Sherlock Holmes meets Katherine Hepburn, masculine chic with a girly twist! To open the collection designer Frankie Xie focused on a literal translation of both Holmes and Hepburn. From the high waisted pant looks or the detective style cape coats and ponchos. The color palette is very earthy from brown to greens and dark grays. One of the literal looks was a tight Windsor check brown wool coat. The sleeves are cropped to half-length and the body of the jacket is tailored in a straight line. For the second section Xie starts to focus on more knit pieces in each look. One of my favorites knit pieces from this section is a powder blue cashmere cable knit poncho style sweater. The hem of the sweater is styled on a bias creating a bell shape to the poncho. The look is topped of long white cashmere scarf and a pair of Xie’s wide draped leg Windsor check pant.

This season Frankie Xie played with new draping and emphasized on volume on a few looks. One key piece in the second section is a cropped Windsor check wool jacket. The opening of the jacket is draped at the front and tied off with a waist belt. The third section has more of tailored look and in a very strict color palette of black/gray and white. One of the standout pieces in this section is a gray silk taffeta mini dress. He pairs a box shape neckline with the box shape mini sleeves on the shoulder. The bottom of the dress has black silkscreen print of a garden silhouette. For the evening section Frankie chose to move away from natural color and gives us rich black velvet and purple satin pieces. The first half of the collection is very strong and clearly defined. Xie tried to experiment with several looks and styles through out the collection. The closing section was a big miss with the metallic baby doll dresses. There was a little color in the collection with purple in the evening and emerald green in the opening section. If the designer had incorporated these great colors in more of the collection the collection would have really popped out at the buyers and editors.

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