Rag & Bone. Fall 2020 Ready-to-Wear - New York Fashion Week.

(Images from the designer and the public domain. Credited to the photographer/company where applicable: Gorunway.com)


Marcus Wainwright, after his Prefall and Men's Fall 2020 lookbook showings, has returned Rag & Bone back to the runway with a lot more maturity in its brand purpose, ensuring the continuation of English tailoring sets a benchmark for the American 'street' styles.  A reassurance that the brand reflects more of a serious pose, which I feel the fashion industry at the moment is in the process of embracing quality over quantity as an ethos, although Wainwright's collection does end up stretching itself over 50 pieces for its Ready-to-Wear collection.  So there is an obvious upping of the ante, with the brand's repertoire of his latest Fall 2020 styles, as mentioned, while reducing the post-adolescent looks of the last seasons.  It has overall smoothing out the kinks and promoted a more serious and determined presentation.

Wainwright has pushed forward all the trends that have surfaced from both 2018 and 2019, onto this season's Rag & Bone Fall runway offering for New York Fashion Week.  Whether it be mountaineering, military and utility wears to his vision of tailored stylizations, there is also just enough amorous looks on display.  A Spring 2020 runway trend which surfaced at the tail end of 2019.  

The collection is intermixed with both male and female models for Rag & Bone's RTW ensemble, with all the styles presented offering a well structured and solid showing, particularly the women's selections.  There is Wainwright's plaid overcoat styles and suiting pattens, overlaid onto street style looks as a mix and match component, which as a look, mirrors the newer street styles of late. However, the vastness of Rag & Bone's Fall 2020 collection, is testament to Wainwright covering all the bases, while some of the other styles reflected are of the rugged and definitiveness of masculinity – seen, obliviously, on the male models, so this is no unisex showing per se, except that the female counterparts for Rag & Bone's latest array, equally look good wearing elements of male clothing.  With moments of the lingerie outwear styles being represented, also seen are miniskirts and slip dresses, worn as complementary styles with the large overcoats, cropped faux leather jackets and ponchos.  To which Wainwright also plays around with both oversized and fitted, with polymide, which is such a great material, used on various jackets and coats.  There is very much an urban and contemporary feel to this collection, ensuring the fusion of Wainwright's take on his conservative English herringbone and plaid tailored styles have been mixed onto the urbanized street aesthetics.  All achieved with a finesse.