Autumn/Winter 09/10 collection “The ballad of Dorothy Parker”
“This, no ballad of innocence; This, the rhyme of a lady who; Followed ever her natural bents…. Decked in garments of sable hue… I loved them until they loved me…” Dorothy Parker, 1924
The fascination Spijkers and Spijkers have for the 1920s can always be perceived in their collections. This season the style-references to this era are modern, sharp and bold.
Dorothy Parker, the American writer and poet, was the muse and inspiration for this AW0910 collection. Dorothy Parker’s wit and strength of character took her places that were new to women at the time. She became the only female drama critic for Vanity Fair in New York and later her left-wing politics got her on the Hollywood ‘blacklist’.
Stripes and bows are key for this collection. The sharp lines and feminine bows are refined and feminine, but also modern and strong. This reflects Dorothy’s artistic, romantic nature, as well as her strength, the convictions to her beliefs and most importantly her sense of risk and her modern approach to life.
It is a season of superabundance, and as Dorothy Parker once said “take care of luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves”. The materials in this collection are luxurious and have a winter warmth. Heavy satins are used for dresses and skirts with large flounces; combinations of transparent silk georgette with heavy knitted rib finishes for tops and dresses. Fabric covered cords are used for flower-shape decorations, which are integrated into dresses and skirts. Coats are voluminous with padded cuffs and collars.
Fabrics are wool ottoman, satin, velvet, silk lurex and for the voluminous coats the designers used double woven satin, mohair and wool boulclé. The colours are bold combinations of deep purple and royal blue, arcade green with black and a combination of skin tones.
This season Spijkers en Spijkers have taken on a new collaborator; the shoes for this collection are designed by the Dutch Master of shoes: Jan Jansen, produced by Gucci. Truus and Riet have admired Jan Jansen’s work for years and are very excited that he has created the shoes for their collection.