Fashion, News | February 15, 2016

Fashion Alert: Jill Stuart Talks To Haute Living About Her FW2016 Collection

Fashion, News | February 15, 2016

By Rosa Sanchez

Taking everyone’s breath away, New York designer Jill Stuart presented her FW16 collection in a cool catwalk at Industria Superstudio in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. With electric reds, purples, silvers and golds, Stuart’s newest collection brought a magnetic energy over the crowd, focusing all eyes on her shimmering designs and flowing silhouettes. With a front-row view, A-listers such as Jena Malone, Willow Shields, Caroline Polachek, Zoe Kazan, Julia Goldani-Telles, Katherine McNamara, Bridget McGarry, Arden Wohl, Cory Kennedy, Alix Brown and Sophie Curtis were present and in head-to-toe Jill Stuart.

- New York, NY - 2/13/16 - Jill Stuart NYFW Fall 2016 Runway Show. -PICTURED: Katherine McNamara, Zoe Kazan, Jill Stuart, Jena Malone, Willow Shields -PHOTO by: Marion Curtis/Starpix -FILENAME: MC_16_01071166.JPG -LOCATION: Industria Superstudio Startraks Photo New York, NY For licensing please call 212-414-9464 or email sales@startraksphoto.com Image may not be published in any way that is or might be deemed defamatory, libelous, pornographic, or obscene. Please consult our sales department for any clarification or question you may have. Startraks Photo reserves the right to pursue unauthorized users of this image. If you violate our intellectual property you may be liable for actual damages, loss of income, and profits you derive from the use of this image, and where appropriate, the cost of collection and/or statutory damages. — New York, NY – 2/13/16 – Jill Stuart NYFW FW 2016 Runway Show
L-R: Katherine McNamara, Zoe Kazan, Jill Stuart, Jena Malone, Willow Shields
Photo by: Marion Curtis/Starpix

Backstage before the show, we asked the design a few insider questions about the collection and here is what happened:

HL: How does your design process work, from start to finish?
JS: Well I’m leaving the day after the show to go to Paris, I go to Premiere Vision, the big fabric show and start selecting my fabrics and that’s how it all begins.

HL: What is your favorite part of designing?
JS: All of it, I love all of it, from beginning to the end. I love working with the fabrics, developing m own fabrics, working on designing the silhouettes, and I love when it all comes to life. When the collection all comes together and the show ends, that is my favorite part.

FW16 NEW YORK FASHION WEEK — Jill Stuart FW16 New York Fashion Week – Photo by StarPix

HL: Do you have any fabrics or trends that you gravitate towards collection after collection?
JS: I always tend to use a lot of embroidered fabrics and print, floral prints, I love them.

HL: How do you feel about trends in the fashion world?
JS: I kind of like to do my own thing, I try to stay true to my girl.

HL: Who would you say i the Jill Stuart girl?
JS: A girl that has her own personal style, that likes to mix it all up and has her own sensibility. She’s feminine but also a cool girl with a modern vibe.

- New York, NY - 2/13/16 - Jill Stuart NYFW Fall 2016 Runway Show. -PICTURED: Caroline Polachek, Katherine McNamara, Willow Shields, Julia Goldani-Telles, Bridget McGarry, Sophie Curtis, Carlotta Kohl -PHOTO by: Marion Curtis/Starpix -FILENAME: MC_16_01071271.JPG -LOCATION: Industria Superstudio Startraks Photo New York, NY For licensing please call 212-414-9464 or email sales@startraksphoto.com Image may not be published in any way that is or might be deemed defamatory, libelous, pornographic, or obscene. Please consult our sales department for any clarification or question you may have. Startraks Photo reserves the right to pursue unauthorized users of this image. If you violate our intellectual property you may be liable for actual damages, loss of income, and profits you derive from the use of this image, and where appropriate, the cost of collection and/or statutory damages. — New York, NY – 2/13/16 – Jill Stuart NYFW Fall 2016 Runway Show
L-R: Caroline Polachek, Katherine McNamara, Willow Shields, Julia Goldani-Telles, Bridget McGarry, Sophie Curtis, Carlotta Kohl
Photo by: Marion Curtis/Starpix

HL: What are you most excited to share with your fans with this new collection?
JS: I call these girls my “Night Blossoms”, they have like an underground elegance, a lush style and a tough opulence and that’s what I want to share today.

HL: We know you have a huge Asian market and you travel back an forth, but how do feel about your New York audience?
JS: I love my New York audience, I’m a native New Yorker and so my New York audience is extremely important to me.