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When I was younger I would wake up at 5am to turn on RAI television to watch the fashion shows from San Remo and Rome. I would watch these larger than life models take to the stage in the best of the best couture had to offer. So when I had the luxury to witness Chris Han’s show at Bryant Park I was elated at the opportunity.

Chris Han’s prêt-a-porter spring collection for next year transcends a classic femininity to a more of a progressive femininity for today’s fashion savvy chick. The runway was ablaze with many selections of style that diverted from her traditional monotone garments. Although, she has never had a bad collection, in the past there seemed to be less of a choice in the color palette of her collections. The colors she used for this collection truly embraced the season she was designing for. This is Chris Han’s best collection yet and her audience was very appreciative of her rising to the occasion.

The array of diversity was extraordinary, and you could not believe these pieces were for the ready to wear crowd. From flowy sheer tie-dye to crisp clean tailored looks, you could not help feeling impressed by the synchronicity in the drape work in most of the choices. Even the more structured pieces had areas of great flow or, for a better word, draping. The fabric was worked to hug the right parts of the body. And from her new bold color additions you realize that Chris Han definitely designs for the smart woman of today. It was the usage of shadow based colors of taupe and gray that I really loved, and how many of these two base colors were worked works them into prints with other brighter colors so you have a double-take effect. Some at first come off as boring but then you realize the collage of understatement at second glance. Nothing was too sheer, too gaudy, too beaded or too bright. Everything, in this collection, was so pure that any piece would stand on its own, without loosing it to fad fashion-sense.

Also we did see some minor usage of baby pink infused plaids, understated olive green prints, and beaded buttercup yellows. Her usage of the color gray was warm and soft. White was always structured unless it was combined with black and then it became this black/white flirty combo for evening. It is really hard to pick my favorite in this collection. I would have to say the sophisticated take on tie-dye fabrics were the best in my eyes. The dress and skirt made from this sheer layered material was a blend of several colors. Brown, taupe, and mauve-ish pink all infuse on a satiny sheer palette in looks that can be worn for either day or evening. I really felt that the usage of teal was a bit much. Not many people look good in teal it’s a wishy-washy color that sometimes overpowers beauty. Although I did love one outfit that used sheer teal as a blouse and then paired it with a high-waisted taupe pencil-skirt. It seemed to be a blend of two colors I’d never think to put together but it was so perfectly joined.

Chris Han has a tendency to add yellow to make her clothing pop and we seen that again this year, however she used several shades of yellow from mustard to buttercup, which is a big improvement. In fact it was her gold-ish mustard gown that was to die for and received a reaction from the crowd. Other crowd favorites were the rushed champagne pieces with that had mirror beaded details. It was a great twist on the usual sequence for a on a night on the town look.

There is a lot more I can say about each individual Chris Han design had structured suit dresses, flowy cocktail dresses and draped pant suits. Her separates all work together so you can pair any print with any of her other. This was my first fashion show during the infamous fashion week of Bryant Park and it was like welcomed chaos. To witness Chris Han’s unadulterated fashion sense was to worth it to see a coordinated collection that would form a perfect wardrobe.