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Ann Demeulemeester presents its Fall/Winter 2021 collection through a series of pure black and white images, highlighting the designer’s passion and mastery in tailoring with no distractions.
The construction of the collection embodies the concept of effortless elegance. With every stitch and execution, the design exuberates dynamism and natural movement throughout each piece. Each garment sparks a conversation regarding the contrast and homology, present in the variations between genders. The clothes are designed specifically to drape the body, returning to the classic Ann Demeulemeester silhouette.
The collection is an extremely personal interpretation of the individual, typical of Ann Demeulemeester, who has always elevated and surpassed the aesthetic and emblematic tension between man and woman with poetic androgyny. This FW21, Ann Demeulemeester has emphasized the importance of garments not being a symbol, but rather a concrete interpretation that fulfills a
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Titled “R E :,” TAKAHIROMIYASHITA TheSoloist.‘s Fall/Winter 2021 presentation is one of the Japanese designer’s most avant-garde in recent years. Drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as The Beatles’
Help!, T. S. Eliot’s
Little Gidding, Judy Blame and the films of John Cassavetes, Miyashita crafted a collection of shapeshifting garments denoted by zippers, straps and chains that can be reworked and adjusted to suit the wearer’s needs.
Clever ideas abound; For instance, Miyashita added two dangling straps to tops and three to the bottoms together, these represent the five lines of a musical stave, “awaiting notes to be arranged freely and beautifully,” the show notes explain. Trompe l’œil bombers sport unusable sleeves that walk the line between cape and jacket, while oversized sweaters, blazers, vests and punkish bondage trousers are realized in monochrome and finished with a plethora of adjustable closures and details that both adju