Not long before the Spring 2019 collections began, Faith Connexion announced a new creative director. Up until now, the Paris label has operated as a mostly anonymous collective. In a town full of super-famous design leads, FC made a point of not having one. Yesterday Nikola Vasari, a Faith Connexion veteran, stepped out from behind the curtain. Going forward, the company wants “to speak with one voice.”
So what’s different with the new configuration? Not overly much so far. Faith Connexion is the street couture line it’s been since the beginning, and fans of its paint-splattered shirts and holey jeans will find updates to those categories for Spring. If Vasari’s promotion has changed anything, it seems to be the collection’s new emphasis on couture-ish elements, as evidenced by jackets with a harlequin fil coupe pattern worn by both women and men, and military-precise tailoring with buttons that allow the wearer to adjust the look.
Officially, India was the starting point for this collection, but aside from the jewelry the male and female models are decorated with in the lookbook, this was a fairly subtle interpretation. The vaguely sari-like embroidered peach dress was pretty. Vasari spoke about a potential runway show next season. We’ll get a better picture of his influence and point of view then.
