Specifically, they took their cues from their birthplace's musical subcultures punk, mod, ska, etc. and the uniforms associated with each. On the women's side, it informed a silhouette: fitted jackets and checked button-downs with matching narrow ties, worn over stovepipe pants tapering to a tight ankle above stacked heels.
(Alexander Wang Spring 2009 Ready-to-wear Collection on oohfashion.blogspot.com)
"They wanted color, they got color!" Alexander Wang declared a few days before his show. After a Fall collection done almost entirely in black, the new palette took shape during a trip to Miami, home not just of those amazing tropical Art Deco pastels but also of the so-bad-it's-good eighties Deco-redux tackiness of Miami Vice.
(LEFT: erin wasson, RIGHT: alexander wang)
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