Dion Lee Spring 2018 Ready-To-Wear.....Fashionweekly...On Fow24news.com

It takes approximately 24 hours to get from New York to Sydney, Australia. To some, the trek would be considered hell, but clearly it’s become a creative godsend for Dion Lee. This season, instead of drawing inspiration from artistic references, which in the past has led him astray, Lee built his collection around his personal relationship with the relaxed beaches of Oz and the bustling streets of New York...
It was a surf-to-city paradise of soft draping, exotic colors, and easy tailoring.

Let’s review the highs. There was a stellar blazer-and-bike-shorts combo that opened the show and seemed particularly aimed at one of Lee’s earliest clients, Kim Kardashian West. Then came swooshy low-slung trousers with Möbius strip–like tops that slinked around the body with an unstudied sexiness. A pale blue knit look was made from a papery fiber that, while it looked like a towel, was actually much softer. That was followed by some electric pink and green numbers, faux denim, a little scuba romper, and a parade of Lee’s signature architectural cutting and slicing. Sure, those reverse mullet skirts could be a little tricky, but once Lena Hardt’s finale dress of bias navy pleating came out, little else mattered.

Let’s not miss the details, too: Sculptural silver jewelry, clear sunglasses with logo croakies, and thongs filled out the offering alongside smart menswear that took suiting ideas and transposed them into casualwear. Stylists, editors, and shoppers take note: Lee’s in his groove.