Clinical whites and intimate darks collide in HÆLO’s season 2 collection from Dion Lee. A white off-shoulder mini in open-work knit arrives with alternating bands of mesh, each horizontal stripe revealing more skin than the one above it. A wire headpiece crosses the forehead in thin parallel lines. The palette and the photography strip away the surrounding noise so the construction can conform to its subject.
HÆLO Season 2 Collection
Corsetry anchors the collection. A black bustier with center-front lacing and curved hip cutouts appears across multiple looks, its boning visible through semi-sheer mesh panels. The silhouette lifts and compresses at once, creating an exaggerated waist that reads vintage in spirit but modern in its precision.
Paired with black sheer hosiery and flat-soled riding boots, HÆLO’s pieces take the visual language of lingerie and wear it as clothing. The boots bring weight and structure to looks that carry almost none elsewhere. The combination works, offering delicate above, utilitarian below, and no interest in resolving the two.
The open-work knits deserve attention. An off-shoulder top and matching midi skirt feature horizontal bands of ladder stitching that create transparency without structural collapse. No lining, no secondary layer. Skin becomes the backdrop.
Elsewhere, sage green suede bombers, cut short at the natural waist offer the collection’s only color break, their raglan sleeves ballooning slightly above high-waisted tailored trousers or lace-up suede shorts.
Wire headpieces wrap around foreheads throughout, thin metallic bands positioned somewhere between tiara and restraint. A voluminous silver-tipped black fur coat swallows the body in profile, pure drama worn over delicate lace.
HÆLO is a study in elegant austerity, designed for the spotlight with a calculated, beautiful indifference. The brand dresses the body for an argument, not an occasion. Intimacy and formality occupy the same territory, while a corset is as precise as a blazer, its sheer fabric over skin is its own form of architecture.
That same unapologetic presence runs through Alex Consani and Anok Yai’s REVOLVE campaign, where glamour arrives with equal command.
