Naeem Khan NYFW SS17 Runway Show

By Tenlie Mourning
September 14, 2016

​Naeem Khan floored the last day of New York Fashion Week with his Spring '17 collection. A slow, elegant presentation, the new collection was dynamic, ranging from retro color schemes and cuts to sheer A-lines nostalgic of a past era.  It was truly a pleasure to watch. The cuts, the colors, the movement of the fabric was all spectacular, perhaps even impressing the star-studded audience headed by Iris Apfel.
 
Khan did not give into trends of fast-paced, pop-inspired themes characterizing many of the shows we've seen this week, but rather let his work make the real music. The models moved demurely down the ultra-long runway, rocking red-bottom heels. Some sets in the collection were invariably formal, others reminiscent of the early 20th century, and another went global. We suspect that many of the budding trends seen on Khan's runway might really make it big come Spring '17: fringe, embroidery, and international inspired embellishments.
 
Attended by a host of celebrities-- Christina Hendricks and blogger Arielle Charnas to name a few-- Khan packed Moynihan station on W. 33rd in New York City. Khan appeared humbly from backstage after the presentation, and was met with an earnest standing ovation.