DION LEE
Resort 2023 Collection
By Angel Angus-Burke, July 27th 7:30pm
Beware! Obsession incoming…
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Thousands of cell phones are thrown into the air when Rosala’s “Saoko” begins to play. The stage is empty, but the throngs of admirers know that soon, the lights will flash and there will be Rosala, on the opening night of her 2022 global tour, which will take her from her native Spain to Europe and to North and South America. When she eventually comes, she’s dressed in a cobalt Dion Lee knit top and a low-waisted miniskirt that’s downright mini — all the better to show off her Dion Lee boots.
Lee has been scrolling through dozens of sketches he has produced for Rosala and all of her dancers for weeks in Paris. He will be the musician’s official costumer for the next four months of her tour, creating every belt, moto jacket, and flamenco-inspired gown. He doesn’t appear exhausted, but rather inspired to watch his concepts come to life on a celebrity of Rosala’s prominence.
That collaboration is ideal for him. His wife is the Rosala type — aggressive, harsh, and seductively seductive. His resort 2023 line, designed in collaboration with Rosala’s looks, is packed with ruggedly hot clothes with a motocross edge. The monstera leaf top from his spring 2021 collection has been reimagined as a padded black leather minidress with a tyre tread pattern. Shoulder and knee pads give sunbleached sweats an athletic vibe, while deconstructed corset suiting is as rigid as ever, yet seems completely appropriate in our bizarre intra-pandemic environment.
Maybe it’s because, after all the fuss over dressing up or down, extreme sharpness is the tone of the moment. Precision and slinkiness might be at conflict, but Lee strikes a happy medium here.
Are you as obsessed as we are yet? Which look is your fave?
