
It was almost too much to take in, between the piecework and the fringe and the zippers and the slogan sweaters and the Hadids and the Baldwins. Layers upon layers upon layers: That more or less sums up what was happening on the runway today.

Bönström is a Swedish woman, albeit one who has been a Parisienne for 25 years, which lends yet another layer to the narrative.

“I was imagining the Parisian woman picking up the energy of the cool New York woman,” said Zadig & Voltaire artistic director Cecilia Bönström backstage at the house’s Fall presentation in Chelsea, describing her approach this season.
