Batsheva FW24 at New York Fashion Week

Batsheva FW24 / Fall Winter 2024 at New York Fashion Week

Batsheva Fall Winter 2024 collection started from the idea to explore aging as a woman, a personal issue to me as a 42-year-old. In fashion, aging means invisibility, irrelevance and shame, but in real life, getting older is amazing. I wanted to explore the freedom that I feel as I get older and what it means for dressing– having fun with shapes and colors but not trying to be anything that I am not. Dignified. Secure.

Batsheva FW24 is inspired by all of the women in the show, ages 40-76, who I cast myself on the subway, in dance classes, and on social media. Molly Ringwald and Ione Skye, who both walked the show, were important to me because they were iconic in movies as young women, but here they are, still beautiful and graceful but different.

The clothing is refined and polished (hooded dresses, pencil skirts) but also fun in an un-self-conscious way (a sweater that says HAG, a dress with “droopy boob” lace fabric connecting the chest to the sleeves, droopy big bows).

I used colors like purple and celadon that felt older because they are sort of risky and offbeat (think older ladies with purple hair). Ditto to faux furs and sequins. Prints like polka dots and bows were mashed together.

Batsheva FW24 collection offers evening looks as well as separates, like ruched skirts and ruffled blouses, that can be worked into any wardrobe. It is eccentric but restrained, my idea of what joyful dressing is.

I worked with Natasha Royt for styling, Vincent Oquendo for Laura Geller for makeup, and Justine Marjan for Tresemmé on hair. Movement was directed by Jorge Dorsinville and music was composed by Salomé.

Batsheva Fall Winter 2024, upcoming collaboration with Keds was also featured on the runway, point-toe polka dot shoes.