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On Now Interview Series #4

On Now Interview Series #4

16 December. 2020 - WITH JCPAJARES

ONNOW x PAP Magazine "WHAT'S ON?" Interview Series w. JCPAJARES REPLIES

1. Who are you and how do you describe your brand?

I’m Juan Carlos Pajares, CEO of JCPAJARES as well as the head designer . I’m passionate about design, art and culture. We are a small brand with a big voice, established in Madrid, Spain. We have shown our collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid. Our customers can discover our latest work through our social media platforms.

On Now Interview Series #3

On Now Interview Series #3

2 December. 2020 - WITH DEYI 德逸

1. Who are you and how do you describe your brand?

DEYI 德逸 is a new sustainable lifestyle brand, inspired by Chinese philosophy and sense of beauty. It offers a global art of living that studies traditions to give new perspectives for a better future, in harmony with nature and people.

This brand was co-founded by three friends who share a sincere passion for traditional Chinese culture and arts, but also the conviction to change our consumption patterns based on the principles of ethical design. Adriana Cagigas Gil, a sustainable fashion designer from Spain has teamed up with Pauline Ferrieres, a young French creative entrepreneur, and Zhang Xing, a Chinese space designer to found DEYI 德逸.

On Now Interview Series #2

On Now Interview Series #1

On Now Interview Series #1

4 November. 2020 - WITH EMRE PAKEL

1. How would you describe yourself and your brand?

It is not very easy for me to describe myself as it is still an
ongoing journey for me. However, I can be described as a young and fresh mind who questions “what, why and how” in the fashion world, who separates design from dressing impulse and who is against fashion. I am a dynamism who is searching for worldly answers, a new adventure and who is trying to define design with the idea of “Based on Earth”.

2.Could you tell us a bit more about the process and culture of Pakel?

Pakel is a brand that adopts Far East aesthetic and design perspective. It is a soul that generalizes this inspiration and blends it with its own aesthetic.

3.Did you encounter any difficulties because you are based in Turkey?

If so, how did the situation affect you and the outcome?
Actually it helped me realize that it is not important where you are. Like the motto of my brand says, we are based on earth.

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Vinti Andrews SS21

Vinti Andrews SS21

23 September. 2020 - London Collection.

Vinti Andrews is a London based contemporary fashion brand formed of the collaboration between VintiTan and Paul Andrews. Reconstruction, recycling and repurposing are at the heart of the brand’s commitment of low impact innovation and originality, fused with Tan and Andrew’s shared influences from British street and music culture. For SS21 Vinti Andrews present their collection in a digital format, shot on location in Torbay with an all local cast and crew – an authentic and honest snapshot of the environment that inspired it.

The Spring/Summer 2021 collection was created against a backdrop of a world in lockdown with the designers using this unique and unprecedented climate to approach their low-impact philosophy with renewed vigour. Finding freedom in a world full of uncertainty but free from expectation, they set about using recycled fabrics, leftover materials, a pair of found 80’s curtains, garments from local charity shops and repurposed boat sails left behind at the Torquay yacht club.

Decamping from the city to Torquay, the collection is themed around memories of the English coast – summers in Devon by the seaside, all night parties around fires on the beach, waking up with the sun in your eyes, sand and seaweed in your hair…

Vinti Andrews has come to be represented by rebellion and self-expression, setting new ethical standards for fashion, and defining freedom in these fundamental beliefs. Their ingenuity and initiative in the face of difficult times, have culminated in a collection that captures a moment in time. Memories of the past, finding opportunity in the limitations of the present, and optimism that a better way of doing can lead to a brighter future.

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Edward Crutchley SS21

Edward Crutchley SS21

23 September. 2020 - London Collection.

PRESS RELEASE

Edward Crutchley's spring collection channels the flawless sang-froid of avenging female Yakuza bosses in Hideo's Gosha's 1986 film Gokudô no Onna-tachi. The look is a paean to grit, glamour and gall: eighties decadence, the dazzle of hi-gloss on cheekbones and the thrill of daring to dress.

