September
5, 2012
By
Jessica Minkoff
When it comes to the lookbook for his 10 Crosby
line, Derek Lam likes to keep things fresh. Instead of a model like Hanne Gaby Odiele
or Sara Blomqvist, who starred in previous seasons, he cast beauty blogger
Emily Weiss. The Into the Gloss founder also happened to style the lookbook. As
for the collection itself, it tread on familiar ground—the Wild West—but did so
in way that retained the label's edgy, downtown sensibility. Lam hasn't gone
all rodeo on us. 
If
leather pants were laced up behind the ankles, blouses got the cowboy treatment
with Ultrasuede embroidery, and a cool blue jumpsuit's faded lizard print
looked like it came straight off the frontier, other pieces—like a
color-blocked royal blue and black button-up cardigan and a pair of leather
short shorts—were more subtly western. Breaking from the plot, Lam also brought
back his signature pajama separates again, this time in a 10C monogram pattern.
The looks were accessorized with 10 Crosby bags—a first for the secondary
line—that were inspired by folios and envelope clutches. All in all, Lam
delivered a collection that girls will be itching to wear come spring—this
editor included
