Daks

A new Post "Daks" was written on the February 19, 2012 at 5:21 am on "Textile Global - Textile and Fashion News".

English heritage brand Daks [1] has undergone a stealth reinvention.
Sheila McKain-Waid quietly took charge of the house's womenswear last
season, and just as quietly made her debut with a Spring '12
collection that had an almost meditative cleanness. Today's Daks show
had a similarly Zen quality to it, but it made for a high-volume
announcement of its emergence as a brand to watch.

Despite Daks' Englishness---the brand has three royal seals, and a
history that goes back almost 130 years---the house is actually a
rather international concern. Its biggest market is in the Far East,
and not only is McKain-Waid American, but she arrived at Daks
following stints at Halston, Donna Karan, and Oscar de la Renta. It's
not altogether surprising, therefore, that this collection had as much
an international feel as an English one: The designer's woven
detailing and cocoonish outerwear silhouettes owed something to Japan,
and her pared-back approach to the clothes owed something more to the
look and attitude of classic American sportswear. (Claire McCardell is
one of McKain-Waid's oft-cited references.)

All of that served a distinctly English sense of reserve, with the
Daks checks artfully exploited. The most successful use of the check
was in inventively constructed outerwear: McKain-Waid amassed an army
of pattern-making techniques for the coats and jackets, including
circular seaming, paneling, and bias-cutting, which provided the
pieces with an unexpected sense of volume and movement. Elsewhere, her
high-waist, wide-leg trousers were dramatically chic, and a group of
check-referencing burnout velvet pieces gave the d

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[1] http://www.style.com/fashionshows/designerdirectory/DAKSS/seasons/

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