The clothes have the unruffled confidence of corporate casual in their cut: for men it is easy pyjama collar shirts, cropped trousers, two-button blazers worn with double pleat Bermudas or boxers. Regal, full-length Ottoman court kaftans and padded belts. Womenswear includes 18th Century lace cuff frills, hyper-exagerrated flounces and sarong-inspired draped pencil skirts.

Footloose tailoring is offered in a triage of stalwart British fabrics: elegant houndstooth, refined Prince of Wales check and an exploded hingham with Jaspé yarn highlight. The formal riffs on the frivolous. Continuous ribbon stitching inspired by Mariachi jackets and Irish dancing dresses frolics around the hem and lapel of classic tailored two-button jackets and on-piece-cut robes. Sequin and rhinestone lemons and oranges are appliqué onto the front of neat collared shirts and jackets. A Rocco rosary ribbon print is reworked from a vintage Japanese Kabuki costume and renewed with the signature EC logo wheel, which also features as a repeat metallic hand-foil pattern.

Inspired by opulent antique costume jewellery, polished burst jewel fruit and insects appear almost airbrushed into reality in repeat prints. A fecund graphic magnolia design - a reworking of a pattern debuted for SS17 - is on fresh, fluid silk morocain. The original derives from a 1930s art school project kimono, for which students were tasked with reinterpreting traditional Japanese motifs in an Art Deco style. It is also applied onto a pink lurex and white silk Jacquard base using an AI guided technique.

Hawaiian of 'Aloha' shirts have been a staple of Crutchley's collections since his debut in 2015. Japanese and Chinese sewers, tailors and dressmakers established the tradition of using Asian textiles tomato island clothing for the influx of American tourists visiting Waikiki in the 1930s - the meeting fo cultures if endorsed through Crutchley's own practice of marrying global craftsmanship with British textile heritage.

With usual panache, Stephen Jones has translated the floating ribbons of Chinese temple guardian status into a towering bow that rests high on the top of the head or worn wrapped around the chin, as if defying gravity.

Completing the look are scoop-fronted pumps or flat patent slippers by Christian Louboutin, EC logo earrings with dégradé cascades of rhinestones and fruit ear cuffs - and, naturally, the iconic fruit minaudière, borrowed from the Judith Leiber archives.

Words by Dal Chodha.

CREDITS

Styling: Julian Ganio
Casting: Sophie Lynas at Leda Casting
Hats in collaboration with Stephen Jones
Shoes in collaboration with Christian Louboutin
Bags by Judith Leiber
Jewellery in collaboration with Gianluigi Zoccheddu and Victoria Rickard
Hair: Kota Suiza at Caren
Makeup: Michelle Dacillo
Nails: Marie-Louise Carter using Luella Belle and Artistic Nail Design
Stills Photography: Francisco Gomez de Villaboa
With thanks to Yang JinDian, Karen Coughlan and John Handford, Ata and Salients at TRUK 1609, James and team at James Bosley Studio, Andrew and team at The London Embroidery Studio, Caren, Vicky and all at Caren Agency.

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Bethany Williams SS21

Bethany Williams SS21

23 September. 2020 - London Collection.

ALL OUR CHILDREN
By Eno Mfon

They say it takes a village to raise a child,
But did they tell you that they’ll turn a child away,
Based on their parents postcode,
Or the place their grandfather called home,
A past they did not choose, used to determine their present.

Excuses have met these children at the door,
Before they could even say a word,
They have just learnt how to say mama,
So how can they possibly ask for help,
They’ve watched their mama’s try before,
Seen them cry behind closed doors,
Because behind every closed door is the belief that,
“These are not our children”
That, our rooms are reserved for babies born in our borough,
With our blood,
From the womb of a woman who looks just like us.

They say it takes a village to raise a child,
But do they know that that child could one day raise their
village,
Change their entire city,
Rearrange the landscape so that we see this world differently,
With skyscrapers made out of hopes and dreams,
Becoming concrete, becoming reality,
Our future lives in their imagination,
They carry it along the pavement of their minds, Until their hands are strong enough to build it,
Until their mouths are filled with words of their own,
Until their feet are able to find a way home,
Until their shoulders can carry any responsibility,
They are first ours,
They say it takes a village to raise a child,
And I say, we are that village,
And they are all our children.

