Basch is much more subtle with Wesley Badanjak at the helm for its fall/winter 2012 season
Basch is much more subtle with Wesley Badanjak at the helm for its fall/winter 2012 season
By Kevin Naulls | March 7, 2012
By Kevin Naulls | 03/07/2012
A new Basch (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
Two scarlet finale gowns—a glazed, architectural floor-length piece and a gathered cap-sleeved jersey dress—created a statement that made this season’s Basch collection worth taking a second look at. Unfortunately, those were the last two dresses, and there was a lot of filler, including a Bianca Jagger –esque fur jacket (which seemed to chew up and spit out the rather cute chiffon dress underneath) and a black chenille jacket with a weighty pleated apron. Basch was formerly designed by Project Runway Canada alum Brandon Dwyer, but gone are the days of crotch-bearing gowns and sagging mini-dresses. Check out how Badanjak updated the brand in our full runway gallery after the jump.
Much like in his own line , Badanjak veered away—for the most part—from anything too ostentatious. We liked a graphic-print dress with a fluttering skirt that looked like a combination of brushstrokes, and a simple one-sleeve and one-shoulder black jersey dress that’s much more wearable than Dwyer’s disco-inspired version from the fall/winter 2011 collection. Apart from some great graphic pieces that are perfect for spring, the run of finale gowns and a lone crimson pant, Basch is very much a collection of cocktail dresses that people may gladly buy off the rack. Just not this one, this one and this one (please).
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