Why Cowgirls, Derek?

2010 February 17

Derek Lam, Fall 2010
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"I think there’s a myth that the West is kind of like Walt Whitman; it’s all an unreal fantasy. But the West was really a hard place to settle, a hard place to control. I think it made people very strong once they settled it. People just think, ‘Oh, cowboys just going from pasture to pasture.’ But it’s hard work and there’s an honesty to that kind of work which I wanted to bring to the collection…that honest feeling about clothing." --Derek Lam, on his wild West Fall 2010 collection.