Bethany Williams SS21

London-based designer Bethany Williams presents her SS21 collection celebrating the ethos of the Magpie Project, an organisation she has been volunteering for and collaborating with since 2019.

Newham-based Magpie Project works with children and mothers who are homeless or at risk of homelessness – 80% of whom have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). These children, like some 100,000 in the UK, live in destitution because their parents immigration status denies them the safety net of our welfare system. In 2017, the Project’s founder Jane Williams first became aware of the plight of these children in her community. She sought help from the local authority. She was told by councillors, service providers and commissioners that they had no duty to look after these vulnerable children because they were not in the right catchment area, they were not entitled to help, they were “not our children.” Jane couldn’t let this stand. She set up the Magpie Project to insist that – no matter what – every child has the right to support: they are all our children.

Bethany’s latest collection – aptly titled All Our Children – not only finds its inspiration in the stories and lives of the people she met and worked with there, but also the importance of family spirit in a child’s life. Through the process of designing the collection, Bethany included the families that are part of the Project via drawing workshops and playtime, and then teamed up with illustrator and artist Melissa Kitty Jarram on transforming children’s drawings into prints and patterns that became part of the final textiles. “This is a true co-production with the Magpie community and it’s really validating for these women who have previously been disbelieved and unheard, marginalised and ignored to be valued and listened to at the highest level,” explains Jane. As always, 20% of the proceeds from the collection will go back to the Magpie Project.

Part of this outing is also a partnership with the Somerset House – Bethany and Melissa designed a flag that will be erected on top of the House in honour of All Our Children. In addition to the words, the vibrant design of a mother and child on the canvas references the Asafo flags of the Fante people in Ghana that traditionally symbolise warrior-like strength which is in this case assigned to the mothers of Magpie.

Through her continuous work with environmental health in mind, Bethany once again worked with deadstock, organic and recycled materials as well as with manufacturing units as part of social initiatives San Patrignano and Making for Change. Several pieces are patchworked out of deadstock jersey and nylon garments provided by Adidas Originals. For the first time, the collection includes tailoring which adds a new layer to the growing reach of Bethany’s garments. She also worked with Welsh designer Rosie Evans on two different corset designs for which Rosie created boning out of fruit packaging waste. While she started and continues to be labeled as mainly a menswear label, Bethany Williams aspires to reach as many people as possible. With garments fit on both male and female bodies, the goal is to give more people access to wearing them, herself included.

Following last season’s research at the V&A Museum of Childhood, SS21 marks the debut of Bethany Williams kidswear. Three looks made as miniature replicas of the adult ones encompass the narrative of the brand’s world being all-inclusive. At the beginning of the design process, the designer reached out to her community in order to accumulate both visual and verbal personal stories dating back to their early years. These tales became the inspirations for the silhouettes, with some of them being interpreted by Mellissa into illustrations that appear hand-printed on the pieces. Building on the idea of familial unity, Bethany has worked with ISKO VITALTM+ on creating matching adult and children’s protective face covers in organic materials printed with the collection’s graphics.

As part of her most focused vision yet, Bethany presents another newness. Bags, developed with Tottenham-based specialist Stevan Saville, are woven in San Patrignano out of book waste provided by Hachette Children’s and come in two different styles. The first, a hybrid of a reading wallet and a book with a customisable metal name plaque, comes in three sizes correlated to different publishing formats: mini dictionary, novel and encyclopedia. The second style is an updated take on a childhood lunch box – a one- of-a-kind vintage piece wrapped in the colourful woven fabric. Both styles come with detachable crossbody belts and are 100% vegan products.

Instead of a catwalk show, Bethany worked on the visuals with her friend and photographer Ruth Ossai. Shot in accordance with the Covid-19 government guidelines in front of Magpie’s Newham offices, the lookbook photographs and film capture five families wearing the garments. The video is soundtracked with a poem specially written for this occasion by playwright and writer Eno Mfon. Powerful, moving and encouraging all of us to own up to our collective responsibility for the next generation, her words verbalise the mission of the collection and Bethany’s work at-large. “They say it takes a village to raise a child, And I say, we are that village and they are all our children.”

