Translated by
Marguerite Capelle
Published on
September 10, 2024
Last week, the share price of the Spanish luxury company Puig collapsed on the Madrid Stock Exchange. But this Monday in New York, the group’s classiest brand, Carolina Herrera, reached new heights with a fantastic collection presented, with a touch of irony, on Wall Street.
Carolina Herrera – Spring-Summer 2025 – Women’s Ready-to-Wear – New York – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight
“Simply beautiful,” commented founder Carolina Herrera, front row with her pure gray wool pantsuit, surrounded by a crowd of authentic customers wearing sky-high heels and sophisticated hairdos.
A visual ode to shapes and silhouettes, the new collection designed by Wes Gordon is one of his best to date for the house of Herrera.
The invitation was an exotic fish, whose colors recurred throughout the collection—Carolina blue, Princeton orange, and lemon yellow. But the key to the collection was the refined shapes: an explosion of fabric petals forming a cloud-like floral bodice paired with flared tuxedo pants; a divinely cut black calico dress with kimono shoulders; or a marvelous black silk dress held up by one shoulder, set on lace-encrusted stiletto heels.
But Wes Gordon maintains an exceptional sense of restraint, as with this white guipure dress with double straps, which exudes class. He is a poet of polka dot patterns, declined on mermaid dresses, fitted or flared pieces, ball gowns or nighties with perfect ruches, all in various combinations of black and white polka dots – matching the clutches and the kitten heels.
Her high society hostess sheath dresses, in raspberry and pink tones, or her maxi-volume muslin dress, in Arsenal red, are just as impeccable.
Carolina Herrera – Spring-Summer 2025 – Women’s Ready-to-Wear – New York – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight
“I wanted to go back to the bare minimum, to prune and return to the fundamentals of pure architecture, while keeping the maximum of femininity. I wanted dazzling clothes, for a wow effect, and when there are too many sleights of hand, too many background noises, you don’t hear that wow!”, explained a beaming Gordon with a shaved head backstage.
The whole thing was carried by a mix of Janet Jackson hits – from “Nasty” to “All for You”. This collection is a fitting reminder that when it comes to top-notch elegance, Herrera remains the undisputed queen of New York.
The collection was presented in a rock garden designed by Japanese master sculptor Isamu Noguchi, inside a steel skyscraper at 28 Liberty Street – in the heart of Wall Street.
Later in the day, Puig CEO Marc Puig will meet with analysts, who may be a little surprised by the recent 13% drop in the stock in 24 hours, after the group had just announced a 26% drop in profits for the first half. But Puig brushed aside concerns about this, stressing that the drop is mainly due to the costs incurred by its €13.9 billion IPO, the largest in Europe this year.
“The most important thing is that Barcelona plays well,” stressed the businessman, who never lets himself be put off and whose favourite football club, after a few difficult seasons, is currently top of La Liga, the Spanish first division.
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