{"id":289909,"date":"2026-02-13T21:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/289909\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T21:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:12:09","slug":"meruert-tolegen-fall-2026-ready-to-wear-gothic-restrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/289909\/","title":{"rendered":"Meruert Tolegen Fall 2026 Ready to Wear: Gothic Restrain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAfter inviting the fashion crowd to her new store last season for a runway show, Meruert Tolegen went with an even more intimate affair for fall in her boutique \u2014 which also serves as her atelier \u2014 with an edited-down message of only 15 looks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI wanted each garment to be spotlit, and I wanted each piece to really have its own moment,\u201d the designer said, walking though each piece during her presentation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTailoring has been bumped up \u00a0the past few seasons, and for <a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/shop\/shop-fashion\/coach-exclusive-fall-2026-runway-collection-buy-online-1238560318\/\" id=\"related_article_link_fall-2\" data-tag=\"fall-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fall<\/a> featured a wool drop-pocket blazer and shapely coats. A column coat with a sculpted synthetic hair collar meant to mimic monkey fur brought a touch of the macabre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShe evolved her silhouette with slim on top with a bulbous hip, like an upside-down tulip, seen on a satin corset lace-up hip dress. Hers is work that needs to be seen up close to explore her handcraft details; for instance, a black hand-knit cropped cashmere cardigan or cream cashmere argyle hand knit V-neck. Cashmere was yet another new fabrication, adding a tactile yet soft element to her work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHer dark\u00a0romanticism had gowns in a dusty gray that rumpled to the floor or as a tiered bubble strapless take. \u201cI don\u2019t normally do long gowns,\u201d she said, adding that she wanted it to feel exaggerated. Prints came with a subtle logo, her name in script, and she touched on menswear. \u201cI needed a male model just so I could make this pant,\u201d she said, gesturing to a wool pleated trouser paired with\u00a0a printed jabot shirt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUnmoved by the trends of the world, she continues to refine her Gothic romantic language, and the restraint only sharpens her proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After inviting the fashion crowd to her new store last season for a runway show, Meruert Tolegen went&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,12113,11062,85,46,1886],"class_list":["post-289909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-fall","tag-fashion-show-reviews","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}