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This collection is dedicated to the loving memory of Lisa Hoang and Elie Che.

CREDITS

Creative Direction – Bethany Williams
Director, Photographer & Filmmaker – Ruth Ossai
Photography assistants: Luke Ossai, Ryan Connolly
Film and Editing - Lorraine Khamali
Poet – Eno Mfon
Stylist – Tallulah Harlech
Illustrator– Melissa Kitty Jarram
Casting – Chloe Rosolek
Music Direction – Benji B
MUA – Rebecca Davenport
Knitwear – Alice Morell Evans
Footwear – Adidas and Helen Kirkum
Corsets - Rosie Evans
Bags – Stevan Saville
Text – Dino Bonačić
Communication – The Lobby London
Production – Faye Scott-Maberley
Models - Stephanie, Khalani, King, Mariam, Mohammed, Mesk, Melaz, Kemi, Leo, William, AJ, Akuac Team – Natalie Hodgson, Catriona Macleod, Megan St Clair

Supported by the Adonyeva Foundation

Special Thanks – The Magpie Project, Somerset House Trust, The British Fashion Council, Caroline Rush, Wool and the Gang, ISKO VITALTM+, Orto Print Studio, Molly Evans, Joseph Henry, Eric Williams, Karen Kewley, Natalie Hodgson, Catriona Macleod, Megan St Clair.

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Art School SS21

Art School SS21

23 September. 2020 - London Collection.

This season ART SCHOOL will present their collection through a runway film, set in Waterlow Park’s Kitchen Garden, Highgate. The largest show thus far, with 54 looks encapsulates a turning point in the brand’s evolution. The show focuses on the cast of models as a reflection, extension and examination of their own history.

Divided into three parts, each offers a take on dark monochrome tones, such as green, grey and black. The sections reflect aspects of queerness and play on themes of community and kinship. ART SCHOOL is informed and inspired by each member of the cast and celebrates difference, beauty of the body in process.
With this show ART SCHOOL staged the constant journey of becoming. These themes are implied in each look as a form of embodied practice. This in turn is reflected in the dismantling and questioning of the normative or physically able body. For ART SCHOOL crip identity is a unique source for creation and beauty.

Tailoring is purposely oversized or pulled tight around the waist. The silhouettes equally emphasise the importance and restriction of movement and physical space. Leather coats are made from reconstituted cow hide and vegetable dyed. The gender-neutral uniform is a continuous theme which offers protection. Silk dresses and suited jackets have been slashed and frayed to expose layers of fabric and skin.

This season builds further on the collaboration between ART SCHOOL and the artist Richard Porter. His jewellery and wearable sculptures are referencing themes of preservation and memory. Toys play an important role in the resolution of conflict and at times help us to unravel complex ideas and histories. As lifeless objects, toys exist through someone else’s imagination. For Richard Porter this is only one part of the story. His objects unpick the frequently dismissed idea of art as therapy. Each is cast in clay and in this way turned into remnants of the past. They become artefacts held by robes and knots, they may be carried in one hand or tight around the waist or neck. Dinosaur toys or empty paint tubes have been fossilised as a way to preserve and protect the past. Each piece tells us about the desire to communicate something to a world that is yet unknown.

Therapy marks a turning point, and a way to connect and grasp the past and future. Both in Richard Porter’s interpretation of toys or pagan symbols like the sun and stars or Art School’s slashed, ripped and torn jackets and dresses.

The collection tells a story that will continue to haunt us, or so it seems.

Words by Nathalie Khan

CREDITS

Designer & Creative Director: Eden Loweth
Music: Celeste
Production: Studio Boum
Make-up: Bea Sweet at JAQ Management using Monroe Skincare
Hair: Shon Hyungsun Ju at The Wall Group
Jewellery & Ceramics: Richard Porter x Art School
Footwear: Dr Martens
Eyewear: T.D.Kent x Art School
Film: Madd Creative
Studio Manager: Elly Beckford
Head of Atelier: Row Seward

I want to personally thank Tom Barratt for being an intrinsic part of Art School for the past four years. I am eternally grateful for everything you have contributed creatively and professionally to the work we’ve done together including in the incubation of this collection. Thank you forever.

