For his second ready to wear collection, Jason Wu warms up his classic glamor woman and gives her countless options. The opening section is a series of all black looks, from the outerwear piece to the cocktail dresses. One of the standout outerwear pieces in the opening section is a black wool coat with ¾ length sleeves and worn with a mustard yellow leather belt. The collar of the coat is encrusted with pearled beads. Wu touched on a few of last season’s trends like brocade fabrics and 50’s style cape jackets. The second section is a highlight of a little color, mainly red and yellow with a lot of metallic silver. The silhouettes from the opening to second sections are all over the place. No clear defined silhouette statement in the whole collection. For evening Wu only showed 6 gowns, all floor length and all draped with a romantic full silhouette. One of the standout gowns is the red silk taffeta empire waist gown. The fabrics drapes to the floor with a slight slope in the front showing off the red silk satin fabric underskirt.

The two must have pieces are from the opening section. First is a wide neck silk jacquard dress with an elbow length sleeve and pencil skirt shape with a flare at the hem. The other must have piece is a silver brocade fabric jacket. The tailoring is very simple but the silver brocade as an unique look. The look of the collection is still reminiscent of his passion in designing clothes for doll collections. Absent is his sense of adventure in creating unique pieces and looks. While the whole collection is easily a commercial success, editorially this collection might hurt Wu with very few eye please pieces.

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