The Autumn 2024 Couture and Made-to-Measure Collection

SKYLAR Gown of Seasons in layered tulle, with hand-cut silk and taffeta appliqué in leaf, petal, and bark motifs, accented by soft tonal shifts.
SKYLAR Autumn 2024 Shooting Star beaded dress
SKYLAR Autumn 2024 Peony Veil gown

Bridging SKYLAR™, past and present—a study in movement, transformation, and couture.

Skylar’s debut collection, Show Us: Imperfect Beauty, is a poetic dialogue between nature and architecture, where organic forms meet structural precision. Each piece embraces imperfection and transience, capturing the fleeting beauty of light, shadow, and motion through sculptural silhouettes. Harmonizing classical craftsmanship with contemporary innovation, this collection lays the foundation for Skylar’s evolving vision. From ethereal florals to architectural tailoring, this study in duality explores softness and structure, romance and realism, nature and craft.

SKYLAR Autumn 2024 Patina dress
Patina Dress - a reflection of time.
A model leans against a minimalist wall, wearing the Climbing Vine Ensemble. The intricate textile mirrors ivy weaving up the walls of a centuries-old vineyard, a balance of organic movement and structured form. She is poised, her gaze steady—a fusion of nature’s quiet persistence and modern refinement.
Climbing Vine Ensemble - growth in motion.
Photographed by Kelly Taub, a model walks down the runway in the Gown of Seasons, each step setting the silk leaves in motion. The dress moves like wind through aspen trees, ripples over water, and shifting clouds in the sky, yet its structure remains—rooted, still, evolving. A convergence of earth, water, and sky, the gown embodies the quiet rhythm of transformation.
Gown of Seasons - a sculpted chronicle.
A model stands in golden sunlight wearing the Peony Veil gown, a sculpted Italian silk design with cascading layers and intricate detailing, embodying timeless craftsmanship and ethereal beauty.
Peony Veil - the soft edge of power.
Close-up of the base layers of the SKYLAR Gown of Seasons couture gown, featuring tulle in Celestial Mist, Ivory Glow, and Blush Petal hues, with a Golden Light layer beneath, showcasing the flowing textures and luxurious palette.
Foundation of Elegance - layers of intention.
A close-up of the Shooting Star Embroidered Jewel Dress, its sheer silk organza illuminated by cascading hand-sewn star motifs and Swarovski crystals. Each bead, each glint of metallic thread, catches the shifting light—echoing the fleeting brilliance of a meteor’s passage across the night sky.
Shooting Star - a celestial impression.
A glimmer suspended in time. The model’s back is framed by deep plum straps with polished metal fastenings, a structured contrast to the delicate Shooting Star Dress. Swarovski crystals and hand-sewn star motifs scatter across silk organza like meteors igniting upon entry—burning bright, fleeting, unforgettable.
A bolt of light.
Through the circular window, a model stands at the threshold of something vast, wearing the Conque Skirt and Interplay Cardigan. The silk taffeta skirt flutters in zero gravity, its frayed ribbon hem mirroring the cardigan’s weathered sleeves—both softened by time, yet full of movement. The airlock is sealed. The cold hum of space surrounds her. Beyond the glass, a planet glows in the distance.
Conque Skirt & Interplay Cardigan - edge of the unknown.
The model stands in shifting light, wearing The Umbra Coat in iridescent silk taffeta. A full-length silhouette with a subtle sheen, shifting between oxblood and deep plum. A coat built for transformation—fluid, weightless, and effortlessly adaptable.
The Umbra Coat - a study in light & shadow.
Model perched near a curtain, a model wears the Conque Skirt and Interplay Cardigan, her fingers grazing the sheer fabric as golden light filters through. The silk taffeta skirt glows—a molten ember against the soft wool texture of the cardigan. The light touches her face, her hands, the edge of the unknown.
The Gown of Seasons by SKYLAR, crafted from a blend of silk and taffeta with hand-cut leaves and petals in over two dozen hues, meticulously layered to create a sculptural silhouette inspired by tree history, photographed at The Four Seasons Hotel Downtown.
Close-up of a light tan and natural mélange sumptuous double-faced wool jacket featuring a rich tartan motif, styled with soft neutral garments in the Aman New York’s elegant spa.

Though presented here as a complete body of work, the SKYLAR Autumn 2024 Couture and Made-to-Measure Collection marked the house’s debut and unfolded gradually across the year — revealed in fragments, gestures, and quiet transmissions. Its direction was clear from the outset, yet each piece emerged in measured sequence, layers surfacing in their own time. What was held privately found its articulation through construction. In this unfolding, SKYLAR’s language began to take form.

 

Couture Architecture

The Peony Veil

A full-wrap corset was constructed over structured mesh, its individually sewn boning channels anchored by an integrated twill waist stay. Channels were intentionally shortened at the back to preserve an open silhouette, allowing the structure to hold at the waist while revealing negative space across the spine.

A custom balconette foundation was shaped and bound prior to integration into the corset body. A organic cotton interior layer softened the structure against the skin.

Only after structural resolution was the exterior applied: 3/8-inch hand-cut silk strips folded and stitched in disciplined repetition across the bodice, releasing into hand-shaped silk buds at center front and side seams.

 

The Gown of Seasons

Built upon a grommet-laced corset reinforced with horsehair panels, the gown’s primary volume was established through a custom crinoline cage.

Over this framework, bodice layers were formed directly on the mannequin — translucent structural fabric draped and refined to resolve contour before permanent assembly. A radially paneled overskirt was drafted and constructed in stabilized segments to preserve circular geometry. Applied boning controlled projection, allowing the silhouette to suspend cleanly from the waist.

Only then were layered tulles and hand-cut silk and taffeta motifs individually secured to the exterior.

 

The Shooting Star

Internal construction intensified to carry the weight of hand-beading. A constructed interior silk dress anchored a balconette foundation with adjustable hardware straps, over which a tailored gazar shell was formed.

Organza and beadwork were hand-sewn directly onto this structured exterior, with visible two-tone hand finishing framing hem and closure.

 

Tailoring & Adaptability

In contrast, tailoring found expression in double-faced wool, split, folded, and re-bound to achieve clean, weightless edges without visible topstitching.
The Reverie Jacket’s sculptural collar resolves form through contour rather than reinforcement.
A tailored jumpsuit with paneled cigarette trousers — defined in line, exact in proportion — structured sport rendered through tailoring.
The Umbra Coat extends this structural inquiry into adaptability. Constructed with a detachable lower panel, the silhouette shifts between coat and jacket. Engineered for mobility, it compacts into a petite attachable pouch or folds to fit within a pocket — transformation embedded within the construction itself.

 

Materials & Origin

Materials were sourced in Manhattan’s Garment District.
Each piece was constructed in New York City.

 

Presented on September 04, 2024

Captured through the lens of photographer Kelly Taub

Manhattan

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