Eden Loweth would like to thank the entire Art School community, every model, mentor and stockist that continues to unwaveringly support me on this journey and who continues to give me the strength and guidance to grow and believe I can do this.

Special thanks for Sarah Mower, The BFC NEWGEN Panel, Lulu Kennedy, Natasha Booth, Raphaelle Moore, The MAN Panel, MImma Vglezio, SHOWStudio, Grace Wales Bonner, Paria Farzaneh, Ash Smith, Paula Loweth. Thank you all so much.

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Katie Ann Mcguigan SS21

Katie Ann Mcguigan SS21

22 September. 2020 - London Collection.

Katie Ann McGuigan is a contemporary luxury label founded in London with a conscious effort to source locally. This commitment to designs made in London extends across the supply chain from sewing technicians, pattern makers, shoemakers and factories to textile sourcing and yarns, with even specialist materials being sourced from elsewhere within the British Isles.

Katie Ann McGuigan’s design aesthetic draws influence from environmental and cultural factors and how these manifest in the coming together of vivid and diverse communities. Born in Ireland and based in London, the explorations and observations that inform Creative Director and founder Katie Ann McGuigan’s creative viewpoint are a familiar but refreshing take on the heritage, craft and culture of the British Isles.

For Spring/Summer 2021 McGuigan found inspiration in her own family history alongside Irish photographer Tom Wood’s work documenting life in the North of England. Her parents designed and built artisan furniture in Denmark before returning to Ireland in 1979 and founding their own company Orior from their workshop in Newry, Northern Ireland. Tom Wood’s photography captured every-day scenes in the North of England from the same period, with McGuigan being drawn to the furnishings inside the homes of his subjects, informing prints, graphics and artworks in her collection. Garments include Crepe de Chine and organza digital print dresses with matching silk scarves, signature hand dyed casual sets and hand-printed leather jackets and trench coats.

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Niccolo Lapo Latini X Nue Studio

Niccolo Lapo Latini X Nue Studio

15 August. 2020 - New Collaboration.

#PLAYLIST ADV signed by Niccolo Lapo Latini feat. Emanuele Ferrari x Nue Studio out now! 2020 Sucks... Nevermind! #ROADTOEXTINCTION Manifesto by Skie Graphic Studio

ADV by Niccolo Lapo Latini Photography by Emanuele Ferrari Movie Director by William Fumagalli Linear Producer by Giovanni Crocco VFX by LoU films Stylist by Micol Locci Cipriani Makeup by Elena Gentile Stylist Assistant by Luz del Carmen Model by Diarra Ndiaye

Louis Vuitton SS21

San Andrès SS21

San Andrès SS21

16 July. 2020 - SS 2021 Milan Collection

DESIGNER PROFILE

Originates from Mexico, Andrès Caballero (1981) has chosen Italy to tell through his own brand the vision of his couturier soul, capable of blending cosmopolitan and sophisticated atmospheres with the new daily life in a changing world.

RESORT SS2021 MEN’S/WOMEN’S COLLECTION

A refined balance of the opposites in harmony with each other, where every single detail becomes a distinctive element.
Andrès Caballero presents a capsule collection where the artistic act is the union between contemporary style and classic Made in Italy.
In this reminiscence, the designer embraces a new identity for the San Andrès Milano brand, suggesting the tradition of an aesthetic universe without borders between man and woman, letting their specific identity breathe, designing in a few lines a Unisex wardrobe, capable of being used by her and by him.

THESAME FASHION FILM EMOTION

It's not about who you are, it's about finding yourself in nature, he and she are the masculine and feminine part of the same person, in this pleasant place they meet and accept each other, hands and looks speak, but it's not about who you are.
And you, who would you like to be?
Produced by Feel_Visual
Directed by Opale
Models
Alessandro Taurino – Fashion Art Wise Alessandra Ghimenti – Fashion Art Wise Cinematographer - Simone Nocchi
1st Ass. camera – Leonardo di Fabrizio
2nd Ass. camera – Walter Cutrupi
Styling – Giovanna Salviuolo
Styling assistant – Giorgia Cosmi
Beauty & Make-up - Roberta Nolis
Editor - Domitilla Pattumelli
Colorist - Marco Valerio Caminiti
Original music and sound design by Vincenzo Pizzi Backstage Photo: Gaetano Alfano & Francesco Marano Graphic design - Luana di Teodoro Equipment by Wale Studio

