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RAG & BONE: “Made-in-America”




Timestamp, Wednesday, September 5, 4:50pm
The location: Cipriani’s on East 42nd Street

Text, Vivian G. Kelly
Backstage photographs, J. Ecochard


The palatial golden interior and gilt chairs spoke of an important show. Add the supermodel presence [Angela Lindval] an audience comparable to that at Marc Jacobs on Monday night, and some great wearable clothes. They all add up to the necessary you components for a great show. Prior to the show, the designer reportedly told the John Frieda hair team led by Serge Normant to take the hair down, which accounted for the delay. In the end, the hair looked great, bouncy, but a little bit mussed-up and very sexy.

This label is unique in that the clothes are made entirely in America, which predisposed us to like it from when it started in 2001.
The spring collection stayed in a mostly navy, cream, and white color palette, with lots of pinstripe looks thrown in. from seersucker to wider asymmetrics By cutting the jackets tight in the armhole and fitted across the chest, the British designers saved the men’s suits from being just another Brooks Bros. Pinstripe suit.
For women, important pieces were short shorts or a looser trouser. Women who don’t really like dressing up will like the elegantly casual white suit accessorized with a narrow saddle colored belt.
Best for the men was a skinny black suit with just a hint of sheen to it but we balked at the black tux with nerd length hemmed pants a la eighties computer geek. Post-show, though we overheard a male-Calvin Klein model/musician enthusing about this same pant to his female companion, that he “couldn’t wait” to wear that cool new pant.”