Jason Wu's fourth collection for BOSS Womenswear looks to the Bauhaus movement for inspiration.
The Bauhaus mantra – that form must follow function – has always been embedded within the BOSS Womenswear school of pared-down cool. This season, the Bauhaus was brought to the foreground and onto the set of the show. Moving the Spring/Summer 2016 BOSS Womenswear fashion show from its previous seasons’ Wall Street home to a more uptown address on Park Avenue also seemed to reflect a shift in mood for Jason Wu, artistic director of the house.
Strong graphics on the set were a nod towards constructivism, and the influence of the art of Bauhaus on Wu's looser and more feminine fourth collection for BOSS Womenswear was strongly felt. Two themes ran through the polished looks – one centred on fringe and the other on pleating – all the while infused with the same high modernist references in colour and shape.