It’s no great news that the desert, particularly its sharp contrasts, is imagery ripe with inspiration for creatives of all sorts. Still, there was something especially fitting about Awaveawake designer Jaclyn Hodes’s embrace of the desert for Fall. Consider the defining softness of her fabrications (luminous, almost otherworldly washed charmeuse is Awaveawake’s signature) and the natural dyeing techniques, which yield a palette that seems to have leapt straight out of the badlands and onto Hodes’s garments. She’ll even go so far as to say that such dyeing imbues her clothes with a certain energy, and plenty of like-minded fans of the brand agree.
Whether or not the holistic aspects of Hodes’s clothes speak to you, though, you’d be hard-pressed to argue with the appeal of the pieces themselves. Nearly all of this season’s offerings were shapes carried over from past seasons and reimagined in new colors. The designer’s popular bias-cut maxi skirts and slip dresses—as languid as any piece you could ever hope for—came whipped up in lush coral and cerulean. A great lace-up bodice top in denim with wide-leg pants, meanwhile, would look smashing on lately minted Awaveawake fan Rihanna.
