Diesel Black Gold Fall 2012 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Style.com: Runway Review

Diesel Black Gold

NEW YORK, February 14, 2012

By Alison Baenen

Sophia Kokosalaki stayed at home for Diesel Black Gold's latest show (she's expecting a baby), but over e-mail she said that the brand's well-received pre-fall collection became the foundation for this one. That meant a continued focus on outerwear—a leather trench with a slouchy knit turtleneck stood out—and a strong dose of menswear. Kokosalaki also injected a bit of humor for Fall, opening the show with a pop art image of a pixelated girl in tears on a black-and-white sweater. OK, maybe that's not funny, exactly, but it set the tone of irreverence the designer was going for. For a little more cheek, slouchy shorts in treatments from shiny leopard print to pony hair were layered over men's boxer shorts in a blue and white stripes. It looked like the kind of outfit a rocker girl might make up after rolling out of bed with a banker.

Skirts came slung low, too; they hung just at the hips with the help of wide, sexy belts that attached at the back. For a denim prediction, it looks like prints aren't going anywhere soon. The jeans in this collection came splatter-painted or patterned and were cut with a bit of give, to just below the knee. These were fresh reworkings of street staples, laid-back and super-cool.

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A.F. Vandevorst	A.L.C.	A.P.C.
Acne	A Détacher	Akris
Alberta Ferretti	Albino	Alexander McQueen
Alexander Wang	Alexandre Herchcovitch	Alexis Mabille
Alice + Olivia	Altuzarra	Andrew Gn
Anna Sui	Ann Demeulemeester	Anne Valérie Hash
Ann-Sofie Back Atelje	Anthony Vaccarello	Antonio Berardi
Antonio Marras	Aquascutum	Aquilano.Rimondi
Araks	Azzaro

Badgley Mischka	Balenciaga	Bally
Balmain	Banana Republic	Band of Outsiders
Barbara Bui	Barbara Casasola	Barbara Tfank
Basso & Brooke	BCBG Max Azria	Bebe
Behnaz Sarafpour	Belstaff	Betsey Johnson
Bibhu Mohapatra	Bill Blass	Billy Reid
BLK DNM	Blumarine	Bottega Veneta
Bouchra Jarrar	Brood	Burberry Prorsum

Cacharel	Calla	Calvin Klein Collection
Camilla and Marc	Carlos Miele	Carolina Herrera
Carven	Catherine Malandrino	Cédric Charlier
Celine	Central Saint Martins	Chado Ralph Rucci
Chadwick Bell	Chalayan	Chanel
Charlotte Ronson	Chloé	Chris Benz
Christian Cota	Christian Dior	Christian Siriano
Christophe Lemaire	Christopher Kane	Christopher Raeburn
Clements Ribeiro	Collette Dinnigan	Comme des Garçons
Commuun	Costello Tagliapietra	Costume National
Creatures of Comfort	Creatures of the Wind	Cushnie et Ochs
Custo Barcelona	Cynthia Rowley

Daks	Damir Doma	Danielle Scutt
Daryl K	David Koma	Dean Quinn
Dennis Basso	Derek Lam	Diane von Furstenberg
Diesel Black Gold	Dion Lee	Dirk Bikkembergs
DKNY	Dolce & Gabbana	Donna Karan
Doo.Ri	Douglas Hannant	Dries Van Noten
Dsquared²	Duro Olowu

Edun	Elie Saab	Elie Tahari
Elizabeth and James	Emilia Wickstead	Emilio de la Morena
Emilio Pucci	Emporio Armani	Erdem
Erin Fetherston	Etro