City Girl Meets Corporate Princess in Sandy Liang's FW24 Collection

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Sandy Liang is just for the girls, and this collection has me dying for an office job. Corporate, but make it chic. This season marks a decade of Sandy Liang. A decade of Liang reminding us that it's okay to dive back into the past and reclaim aesthetics from our childhood we loved.

Contrary to her last collection, inspired by Sofia Coppolla's Virgin Suicides, this Fall/Winter 24 collection follows "a school girl that grows up to be a princess," according to show notes from Nicolaia Rips. "When she turns around, all the way down her back are tiny strands of braids, like bows. Illusions everywhere… but she knows who she is. She is special. She is just one girl in a group of girls."

“What It Feels Like for a Girl” by Madonna opened the show. The song explores the inequalities between men and women, with lyrics highlighting the challenges and pressures women face as they travel through life. “Someone To Call My Lover” by Janet Jackson and "Operate” by Peaches followed as the models walked the runway. Songs from the 90s and early 2000s add to the collection's theme: self-confidence and women's empowerment under their own terms and desires. 

Although the FW24 show has been dubbed the "Super Bow," as it falls on the same day as Super Bowl 58, bows weren't overwhelmingly the center of attention for this collection. After criticism for her abundant usage of bows last season, they've aged out as Liang opted for their use as detailed buttons, collars, and hems of sleeves. This season, the sling-back ballet heels and Peter Pan collars are the more appropriate Sandy Liang staples in this collection. 

Like previous seasons, the color palette was mainly black, gray, and beige, with the signature icy pink. However, in the sea of muted colors were two striking solid red looks with black accents and accessories. When patterns were apparent on the clothing, it can be best described as your coquette grandmother's floral armchair.

The collection was very loose. Baggy trousers, balloon mini, and midi skirts create gorgeous movement throughout the pieces. A recurring motif in Liang's collections, a rose, was used as 3D embellishments on zip-ups, dresses, and coats. Skirts over trousers, mini purses, and fuzzy teddy hooded coats with tweed, silk, and leather all play to Liang's playfulness and femininity but are showcased as an upscale, more mature city girl.  

Strike Out,

Morgann Rhule 

Boca Raton

Morgann (yes with 2 n’s) is the Web Director and a content writer for Strike Magazine. Her best friends describe her as a shopaholic bookworm who gives the best advice. Born in Jamaica, she wears it proudly with a beaded red, green, and gold necklace she never takes off. You can reach her on insta @morgannrhule or email morgannrhule@gmail.com