Oscar de la Renta and Monse to combine NYFW shows
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Francesca Wallace
The autumn/winter '17 collections will run consecutively.
Since taking the reigns from Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia's vision for the classic brand has been unknown.
But now, as they prepare to show their first collection for the heritage house, news has been released the pair will show their own brand, Monse, alongside Oscar de la Renta — on the same runway.
"We wanted to attack it head on: Can we do two different collections that have an identity on their own and be brave enough to show them together?" Garcia told the Business of Fashion.
"Having them be consecutive does not mean that there is necessarily a blending of the ideas. There's going to be different styling for each show, and it's going to be very apparent where the [change] happens. The clothes are very different."
The two autumn/winter '17 collections will be held at a large studio space, a world away from Oscar de la Renta's more traditional venues, which have included the Morgan Library and the Park Avenue Armory in the past.
The blending of two brands - which such vastly different histories and aesthetics - is by far an unprecedented move.
Change is in the air.