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David Catalán SS21

David Catalán SS21

17 July. 2020 - SS 2021 Milan Collection

David Catalãn focus his starting point on the safari universe to an urban, contemporary approach and with references to the universe of classic menswear.
The approaches to utilitarian details are presented in different kind of pieces, classic shirts, pants, vests and outerwear. The combination of the pieces favors mixtures of styles through a mix of classic pieces with more casual ones, maintaining the very style signature of the brand. The chromatic palette gains strength with warm colors, the graphic aspect addresses prints with botanical inspiration to macro approaches in the various techniques, multicolored sublimated prints are highlighted, laser prints gain relevance in the Denim pieces, offering a new language to the brand's jeanswear universe. The raw materials are mostly cottons with paper touch, light technical materials, giving comfort to the pieces. Tie-dye washes are also one of the aspects to highlight. The silhouette is mostly comfortable and relaxed, thus giving the urban and contemporary mood. Once again the man of David Catalãn is a current one, with a strong identity but with a twist of style.

ABOUT
David Catalán is a fashion brand based in both Oporto, Portugal, and Madrid, Spain, that since 2013 produces both menswear and womenswear. David Catalán, founder, creative director and main designer, creates clothes inspired by the modern culture, with sporty silhouettes and overlap of layers. All of this is combined together with an innovative character in search of new techniques and creation of new materials.
Since 2014 he presents his collections in EGO from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, receiving the Fashion Talent Award with his debut collection. Since then, the collections were presented in international runway shows such as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Istanbul and Altaroma with the support of Portugal Fashion. Also, he appeared in other events such as International Fashion Showcase, in London, Bloom
platform at Portugal Fashion, in Oporto, and Mediterranean Fashion Prize from Maison Méditeranée des Métiers de la Mode, in Marseille.
Recently, the brand participated in projects like The Future of Fashion Program, a partnership between Not Just a Label and Who’s Next, and The Latest Fashion Buzz, showcased at Pitti Uomo 91, sponsored by Mini and promoted by L’Uomo Vogue and GQ Italy. Currently the collections are presented at Portugal Fashion.

Film by Pedro Santasmarinas
Creative Direction & Styling Paulo Cravo Photography Dulce Daniel
Image Assistant Carla Sofia
Assistant Producer Daniela Sousa Makeup Artist Marcelly Frias
Models
Marcelo Zhang (Blast Models)
Nelson Danso (Karacter Agency)
Music Sensible Soccers · AFG
Shoes and support by CallagHan

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MRZ SS21

16 July. 2020 - SS 2021 Milan Pre-Collection

Spring Summer 2021: the revolution of matter
Simona Marziali presents a collection on the edge of contrasts, between rigor and creativity, between past and present: drawing inspiration from the works of Alberto Burri.

The MRZ Spring/Summer 2021 Collection combines urban style with a rural dimension, at the origins of the matter, creating a contemporary elegance full of visual contrasts, starting from the choice of heterogeneous materials. In an imaginary atmosphere, the essential and minimalist design merges with folk references, creating a chorus of dissonances that coexist in perfect harmony with each other. The Simona Marziali’s expressive language is inspired by the famous series "I Sacchi" by Alberto Burri, master of matter and informal painting. Following the example of the great Umbrian artist, the designer evokes the vitality, the strength of the matter, the symbolic power of the essential simplicity obtained with the display of different materials, only apparently juxtaposed randomly. Simona Marziali pays particular attention to the representation of canvases composed of scraps of stitched, worn-out and frayed fabric, restoring the Burri’s emotional and poetic dimension through the use of simple and natural yarns - cotton and linen - combined with technical fibers and enhanced by elaborate manipulations.

