Three decades into his career as an independent designer, Byron Lars is being honored twice this spring.
Not interested in “just checking boxes for her and moving onto the next thing,” Lars aims to strike a balance between the items that customers know the brand for and surprises that she might not be ready for this season, but possibly the next. “We want to keep it evolving in an organic way instead of a revolutionary arc,” Lars said.
The speed of the pandemic-induced shutdown happened so swiftly that many resorted to pajamas or a pajama sensibility “overnight,” the designer said. Once there were indicators of waning positive cases and a reemergence, “it seems there might have been some over correction in some cases with hard tailoring and full-on evening [wear],” Lars said. “Is it really happening in the real world? I would have to say to a degree yes and no.