On the road with KAUFMANFRANCO
On Wednesday, October 23, Isaac Franco was here to present the KaufmanFranco Resort 2010 collection. Isaac was traveling solo, as artistic collaborator and co-designer Ken Kaufman was enroute to the Far East to scope out resources for their next collection.
Kaufman and Franco make an incredibly talented design team and have succeeded in turning out collection after collection of sophisticated sensual pieces that speak to craftsmanship, detail and luxury.
Isaac Franco spoke to us about the Resort 2010 collection which he described as double-themed to reflect the melding of the two different design presences. “A meeting between Madame Butterfly and the Mata Hari, perhaps?” The delicate sensuous asymmetrical butterfly-winged hems of the dresses, shirtings and evening wear of the collection conjure up the image of Madame Butterfly, while the chunky vintage jewels that bedeck the pieces of the collection take us back to the infamous seductress, Mata Hari. The hues of the collection are cool and introspective with names like onyx, silver, blue steel, ice, optic white and indigo. Franco wants women to style the pieces for themselves, and so offers drawstrings and other accoutrements on their pieces that permit experimentation and invite customization and individuality.
As always, KaufmanFranco drew an impressively strong client response. Why not? The clothing is stunning and Isaac and Ken are fun, easy and professional to work with. And most important, they’re dog lovers. So, what can be bad?
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