Wintry Ready-Text and images by J. Ecochard
The Parisian/NY based Alexa Adams and Flora Gill comprising Ohne Titel have come along way from their art gallery, garb hanging on a rack debut last spring.
The runway show downtown started ridiculously late because a model or two were MIA as in probably overbooked (and some complain about Marc Jacobs?)…
but it gave us a chance to spend time backstage admiring the simple knotted/smooth long ponytails created by Leonardo Manetti of Bumble&Bumble and drool over the Cesare Paciotti ankle boots..
As stated in the collection’s notes, the gals drew “inspiration from Northern silhouettes, German folk shapes, Celtic motifs and jewel-tone marble patterns from Versailles…coupled with sleek, strong suiting and cocooning knits in animal textures.”
We felt the thirties’ cuts of the strong shouldered, draped, side buttoned camel jacket over loose high waist pants (also in wine and royal blue) and reefer/balmacaan coats would make Katherine Hepburn proud…and would work on the long and the lean.
We really loved (though think we were in the minority) the Scandinavian prints of the graphic marble silk, intricately tucked and draped dress and the patterned cohesiveness of a round sleeve sweater over a graphic jacquard 
skirt…all in moody blues, black, white and deep purples that reminded us of twilight in the land of the midnight sun. Perfect for the cold, snowy climes.Ohne Titel have a certain sophisticated grown-up customer in mind for their clothes…not aiming for the masses…and not easily cloned off by low budget design houses. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
