Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
For the modest bride.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
I actually love the drama inherent in this cape/sleeves situation but...this gonna need some tweaks for someone to wear it on the red carpet. Right? RIGHT???
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
All this being said, if someone decides to remake the "November Rain" video, Michael Costello has options for them!
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
This says, "I want to be totally naked, but I ALSO need some fabric to swish around dramatically when I make a dramatic exit."
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
I actually think this is really pretty except for...you know.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
These really do seem to be aimed at Pop Star Who Needs to Get Some Press at the Next Available Red Carpet Event.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
I will note that eight-year-old me would have been DELIGHTED by these sleeves.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
And Anne Shirley would have been delighted by THESE sleeves.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
Michael Costello has dressed Beyonce in the past, in something sort of similar to this, and I CAN see Bey deciding -- once she's had her babies, of course -- that she's really into SLEEVES right now.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
After all of that, I sort of love this. Maybe that was the plot?
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
Is her cape...coming from her armpits? Is that the new version of "the call is coming from inside the house"?
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
The drama inherent in this is fun. Michael Costello IS here for you when you need a gown that's designed for dramatically exiting.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
This works, but I think a lot of that is thanks to the model.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
Oh, hey, I'm wearing this now! (FWIW, fringe really IS everywhere.)
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
I am confident this will turn up on a celebrity at some point. Perhaps at the VMAs? I kind of wish Taylor Swift would just flip the script and go for this.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
This has been done before, and better, by other people.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
Ah, yes. Another entry in the One Of My Arms Is Often Very Cold file.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
This is derivative of a lot of other designers, including Stella McCartney, but it's the best of his derivations and I think this will be worn.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
This is a nip-slip just waiting to happen. (Having said that: I really like the hair and makeup they chose for this show. Everyone's head looks fab.)
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
And, another point in Costello's favor: He is NEVER dreary.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
Honestly, I would love it if someone wore this to an event. It's insane, but we'd all have fun with it.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
File this one under "my coven has decided to throw a theme party."
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
This just looks like scraps pinned together.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
Believe it or not, this one is kind of appealing in a Last Act of Chicago kind of way.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
This is fun.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
In fact, the last third of this show was -- to my mind -- for sure the most wearable and the strongest.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
This needs some tailoring, but could totally work.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
And I kind of love this.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
This is fun, but more than anything, I need to know what lipstick this is.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
Yet more opportunities for you to sweep into and out of rooms dramatically.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
A dramatic option in this post-sleeve world.
Michael Costello - Runway - February 2017
Totally wearable. Someone take him up on this one!