Altuzarra Spring / Summer 2017

NEW YORK — Long before actor Nicolas Cage (ask your grandparents) inexplicably made his name in Hollywood as an action movie star, he spent much of his early career starring in such cult classics as Valley Girl (1983) and Raising Arizona (1987). Few roles of this period, however quite capture the imagination as his portrayal of Sailor opposite Laura Dern’s Lola in David Lynch’s Wild at Heart (1990). The afterglow of this romance can be felt to this day and was especially evident in Joseph Altuzarra’s women’s collection for Spring / Summer 2017, presented on the runway at Spring Studios on Sunday afternoon. “This season I wanted to channel the rebellious and youthful spirit of [the film]...I wanted the collection to feel happy, vibrant and erotically charged.” Oh, was it ever thus! On the afternoon eight girls at Next including Katlin Aas, Alanna Arrington, Grace Hartzel, Lorena Maraschi, Selena Forrest, Binx, Lia Pavlova, and Julie Hoomans all featured in the runway show wearing ruffle dresses with cherry and and python print, cropped cargo jackets worn with girlish bras, and more. There was buoyant air backstage best typified by Alanna and Selena, both of whom were sharing in japes with makeup artist Tom Pecheux. Now, then. As an exasperated Lola screams in Wild at Heart, “Sailor Ripley, you get me some music on that radio this instant! I mean it!” Credits include: Client, Altuzarra; Collection, Women’s Ready-To-Wear Spring / Summer 2017; Clothing design, Joseph Altuzarra;