“These clothes are an ode to style and to optimism — but they’re not about showing off,” said designer Duro Olowu.

Olowu offered “practical yet elevated” clothes by uniting a set of different references, from dance-hall music to artist Françoise Gilot’s effortless style.

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One can expect a happy and upbeat collection from the designer and this season he delivered just that.

The collection’s New York debut was inspired by South American gauchos.

The designer, who works with many vintage fabrics, offered up sleek, silk shirtwaist dresses in a black and pink spectacles print.

Duro Olowu’s collection incorporated the designer’s penchant for prints as well as urban-chic pieces.

While Duro Olowu’s signature bold, colorful prints were still the stars of the show, they were less in-your-face than in past seasons.

Olowu’s garden of color and print was in full bloom, although the collection was leaner and more polished than in past seasons…