NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Celebrity stylist Law Roach has refilled his cup, emerging out of retirement this week for a New York Fashion Week collaboration with luxury Indian fashion brand Falguni Shane Peacock.
The New York It Girl-meets-Mumbai collection shown Monday blended Falguni Shane Peacock’s opulent craftsmanship of sequin embroidery and delicate flower detailing with Roach’s edgy vision of black baseball caps, hoop earrings and bold golden bangles.
As creative director for the collection, the image architect (a term Roach trademarked) delivered once again. Roach may be into his sixth month of “retirement,” but his stardom shows no signs of slowing down.
He sent shock waves through the fashion industry in March, when he announced in a since-deleted Instagram post that his “cup was empty” and that he was tired of the “politics and lies” of celebrity styling.
Now, he says, he is only taking on work that fills his cup.
“Moving forward I will only do certain things that I really feel like will feed me,” he told The Associated Press. “And this was one of those things.”
Each piece Monday exuded the chic and glamorous style that Roach and his clients like Zendaya have made famous. Roach, one of the few Black stylists in Hollywood, has dressed everyone from Ariana Grande to Celine Dion to Megan Thee Stallion and is often credited with bringing some of the best looks to red carpets.
Roach wore a red pleated skirt with a white button-up shirt and a dupatta over his shoulder as he gleefully strutted in his Air Jordans with the designers at the end of the show, his waist-length straight black hair flowing behind him.
Falguni Peacock said Roach brought a “cool girl” vibe to the collection. After eight years, the husband-and-wife designers returned to New York Fashion Week to showcase their “2.0” collection and, much like Roach, the reinvention of their brand. Sarah Jessica Parker recently wore an eye-catching Falguni Shane Peacock lehenga…
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