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Rosie Assoulin – SS17 Collection With Over 358,000 SWAROVSKI Crystals

Rosie Assoulin – SS17 Collection With Over 358,000 SWAROVSKI Crystals September 13, 2016Designer, New York0 Comments

ROSIE ASSOULIN PRESENTS CRYSTAL COLOR BLOCKS AND FRINGE

IN SS17 COLLECTION WITH OVER 358,000 SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS

New York, September 12, 2016

Rosie Assoulin, one of this year’s three Swarovski Collective designers in New York and winner of the 2016 Swarovski Collective Award and 2015 CFDA Swarovski Award for Womenswear, presented her Spring/Summer 2017 collection in New York’s Meatpacking District today. Assoulin integrated over 358,000 Swarovski crystals into the collection. Using the summer season as her inspiration, Assoulin created bold color blocks with Swarovski crystals in a variety of colors on a dress which included more than 142,000 crystals alone.

Swarovski crystal beads were incorporated into fringe elements on shoes and a hat and the phrases ‘thank you have a nice day’ and ‘wish you were here’ were written out in custom crystal designs on tops. Assoulin commented: “Swarovski crystal elements take our garments to the next level and capture movement. It’s the extra ‘oomph!’ Finding new applications in the garments comes naturally – it’s figuring out how we make it our own that is the most interesting part. We’re constantly pushing the craftsmen we work with to try new things with us and the result always is so fun and exciting!”

Founded in 1999 following Nadja Swarovski’s collaboration with Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow, the Swarovski Collective encourages emerging and established designers to explore the creative boundaries of crystal use and craftsmanship. The latest edition of the Swarovski Collective program spans New York, London, Paris and Milan fashion weeks, offering the designers year-long financial and crystal product support, plus the chance to win the annual Swarovski Collective Prize, the winner of which will be announced in May 2017.

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