Spring 2018 Ready-To-Wear Assembly New York....Fashionweekly...On Fow24news.com

Greg Armas is trying a little harder to stand out. Both this season and for Fall, he shifted the focus of his brand Assembly from minimal uniformity to unbounded individuality. Today he showed a Spring collection based around the idea of identity and the role that our clothing plays in it......
Where there were a few signature Assembly spare parkas, track pants, and logo tees, there was much more experimentation when it came to styling, silhouettes, and fabrics. Models wore fun Alain Mikli sunglasses and S-M-style metal jewelry by Martine Ali, and they wandered onto the outdoor runway carrying tiny speakers plugged into each of their iPhones, blasting a song of their choice by artists like Lady Gaga and Grace Jones.

The neon pieces were among the best, especially the piercing green vinyl raincoat. Armas also sent out a striking neoprene dress and a pair of shorts, both printed with newspaper headlines. There were feminine slip dresses with ruffles, a chic canary yellow striped knit top and pant set, and pajama trousers that looked fit to live in all spring and summer. Everything was styled in such a way as to make the models look cool and comfortable, like they put the outfits together themselves and just happened to be walking by us all sitting in that sunlit patio. Even with Armas’s favorite—simplistic parkas, tearaway pants, and cotton shirts—his growing love for experimentation and diversity was clear and well conceived. He’d do well to continue down this path and break up even more of the monotony in his sartorial assembly line.