looks followed suit.

Models were draped in soft fabrics and neutral tones of
bone, earth, sage and dusk.

“We’re kind of veering away from our traditional
black,”Christopher said.

Crop tops were paired with track pants, skirts and shawls,
with most of the outfits topped with oversized floppy hats and
wrap visors. Large silver cuff bracelets complemented the silver
eye makeup worn by their runway models.

The show’s attendees would see artisan prints, organic
cottons, alpaca and vegetable dyed leathers.

“We’re really trying to make a lot of our fabrics more
sustainable,” Nicholas Kunz said.

The fashion crowd lined the runway, with Miss Universe 2015,
Pia Wurtzbach, snagging a front row seat. Photographers knelt in
position at the end of the runway with their cameras, as other
attendees posted pictures and videos to Snapchat.

Finishing touches included nails painted with a cliff
texture and hair pulled tightly back in ultra-high ponytails.

Italian hair stylist Giannandrea Marongiu said he worked
closely with Nicholas and Christopher to bring their looks to
life.

“I’m trying to execute her vision and bring in more of my
take on glamour,” said Marongiu, who has also worked with singer
Christina Aguilera on the same kind of up-do. “It’s not a timid
pony,” he said with a smile.

(Reporting by Melissa Fares and Alicia Powell in New York;
Editing by Diane Craft)

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