Band of Outsiders 2011 Spring/Summer Collection

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With New York Fashion Week in full effect we’ll be taking a closer look into several upcoming Spring 2011 collections from an array of the industry’s favorite labels. Featured here is a peek into the new seasonal line from popular contemporary brand Band of Outsiders. As we’ve grown accustomed to seeing, the collection focuses its attention on classic prep styles with the signature sophistication we’d expect from Band of Outsiders. A bit more insight into Spring 2011 is offered below:

Scott Sternberg is breeding a fashion family. First came Band of Outsiders Man, his nostalgic but twisted take on preppy dressing. It was followed a couple of years ago by Boy, a tomboy-worthy collection of menswear-inspired clothes for women. Today, Sternberg celebrated his new arrival, Girl, with a wide-ranging presentation that underscored what a subtle but undeniable force he has become in American fashion.
The designer insisted he liked the psychosexual tension between his three groupings. Still, he gave his guys a break this season by loosening up the menswear a little. A suede blouson trimmed in navy and red or an olive green military shirt with matching sweatshorts verged on butch for Band. Sternberg also injected a note of the surreal—pajamas under a blazer, for instance—that felt more like film than fashion. Perhaps that’s why guest Baz Luhrmann, who knows from kinetics, noted that, when the line between art, fashion, film, and music is blurred as successfully as it is in Sternberg’s presentations, it would be delicious to take it up a notch further and add a little movement.
- Tim Blanks