{"id":80514,"date":"2023-09-14T11:40:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T01:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=239024"},"modified":"2023-09-14T05:51:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T05:51:06","slug":"elena-velez-nyfw-ss24","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/elena-velez-nyfw-ss24\/","title":{"rendered":"NYFW: Elena Velez\u2019s Cesspit Of Gore Was A Mud Fight You Can\u2019t Look Away From"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_239036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239036\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239036\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elena-Velez-SS24-NYFW.jpg\" alt=\"Elena-Velez-SS24-NYFW\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Backstage at the Elena Velez Spring 2024 Ready To Wear Runway Show on September 12, 2023 in New York, New York. (Photo by Jade Greene\/WWD via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">When the first video of Elena Velez\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/fashion-week-2023\/\">New York Fashion Week show<\/a> made it onto my algorithm, I had to do a double take. As models clambered onto one another in a cesspit of dirt, grime and greasy mud, I was sure I was watching a snippet from the internet\u2019s \u2018The Gauntlet\u2019 challenge, or the opening of an NSFW video you may find in another corner of the dark web.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It was provocative, messy, guttural and raw. A collection that made me squirm and slither in discomfort as I thought about the lengths those models would have to go to scrub the mud from under their nail beds and out of their pores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For the uninitiated, Velez took a nondescript warehouse in Bushwick to stage her Spring\/Summer 2024 collection. By the sordid setting, it\u2019s clear that Velez took no note of seasonality. Or convention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Or, even the ensembles her guests would sport for the show, which many report ranged from angelic whites to crips Thom Brownes. (All of which were reportedly left as freshly pressed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/fashion-shows\/spring-2024-ready-to-wear\/elena-velez\" target=\"_blank\">stain-free as they arrived<\/a>, by some fashion miracle).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-video\"><video muted=\"1\" class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-80514-1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" autoplay=\"1\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elena-Velez.mp4?_=1\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n<p><em>Credit: Instagram.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ssense\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">@ssense<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Similar to Balenciaga\u2019s Spring\/Summer 2023 collection, Velez had models dredge through layers of mud to showcase her latest offering. The presentation itself felt like a theatre of the absurd performance, continuing the theme set by Wiederhoeft to well and give audiences a show. But, beneath the layers of spectacle and provocation, was there something worth unearthing?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Velez wrote in her show notes that the collection, entitled \u2018The Longhouse\u2019, was a \u201ccreative interpretation of the reorganisation of contemporary society around feminine expressions of control and behavioral modelling\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Perhaps a head-scratching, overly articulate explanation for a panoply of dark glamour, but extrapolated on her thesis: \u201cWhat is contemporary female evil and why do we condescend to women by claiming its lack of existence?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This archetype came to the forefront in inherently anarchist silhouettes. These aren\u2019t the pieces the New York women want to wear to brunch\u2014-though they undoubtedly will\u2014these are the designs made for the apocalypse. Or, next year\u2019s Burning Man all things considered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Underpinned by a sense of resourcefulness and ultra violence, Velez presented a collection fit for the antagonist. Cotton pieces that moulded the body were slashed and sheared with great delight, revealing subversive undergarments that read \u201cfed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There were the hallmarks of orthodox techniques through Velez\u2019s tailoring or corsetry, but later in the collection the raw hems and frayed edges made it clear these weren\u2019t Saville Row\u2019s Sunday best.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Velez answered Troye Sivan\u2019s question in <i>The Idol<\/i>\u2014\u201cWhen was the last truly f****** nasty, nasty, bad girl?\u201d They\u2019re all in Brooklyn, walking her show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239034\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239034\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24-7.jpg\" alt=\"Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, USA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 12: A model walks the runway during the Elena Velez Ready to Wear Spring\/Summer 2024 fashion show as part of the New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2023 in NY. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239033\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239033\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24-5.jpg\" alt=\"Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, USA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 12: A model walks the runway during the Elena Velez Ready to Wear Spring\/Summer 2024 fashion show as part of the New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2023 in NY. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239032\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239032\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24-6.jpg\" alt=\"Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, USA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 12: A model walks the runway during the Elena Velez Ready to Wear Spring\/Summer 2024 fashion show as part of the New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2023 in NY. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239031\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239031\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24-4.jpg\" alt=\"Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, USA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 12: A model walks the runway during the Elena Velez Ready to Wear Spring\/Summer 2024 fashion show as part of the New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2023 in NY. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239030\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239030\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24-3.jpg\" alt=\"Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, USA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 12: A model walks the runway during the Elena Velez Ready to Wear Spring\/Summer 2024 fashion show as part of the New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2023 in NY. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239029\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239029\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24-2.jpg\" alt=\"Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, USA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 12: A model walks the runway during the Elena Velez Ready to Wear Spring\/Summer 2024 fashion show as part of the New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2023 in NY. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239028\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239028\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elena-Velez-NYFW-SS24\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, USA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 12: A model walks the runway during the Elena Velez Ready to Wear Spring\/Summer 2024 fashion show as part of the New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2023 in NY. 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