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“I’ve decided I’m going to live in Morocco for one year – do you want to come?”
The good news about a Kasbah-themed fashion show is that there will inevitably be lots of mystical classic rock on the soundtrack. The bad news is that every Tweet from every fashion insider will reference a magic carpet ride. (Tag us #guilty on that one…) But while we’d expect embroidered bells and coffee dust at boho-luxe shows like Matthew Williamson and Roberto Cavalli, we’d never have thought Y-3 would bring sneakers to Casablanca.
That’s exactly what happened on their runway (which was indeed covered with Persian carpets). Among the standouts: striped woolen socks and gloves in colors captured from Moroccan glass lamps, skinny sweatpants and anoraks in shades of hookah smoke, and a glorious leopard print coat with a hood(!!!).
The hair was twisty braids knotted on top of the head like a Princess Leia redux. And now that we think about it, Tattooine was pretty Saharan…
–FARAN KRENTCIL
See the whole show in our gallery.
This story was published on February 13, 2012.
