Galvan designs are meant to move in. They are silky and sinuous in a ’90s supermodel kind of way, hugging the body at all the right curves and angles, and often leaving very little to the imagination. The label’s creative directors Anna-Christin Haas and Sola Harrison are particularly interested in how the Galvan clothes might look on a dancer’s lithe figure, bending and twisting and shape-shifting on the surface of a stage. Or, as was the case this season, on a thin sheet of water. Harrison and Haas’s Spring 2020 collection for Galvan was inspired by the legendary choreographer Pina Bausch and her work titled Vollmond, a dance piece that takes place on a water-washed floor. This season, the clothes certainly move and flow: Textures include buttery Lurex, wisp-thin patchwork lace, delicate sequins, and fluid silk.
Overall, the collection is glamorous, as Galvan collections typically are, but this season also saw a slightly more streamlined point of view from Harrison and Haas. Aside from the bold purple lace and metallic sequins, there were simpler pieces, including a pretty burnt orange version of one of its most popular slip dresses, as well as a pale blue stretchy ruffled-hem skirt and matching silk camisole. There were more separates this time around, and it was nice to see Harrison and Haas break a bit from the best-selling evening and occasion dresses. It’s a sign of things to come for Galvan, perhaps, as it has been rapidly expanding in the last year or so, widening the range of its bridal offering and introducing a bag line. Even as it speeds up, though, the Spring collection felt like a cohesive and focused outing for the brand, one that underscored its sexy DNA.