Lacoste Brings Serious Game, NYFW Fall 2014

Tennis Anyone? Felipe Oliveira Baptista brings serious game to the runway with pleated skirts, polos, and a color palette reminiscent of a clay court

From the LifeMinute team

February 8th, 2014

sporty credentials.

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Tennis Anyone? Lacoste brings serious game to the runway with pleated skirts, polos, and a color palette reminiscent of a clay court.

"I think you have to remember that what you are looking at on the runway is theatre so it's always going to be a heightened reality," says Hal Rubenstein, Fashion Director InStyle Magazine.

Felipe Oliveira Baptista's show leaves you fantasizing about an active life, even if you don't have one. The track jackets, technical fabrics --like a latex duster-- have a futuristic vibe for fall.

"I like the craziness and I like to see all the new fashions that are coming out," says
actress Bella Thorne.

Hal Rubenstein, Fashion Director at InStyle magazine, reminds us it may all seem crazy but in fact these are wardrobe essentials.

"Do you see a shirt you love? Do you see a sweater you love? You'd be surprised, it's a lot more pragmatic than you think," he says.

Baptista loves lines. They are on everything like the white lines on a court at Wimbeldon. Knits also make a strong showing and sheath dresses with rugby stripes.

"I think Lacoste is cool. I like clothes that are focused on activewear. I live an active life. I like those clothes, the clothes that are lean, that are technologically fascinating. Part of your life has to have a sense of activity. You have to do something and so those clothes actually matter, says Rubinstein.

If we're keeping score it's : LOVE.