Long Champ S/S2020: New York

The Boho Sporty Chic

The French brand known for accessories has skewed hippie-chic under her watch, and this season she takes her boho girl into the nineties and gives her a sporty redo.

The collection opened with Kaia Gerber (yes, that Kaia) in a black nylon dress-shaped jacket styled over a crisp white shirt. She made a statement — a strong girl marching past the pool at Hearst Plaza at Lincoln Center as a powerful sun blasted the crowd.

There was a tension between hard and soft here that played out with her materials. Soft feminine silk dresses were paired with a wrestling shoe, as Delafontaine called it, but it looked more like a sock sneaker-boot hybrid. It was a pairing she used throughout, soft but strong. The fringe details from seasons past were long gone, making way for a new, cooler, sporty girlie girl with hints of hippie in a mix of short flirty dresses and even shorter high-waisted short shorts that read like a swimsuit bottoms. Sun-dial prints and rich embroidered suedes, both winks to the house’s long-standing equestrian heritage, appeared on many of the collection’s looks.

The Roseau bag, now a house staple at 20 years old, got a redo with geometric appliqués, and the iconic Pliage came in a super mini size, both of which paired well with her sporty boho city girl.