Delicate beadwork, plant-stuffed plastic jackets and dangling threads flowed down the runway at Parsons School of Design's graduate show in New York this week, where collections with intricate details were among US reporter Bridget Cogley's highlights.
The fashion show took place at Spring Studios in New York City's Tribeca neighbourhood on Wednesday 4 September, to preempt with the start of New York Fashion Week today.
It comprised 12 student collections as a culmination of Parsons' masters of fine art degree in Fashion, Design & Society. Material clashes, dangling beads, stitching and splashes of nudity were prominent through a number of college students' body of works. Pops of orange, green and blue were also common.
Here are eight standout collections from the fashion show:
Bugs Garson
Bugs Garson, also known as Aideen Gaynor, presented a collection of womenswear and menswear pieces including tailored jackets, skirts and dresses dripping with beads and threads.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in Dublin, the designer crafted the looks drawing from letters written by her grandparents in 1948. The student was not afraid to use colour and opted for subtle floral designs with shades of sky blue, orange, teal and soft pink.

Meg Calloway

Ribbons, tassels and threads characterised designed by Meg Calloway, whose claims her pieces are "intuitive" and  "uninhibited by traditional forms of construction". Most were black with pops of pink and white used ...