Daughters by Obedient Sons Rocks the S/S '09 Catwalk

Seems more than ever before, eyes are tuned in to the husband and wife designer team that creates Daughters by Obedient Sons. Swaim and Christina Hutson, newly minted CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund nominees, showed a wardrobe inspired by dreamy utopias designed with a serene and sun-bleached prairie palette, with loads of tactile linens, chunky laces, and hand-knits that spoke of the finer things. Followers of DbOS have come to expect the duo—who were exclusively menswear designers until a few seasons ago—to tailor a perfect jacket and give it an edgy spin, and they delivered by cutting them in austere linen and pairing them with high-waisted trousers and shorts. They're creating for the laides noe with girlish Watteau-back baby-doll dresses and the ladylike coupling of tiny tees and poor-boy knits tucked into palazzo pants. The designer couple is clearly itching to nudge their daughters out of the masculine/feminine nest. But while the newly feminine looks are delicate and beautiful, it's still their more unique knack for subverting masculine classics that makes people focus in and wanting more.




source: style.com, elle.com