Devoa - A/W 2013

As a former athlete and medical instructor, Daisuke Nishida grew interested in anatomy and kinetics, sparking the desire to create garments using the human body’s form and movement as the basis for design. That's why, for the season A/W 2013, the designer wanted to continue his research from past collections and simply create better versions of his favorite anatomical themes. As usual materials have been pushed into more and more high quality and unusual textures. Once again Japanese Washi paper and cashmere feature heavily as well as the finest cottons available. Colors used for this collection: Black, Navy and Dark Grey.

References: STEALTHPROJEKT

A New Cross - "EX UMBRA IN SOLEM" collection - S/S 2013

“From the shadows into the Light” (EX UMBRA IN SOLEM) is name of A New Cross newest collection for upcoming Spring/Summer 2013. Ex Umbra in Solem uses perforated leathers that allow the light to pass through the garments, or some distressed knits that generate transparencies, some other pieces have zippers that allow the viewing of the construction of garments through the slits they create. For this season he also introduced various fetish objects to be worn as a jewelry collection.

References: A New Cross , STEALTHPROJEKT

Alexandre Plokhov - "ACOLYTE" - S/S 2013

Inspiration for S/S 2013 collection, Alexandre Plokhov found in Russian Orthodox monks and described it as "journey from darkness to light", like a spring awakening. With palette in black, gray, and white—coal, ash, and alabaster, Plokhov called them—to represent the two divisions of Orthodox clergy: the Monastic (celibates who wear only black) and the Parochial (who wear white and are allowed to marry). In keeping with the spiritual theme, Plokhov said he'd placed an emphasis on pure fabrics. They were what really made the collection, from the corded cotton of coats and jackets to washed, vegetable-dyed leathers of a surpassing softness to open-weave Irish linen and a finale of homespun white cotton that had a godly gleam. Some tanks in a micro-modal synthetic as soft as cashmere injected a little lightness. Otherwise, the cloths were substantial enough to suggest all-year wear. "There is too much disposability," Plokhov declared. "I want things to last."

References: Alexandre Plokhov

O B S C U R - W O M E N S - S/S 2013

In November, 2012 I made post about Obscur's collection for upcoming Spring/Summer 2013. Now this collection is fulfilled with womenswear. Enjoy!

References: O B S C U R

Alessandra Marchi - A/W 2012-13

Alessandra Marchi is an Italian designer of a modest and reserved nature, but her clothing is fiercely creative and elegant. She strives to create a collection of quiet sophistication and her designs are beautiful in every way - to look at, to wear and to touch. Overtly elegant and sexy, Marchi’s designs are body conscious and her innovative patterns are intended to enhance the female form in all the right places. Marchi's signature is a use of mixed fabrications such as fur, leather, wool, linen, jersey, silk and cotton– sometimes all in one piece. Each garment and accessory in the collection is an exquisitely finished collage of texture. Marchi accepts nothing less than perfection in everything her family-owned fashion house produces.

References: Alessandra Marchi , Downtown shop

Byungmun Seo - "Study of the Hidden Recess of Mind" Collection - F/W 2013

Envisioning a full metamorphosis within the unconscious, Byungmun Seo set the inherent dialectic in motion. This dialectic is resolved by the fusion of the unexpected and inexistent phenomena in the conscious and manifests in a resistance against the traditional and existing perspective of objects. They contemplated this hidden recess of the mind in freedom and ventured to liberate the mind of preconceived ideas, to release all objects from their customary association, and to revitalize the poetic imagery.
They pursue to develop this imagery into the construction of garment. The construction will be led by a single concept where a new silhouette is created by the spatial mating of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects. This also brings an aspect where such playing of shapes in construction refuses our initial perception of them and gives the objects a new meaning.

References: Byungmun Seo

Thamanyah - Spring/Summer 2013

Presentation of another great collection for upcoming season Spring/Summer 2013 by Thamanyah (Ahmed Abdelrahman).

 References:

Thamanyah

Thamanyah FB