The collection
Mannish cut knitted tailleur, return an oversized silhouette, never exaggerated, emblem of a contemporary femininity. Original workings interrupt the continuity of the surface and create a three-dimensionality with patterned, openwork and floating points. The rigor of the suits is contrasted by the knitwear, with a deliberately raw, unfinished appearance, which is enhanced, just like the matter of the worn-out jute pieces never hidden or confused with layers of color in Burri's canvases. The collection is made up of a capsule linked to the world of sportswear, to underline the concept of a relaxed elegance with volumes taken to the extreme, but no less rigorous, according to the stylistic codes of MRZ. The abstract tones of Alberto Burri's art can also be found in the used shades: optical white, milk, beige, gold and black are mostly used in a monochromatic way or treated in contrast. Hints of red and green embellish the whole.
The collection follows a structural and balanced scheme of spaces, dimensions and relationships between the chromatic masses and, albeit in an unusual way, it determines accents with a classic taste, exploiting the diversity of materials and their surface and volumetric characteristics.

MRZ SS21 FASHION FILM:
Written and Directed by Bonasia&Narcisi Designer Simona Marziali
Styling Maria Giulia Riva
Model Ughy Gelgotaite
Photo Francesco Bonasia

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MTLstudio SS21

15 July. 2020 - SS 2021 Menswear Milan

The MTL Studio Spring Summer '21 collection "Italian Camping" is inspired by a wandering and romantic Italian summer, in a campsite during the 80s. A man divided between care and a sentimental "carelessness" in search of primordial emotions. In the informal context of the campsite, the garments’ evident contrast between wide volumes and tailoring, where daisies bloom asking the eternal question “she loves me, she loves me not” and the unknown of a childish and exotic feeling characterized by a romantic French contamination, the result of summer friendships. In the up and downs of love a splash of paint shapes the loving smiley face, symbol of the virtual sociality to which we have all recently been forced, is a champion of the rediscovery of the simple and essential things of life in a dimension of nostalgic authenticity.

Born in Modena in 1989 Matteo Lamandini attended first the Accademia Europea in Bologna and then Fashion Design at Istituto Marangoni in Milan. He has worked as Menswear Assistant at MSGM and Marni and then won “Designer for Tomorrow” in 2014. From there he decided to start his eponymous collection from the SS16 and also designed a capsule collection for Tommy Hilfiger that was presented during Berlin Fashion Week. Matteo Lamandini collections mixing classic menswear and street style icons are becoming uniforms for the new generation of Italian trappers and musicians: MTLstudio jackets shirt and overalls have been chosen from artists like Ghali, J-Ax and Salmo, just to name a few.

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Numero00 SS21

Sunnei SS21

15 July. 2020 - SS 2021 Men&Women Milan

Introducing SUNNEI Canvas

First part of the Spring Summer 2021 collection, SUNNEI Canvas is composed by a selection of the brand’s signature pieces in total white which are conceived to be customised and developed with selected stores worldwide.

SUNNEI Canvas is the first step of a parallel side of the brand. The namesake collection will be followed by a second part in September focused on experimentation & art.

Magliano SS21

14 July. 2020 - SS 2021 Menswear Milan

SS21 COLLECTION NOTES
MAGLIANO CARILLON

Too many images got lost in the pastiche of the 80s: it was all too easy to lose yourself and others. For the possibility of all these identities to be turned into liberation, we needed a voice. A gossip that could re-assemble all these dark cutouts - colored in a single album: Isabella Santacroce. The polymorphic correlations between one garment and another, between signs, make the collection into the alchemy necessary for storytelling. An epic hallucinatory guiding us to the discovery of a house designed by Nanda Vigo in a holiday resort characterized by the repetition of townhouses.

