Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man”, David Bowie’s “Absolute Beginners”, Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” and Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” were all part of Haider Ackermann’s Autumn/Winter 2020 – a modern tribute to his all-time favorite songs.
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2019 LVMH Prize finalist Kenneth Ize put local artists and craftsmen under the spotlight by showcasing aso oke, a traditional and sustainable Nigerian fabric used to create ceremonial clothing.
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Marni’s creative director Francesco Risso took an Alice in Wonderland inspiration into the sphere of sustainability with a collection created as the result of patching up scraps of fabric, while Angela Missoni explored the work of Edwin A. Abbott to bring geometry to the Milan runway.
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Lucie and Luke Meier presented their collection in a vast industrial space in Milan’s Via Bramante, soon to be transformed into the largest design museum in Europe. With the museum set to open this year, the Jil Sander artistic directors took an opportunity to merge their love for design and their contemporary fashion through a scenography recalling the game of musical chairs.
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Zoe Latta and Mike Eckhaus introduced their Autumn/Winter 2020 collection with a poem glorifying the small habits and unconscious questionings of our daily lives. “A seat at the table constructed out of the following: Plagiarized spirituality, low lighting, said dandruff, the mind heart alliance, the weight of empathy, relaxation techniques, those bubbles of air they put in sneakers that feel so good unit… Pop! They don’t! You adapt.”
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Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez kept things minimal for Autumn/Winter 2020. In a New York space overlooking the West Side Highway, the Proenza Schouler duo presented a collection of 35 silhouettes characterized by their general off-the-shoulder shape and the label’s own definition of sexy-dressing for the new decade.
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Dutch designer Sander Lak presented his Autumn/Winter 2020 collection a few days before the opening of Countryside, The Future at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. The exhibition explores remote territories to better address the challenges of our urban society. A partial sponsor of the exhibition, Sies Marjan reflected on countryside and city-living by initiating collaborations both on and off the runway.
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