Albert Kriemier’s Fall/Winter collection opened with ruffles! A slow start! The opening section is slinky black with a lot of sheen silks trimmed in delicate ruffles. He opens with a lot of all black looks and then shifts into a dark gray looks. The shape and silhouette is very close to the body, from the skirts and dresses to the outerwear pieces. I really love the pieces with the tiers of black faux fur layered vertically on black crepe and chiffon. One of the standout pieces in the opening section is a knee-length long sleeve dress; the black chiffon is covered in the tiers of fur. The dress look is topped with a deep indigo wool sleeveless safari jacket. The second section jumps out of the dark palette and into shocks of color like magenta and soft shades of white. The silhouette slightly loosens up but I don’t like the little fabric box pieces.

In the third section Kriemier moves back to grays and blacks and the silhouette tightens up again. But the designer starts to add heavy volume top pieces to the looks. For evening he focuses on giving the looks more shine and depth with a few print pieces. One of the must have pieces is a white wool overcoat with a black chiffon shell. I know the piece is a copy from the Dolce & Gabbana collection, but Kriemier’s gives the coat modern construction rather than voluptuous sculpted silhouette at D&G. The other must have piece from the collection is one of the black chiffon cocktail dresses covered in tiers of faux fur trim in black. This dress is unique because Albert spaced the tiers adding more lines to the dress. The inspiration for the collection is fluid. While there was very little color in the collection Albert’s detailed fabrics and clean silhouette are a marriage. He opted to steer clear of this season’s looser shape but a lot of the strongest looks in the collection are some of his heavily detailed piece looks. I felt the collection was perfect just as is, no need for more color and no need for more volume. Bravo Monsieur Kriemier!

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