NYFW Spring 2014 / Badgley Mischka: Make a Splash Mermaid Style

Badgley Mischka make a splash with their sea-inspired spring collection and front of house swims with supermodels

From the LifeMInute team

The Badgley Mischka sea-inspired spring collection extends it's tentacled reach to a slew of supermodels.

"What brings me here is their incredible creations and looking to select the next outfits for the red carpets which are coming up," says model Petra Nemcova.

Victoria's Secret angel Christine Teigen gushes over the gowns with boyfriend John Legend at her side.

"They're very sexy. I'm loving the sheer. John loves sheer. But the flowiness of them is everything," says Teigen.

The show certainly flows ... one evening-centric gown after the next.

"We are imagining our woman on her yacht diving into the GNC and emerging as a mermaid, says James Mischka.

Shimmery shades like light green, pale purple and pink make it tough to choose just one show topper.

"It's in a beautiful ray of gorgeous sort of oceany under the water colors and beautiful jacquards. It's sort of our quest to put a lot of volume in the silhouettes a lot of the red carpet gowns but also keeping them weightless," says Mark Badgley.

Necklines are low, hemlines are long and swimming.

"We started off being inspired by a 30s/20s French photographer ... effortless dreamy shots of women on the French Riviera," says James Mischka.

The model's hairdos look like they're wet from a dip.

"It's very smooth and shiny so it's very polished," adds Mark Badgley.

"The hair is a modern take on the classic 20s hairdo .. a lot of shine on top of the head," says James Mischka.
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Ocean-blue eyeshadow makes waves.

"I wanted an overall face very transparent at the same time very feminine and colorful," says Tom Pecheux, make-up artist.

If you never believed in mermaids, you may now.