Michael Kors, one of the few big names not to have abandoned New York for a European fashion week, can always be relied on for glossy, leisure-class womenswear straight from the pages of Condé Nast Traveller. Or as Kors puts it: “Clothes for women who like to be noticed”.
On Wednesday morning, in a glass warehouse in downtown Manhattan filled with palm fronds, he put his money where his mouth is. His spring show opened with a white Halston-style silk skirt suit that heavily referenced the one worn by Scarface star Michelle Pfeiffer as character Elvira Hancock – complete with plunging neckline and nattily placed tit-tape. As proven by the suit’s legacy in film costume lore, it wasn’t just noticeable but impossible to ignore.
