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Alberta Ferretti Fall/Winter 2021 Hits The Runway
Alberta Ferretti Fall/Winter 2021 Hits The Runway
“As women, we need all the strength we can muster to fight, as we still have so many battles to win.”
“As women, we need all the strength we can muster to fight, as we still have so many battles to win.”
February 25, 2021
When it came to staging her Fall/Winter 2021 show, Alberta Ferretti wasn t about to play around. This season, the designer that usually shies away from all things unnecessarily flashy and flamboyant was clearly feeling the same nostalgia for the bygone times that many of us are feeling at the moment: that bittersweet wistfulness and hope that we all resume business as usual as soon as circumstances allow.
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Now based in Korea, KEENKEE continues introducing its seasonal menswear lineups as part of New York Fashion Week. The brand’s latest effort is an example of how to make upcycling effortlessly contemporary, delivering a selection of relaxed, slouchy shapes informed by disparate patterns and techno fabrics drawn from collections of deadstock textiles.
Designer Kee Kim translated unused bits of wool whipcord, fleece, velvet and recycled polyester into the new assortment as part of his ongoing quest to develop signature silhouettes. Car coats, over shirts, blazers and other elements of tailoring are rendered boxy and stitched with contrasting thread to highlight the rearranged seams and trousers are realized as long and pooling, flared or short and culotte-like, complete with exposed lining. Rich gradient hues and tonal shades speak to Kim’s prior career as a graphic designer while fuzzy floral patterns and stretchy jersey base layers maintain the comfortable aes