![]() ![]() ROGERS: I wanted a palette cleanser and to really show the intention I have for the brand. ![]() I wanted to have things that felt familiar but make them a little bit foreign. The things that were sort of bustled felt a bit more trash bag to me than Gilded Age. It’s more about cutting clothes than a theme. ROGERS: The building blocks of a wardrobe: the shirt, the jacket, or the cutting of the trousers. Was there a through line in your mind when you were designing this? MACIAS: There were a couple of bustles and Gilded Age –type silhouettes. I also wanted to push myself to do things that I’d never done before. I really just wanted to focus on the things that made me and my team happy, and the things that my customer is expecting from me. ROGERS: Going into this function, I wasn’t really thinking about what other people thought or all of the weight that these moments potentially place on the collection. How do you feel after experiencing all that and doing a runway show in person? You had a CFDA win, a Target collection, and the Met Gala with Sarah Jessica Parker. MACIAS: A lot has changed since you and I last talked before the pandemic. To hear more about our new favorite holiday, we caught up with Rogers for a quick chat about his inspirations and plans for the afterparty.ĮRNESTO MACIAS: What’s running through your system right now besides joy?ĬHRISTOPHER JOHN ROGERS: Exhilaration, I just feel good. Before the function, guests were advised to be mindful of their footwear, given the industrial setting, but in true New York fashion, everyone showed up clacking their heels. In attendance were friends of the designer including Raul Lopez of LUAR, Hillary Taymour of Collina Strada, Peter Do, and the legendary model Bethann Hardison-as well as some new faces like Kid Cudi and Whitney Peak. ![]() ![]() Karlie Kloss opened the show in a monochromatic look, stomping down the runway to the beats of longtime CJR collaborator DJ Skype Williams. In person, the venue served as a stark background to CJR’s Sarah Jessica Parker-approved color palettes and exuberant print combinations, reminding attendees that in darkness, there is always light. Online and IRL, fans swooned over 010 Playdough, a rainbow-colored collection presented at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. On Tuesday, stans and fashion lovers took to social media to anoint a new holiday in honor of Christopher John Rogers’s tenth runway show: #CJRDay. ![]()
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