Description
PH5 Pre Spring 2023
Wavy asymmetric dress in sustainably sourced yarns. Side stripe details create a slimming optical illusion, while the statement print and wavy hem steal the show.
Material
Recycled Viscose, Polyester, Recycled Rayon
Care
Machine wash cold with like colors
Do not wring or twist
Mild detergent
No chlorine bleach
Tumble dry low
Turn inside out
Origin
New York
The Collection
Once you have a design signature, it’s time to start thinking of how to evolve it. That’s certainly the case for Wei Lin and Zoe Champion, the designers behind PH5 and its recognizable wavy hemlines and compact knit dresses. Partly because the design process is so intensive (their bestselling Jodie dress takes 12 hours for a machine to knit because of the complexities of the waist detailing), it’s hard to imagine PH5 being successfully imitated. But that doesn’t mean Lin and Champion are able to get complacent. “Our first resort season was signature pieces in new colorways. For this resort we wanted to look at those signature pieces and what they mean to us now as a brand,” Champion says.
These items are repeated in three colorways: yellow and blue; pale pink and magenta; and black and gray-blue. The pièce de résistance, though, is a black evening gown that from the front is pretty standard. The back features a blue-trimmed cutout that to the trained eye looks like a Hepworth sculpture, but to mine at first was more like Gumby. Bisected by a chain, that little cutout rises to the challenge of PH5’s mission statement of being a sculptural, innovative knitwear brand.
