“Trailblazers, it’s a double entendre,” Veronica Miele Beard mentioned of the title of her and Veronica Swanson Beard’s fall assortment, surrounded by, in fact, many blazers, inside their Midtown showroom.
As seen on their Veronica Beard temper board, the duo was impressed by trailblazing ladies from all industries and eras, channeling that ethos right into a Western-tinged lineup for the ladies they gown right now.
“These icons that went earlier than us and lit the way in which for us in each side of life, whether or not it’s design, aviation, movie, writing, tech or no matter. Additionally that American spirit — like adventurer, the danger taker, the going west, and unchartered territories, lands and industries. That was form of the spirit of it. So there’s some nice Western inspiration, some nice icon inspirations,” Miele Beard mentioned.
Outerwear was an enormous focus this season, with kinds spanning from Amelia Earhart-esque funnel-neck jackets to cozy, reversible shearlings and tailor-made coats with a wise providing of interchangeable collars. Nothing was overly thematic, however relatively got here via sharp, on a regular basis tailoring with sturdy shoulders and female, handkerchief-hemmed or boho-tinged layers in earth tones, tapestry and animalia prints, or embellished with cabochon buttons, studded {hardware} and bejeweled accents. General, a lineup crammed with elevated “select your personal journey” staples for his or her buyer’s vogue journey, whether or not heading west, or to the workplace.
Whereas the sisters-in-law duo won’t be presenting their fall assortment through a presentation or present this season, they famous three essential activations surrounding New York Trend Week. First, they launched the model’s Substack, the place the duo are having fun with sharing the historical past of their kinds, just like the signature Dicky Jackets. Second, the model and the CFDA this month renewed the three-year partnership of the Veronica Beard x CFDA Inventive Futures Scholarship, and third, the duo might be touring to Florida in March for an in-season spring celebration with clients.
