What a difference a season can make. Sure, Babyghost is idiosyncratic enough to distinguish itself from most other brands today. Josh Hupper and Qiaoran Huang are a pair of bicontinental magpies (in the best sense), plucking inspiration from chopper culture and True Detective for Spring '15, and turning out clothes tough, flirty, and streetwear-tinged. But where their last offering felt, in places, perhaps a touch one-dimensional, leaning heavily as it did on graphics, Fall found the designers diversifying their offerings where both shape and fabrication were concerned. Inspired by interiors, from The Shining's Overlook Hotel to Home House, a Georgian manse belonging to Elizabeth, Countess of Home (whose debauched parties earned her the sobriquet "Queen of Hell"), Hupper and Huang churned out pieces in tapestries, flocked lace, and taffeta. Upping the ante in terms of materials made a world of difference in overall appeal. The season's styling came courtesy of Babyghost muse, catwalk star, and pro facemaker Xiao Wen Ju, and included mash-ups of the sporty and sweet every bit as playful as she is. The effect? Youthful, but not unyieldingly so. That omnipresent Babyghost edge kept things in check. To wit, a standout black bomber that read "Revenge" across the back. It will do double duty as street-style bait for those so inclined, but it'll also be a surefire hit for stockists like VFiles.
