It was nearly two years ago that Christopher John Rogers was last on the runway. He had been showing on the resort schedule, in a bid to gain attention and book orders at a time of year when retailers tend to have more budget. But the economic headwinds buffeting fashion hit him hard, as they have other emerging designers. Having opted to rejoin the New York Fashion Week calendar, he landed the headliner spot on day one, and despite the chill in the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Agger Fish Buidling, there was a buzz in the air at his show: the usual first-day-back sense of reunion and an excitement about having one of American fashion’s most promising young names in the mix again. Read my review. |
