The Spring runways were awash with bold tailoring. Jason Wu’s contribution to the trend at Boss was a double-breasted navy pantsuit with a detachable collar in a marinière stripe. Wu is thinking nautical this season. In addition to that shipshape pantsuit, he did a bright yellow mac in coated and bonded nylon; a trench came with a rope detail at the waist; and there were shorts in a sturdy engineer stripe, worn with a matching coat. As motifs go, nautical is as tried-and-true as they come, but Wu handled it deftly. In any case, he has his eponymous line for his more adventurous inclinations.
The attitude overall felt quite relaxed. Gone, for instance, were the rigorous sheaths of his early days at this German label; instead he opted for color-blocked slip dresses and easy pleated styles. The prettiest of his frocks was a midi-length one in a vintage-look lacy knit, which was hidden under a trenchcoat at the Boss showroom.
