EDITORIAL: Christopher Shannon FW15

Plastic bags take centuries to decompose, that's why many environmental activities have heralded reusable bags for years. The idea has slowly caught on with the general public but not fast enough for Christopher Shannon. The requisite plastic bag that grocery stores around the world offer to consumers to carry their purchases is front and center at Shannon's FW15 collection: plastered on knits, with logos like "Thanks 4 Nothing", covering several models faces, and even one look that was made to look like an artfully tied floral scarf. The narrative (repurposing/recycling) was simple enough to follow but the clothes, with their intricate design aspects like the swaths of extra fabrics jutting from behind, some "taped" to shoulders or sleeves, all the way to an entire outfit made from track pants were the real standouts.