AP – Bluemarble counts actor Timothee Chalamet and singer Justin Bieber among its aficionados. Some amused guests in the front row asked if designer Anthony Alvarez was making a statement with his fare about how the brand has become.
His eye-popping display was a typical melting pot of streetwear, tailoring and cross-cultural, country-hopping references.
Alvarez, who was born in New York and has Filipino, Spanish, French and Italian roots, uses his several identities as a style touchstone. The brand’s name itself is global, borrowed from an iconic photo of Earth taken in 1972 by the Apollo 17 crew.
Faded blue jeans and bright yellow loafers paid homage to that decade. A huggable grey marled knit featured the brand name emblazoned across it and led the way for myriad shaggy, multi-colour retro looks that came across as part-Woodstock, part yeti.
But there were also clever moments, such as the mask motifs that appeared on slouchy sweaters and suggested questions about the nature of true identity.