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Sankuanz SS21

14 July. 2020 - SS 2021 Menswear Paris

Phosphorescence
For the Spring/Summer 2021 collection designer Shangguan Zhe draws inspiration from diverse ethnic cultures while retaining the cool style of SANKUANZ.
High-shoulder suits channeling traditional Mongol costumes carry a grasslands hero spirit, while shirts and tailored pieces feature spins on Mandarin collars and ancient shawls in a wardrobe blending ethnic codes with nods to pop culture symbols. Dressy looks are either rigid and constructed or loose and sensual, such as laser-cut tuxedo suits or long draped, paired with military uniforms or on long printed dresses draped at one shoulder that exude effortless grace. Honing a balance between modern and primitive elements, uniform references rub shoulders with casual streetwear pieces emblazoned with the brand’s signature elements, including the Othala Rune symbol and metallic daggers, which evoke ceremonial props, tribal motifs in crystal studs and pop- culture prints on T-shirts, all symbolizing fusion and collision between different cultures in the context of globalization. Following the teaser for
the Solution sneakers unveiled in this collection, the brand’s collaboration with adidas Originals continues to gain momentum, with a new capsule set to launch in October 2020. The collection’s incisive interpretations of ethnic and pop culture elements are captured in the powerful video work Phosphorescence by artist Zhang Ding, generating a digital world peopled by phosphorescent forms.
Zhang Ding: “Reality disintegrates into phosphorescent beings.”

Arthur Avellano 21SS

Arthur Avellano 21SS

14 July. 2020 - SS 2021 Menswear Paris

Interaction, impact. Mixed. Flowing. Complex, natural. Latex. Like blood, it circulates, coagulates into a sticky and plastic whiteness when it meets the air. It hardens, lives, becomes plastic, is
transformed Connotation. I’m hooked. On the reflections of the one I use. My latex. For 5 years. A wonderful story. 5 years of testing, stretching, promising, complaining, fail-ing. 5 years of using it to search for a meaning, my identity. Complexity. My latex is demanding, rare and difficult to work. Difficult to produce, diffi-cult to choose. Time, time, time... Flashback To a rather mundane discovery. Medical latex. I observe it, deform it, cut it, I transform it, I don’t care about standards. In my hands, it becomes stronger, more sensual, more interesting. I touch it, it is touched, I love it. Hybrid. The natural latex that I’ve managed to create is my leather. It is the new leather, in its aesthetic, enveloping, skin-like and structuring qualities. Tactile. Skin against skin. Through it, hands feel. Bodies and fetishes meet, the fre-est minds dare. Intense, latex intensifies the senses.
Sexy, attractive yet elegant, generous, pleasant and high quality.I experiment relentlessly. This latex. Ever further, endless possibilities. My latex. It sticks. I stick it, it is stuck. As a liquid, it bonds materials, merges
them, from two, three, four, it makes just one. One piece, a new material, still elasticated, still soft and enveloping, still strong. Contact, coexistence,
interaction, blending. Duality in its opposition and in the symbiosis it generates too. A relationship. And two colours. Black and white merge. My concern, my requirement, my point of view, my method, my
message, my sign. Nature is a partner to my creativity.
Identity, naturalness, uniqueness. Latex, cotton, opposition, structure, fash-ion, research,
environmental responsibility. Dressing you. It’s my passion. I am Arthur Avellano, and this is my latex. AA.

STYLING - NICOLAS DAX // ASSISTANT - JULIETTE NICOLLE // MODELS - ROMAIN BRAU - GWENN RUBEILLON - ANAÏS LEHUGEUR - THÉO MALET - ELISA MELIANI - AXEL JOSEPH // DIRECTOR - HUGO LOPEZ // DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - SÉBASTIEN TRÂN // DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT - ANTOINE VIÉ // ELECTRO CHEF - ROMAIN MOSTI // SET DESIGNER - KENIA RAPHAEL // MAKEUP ARTIST
- PRUNELLE CHENEVREL // HAIR STYLIST - FRANÇOIS LALY // MUSIC - PANGOL // PHOTOGRAPHER - ALEXANDRE FARACI // VIDEO EDITOR - MATTHIEU ROUART // ART DIRECTION - JANE FERREIRA // PRODUCTION - STUDIO MAURICE // PRODICTION ASSISTANT - LOUNA SIFFERLIN // STUDIO - STUDIO MAURICE
SPECIAL THANKS
PARIS FASHION WEEK // LA FÉDÉRATION DE LA HAUTE COUTURE ET DE LA MODE // LE DÉFI // STATION SERVICE // STUDIO MAURICE // RVZ // ELITE // JEAN-GABRIEL PAYA // NICOLAS DAX // FLORENCE EGLI // JULIETTE NICOLLE // MEDIPERLE DUCROT.