The Cult Gaia woman lives in a perpetual summer. Wherever she finds herself in the world, she is ready to party, and is armed with a suitcase filled with feather and fringe-trimmed dresses with plentiful cutouts. How does Jasmin Larian Hekmat translate her eternally sunny vision into a fall collection? She goes where it’s warm.
Despite the photos of models in the desert, Hekmat was inspired by vintage après ski—described in the collection notes as “decadent”—and frost. “She’s not on the slopes yet, but she’s definitely engaging in après ski,” Hekmat says of her muse. The frost mostly comes through in the fabric choices and the shade of Frozen blue used liberally throughout, as the clothes all look best suited for a warm climate save for the handful of long sleeves and jackets in the collection. “I’m really inspired by the way fabric looks under the sun or under ice,” she says. The sportiest outfits of the bunch are an iridescent blue straight leg pant and matching cropped button-down set with long sleeves and a drawstring at the waist; and a similar set in pink, but with cargo pants that bunch at the ankle worn with a full-length collared shirt held together by two gold links. The collection notes describe the clothes as “trans-seasonal,” which can be “adapted to any climate or occasion.”
The rest of the collection builds on the label’s signatures. There are the goddess-like slinky dresses with cutouts at the hips, sculptural clutches, and feather-covered bolero jackets to add sleeves to a silky mini dress. The biggest departure this season is her take on the suit: a tailored gray jacket with boxy shoulders and a sharp squared-off neckline—demure, save for the short-shorts featuring a leg slit paired with it. The takeaway here is clear: Whatever the weather, the Cult Gaia muse is sticking to her statement pieces.
