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PARIS, France — Kym Ellery's clothes are cult: her now ten-year-old brand has quietly evolved into a department store best seller and a weather vane for trends that, when shown on the last day of fashion month, can often neatly sum up an array of stylistic tropes that float around many designers' collective consciousness. Autumn 2017 saw that conceit played out in the paradox of 'purist maximalism' she does so well: cutting streamlined, curved and flared shapes in rich fabrics to arrive at a pick-n-mix silhouette of long, puff-sleeve column dresses against cropped pants, generous lounge-y suits, and dramatic statement coats in fuzzy furs and squiggly quilting.
Ultimately though, it was through embellishment and accessory that Ellery ticked the most boxes: she worked giant pearls, fringing, contrast topstitching, crafty earrings, and corduroy boots into her styling hot pot. Each detail was a calculated appropriation of l’air du temps — in the right place, at the right time, as it were.
