Christian Juul Nielsen was appointed creative director of Hervé Léger last season. His focus on the label’s early-’90s heyday is paying off. Bella Hadid is the latest celebrity to take a piece out for a spin. Nielsen is continuing on the same supermodel-y path for Pre-Fall; he included an image of a young Tyra Banks in a pumped-up strappy dress on his mood board, and the house signature bandage dresses that he revived last season are now available in the blinding neon hues that Instagram seems to like so much.
The bandage technique was apparent almost everywhere in this collection, from sporty oversize looks like a zip-up bomber-jacket dress to a body-encasing hoodie dress that cut a cool figure with an athletic modern touch. Unfortunately not pictured in the lookbook are a pair of neon yellow bandage “mom shorts” that came tight and high-waisted. Hopefully, Nielsen will produce these in black as well for a more classic feel.
