Rag and Bone always sets the bar for New York cool, and as winter storm Nemo started to have it's way with the city Friday evening, the coolest thing ever was to welcome show goers with hot Sigmund's pretzels, beer and steamy mulled wine. So chill. No, the other kind of chill.
The designers took inspiration from aviation history, creating oversize bomber jackets and military-inspired parkas. To balance the men's fighter pilot uniform on top, mini skirts and skin tight biker shorts fell barely beneath the jacket hems, showing a lot of leg, plus blue ponyskin shoes. "We had to twist it because we didn't want it to be too masculine, that's not really our girl," Marcus Wainwright said. Further feminizing the collection was a palette of dusty blue and hot red-orange, pulled from Pan Am uniforms of the 1950s and 60s. Wainwright and Neville always mention that the Rag and Bone girl is an inspiration herself, and it's clear that their calculations are focused on the feelings of this fantasy woman – she owns the kind of effortless cool Rag & Bone fans aspire to embody. And she can definitely put down a few beers in a mini skirt and parka.
Twenty four year old Chinese model Liu Wen began her modeling career in 2005 when her mother coerced her into entering the New Silk Road World Model Contest, previously won by supermodel Du Juan. Wen didn’t win, but has gone on to walk for designers from Dior to Dolce, feature in pretty much every edition of Vogue, and reach number 5 in models.com’s Top 50 Models Women List anyway. Oh, and she also holds the accolade of being the first model of Chinese descentto walk for Victoria’s Secret. Following her appearance in our #Fantasia issue, styled by Robbie Spencer in Raf Simons’s first Haute Couture collection for Dior, we filmed the model pulling faces on the streets of – the city she now calls home – New York.
FilmHarrison Boyce and Andrew McMullen
Photography Benjamin Alexander Huseby Styling Robbie Spencer Hair Tomo Jidai at Streeters Make-upKirstin Piggott at Julian Watson Model Liu Wen at Marilyn Set design Andrea Cellerino at Magnet Photographic assistant Jack Wilson Styling assistants Elizabeth Fraser-Bell, Catharina Pavitschitz Hair assistant Fumi Maehara Make-up assistantMolly Aitken Location Liu's home Digital Operator Tanya Houghton Casting Noah Shelley for AM Casting
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