Sheets of fabric draped in excess of rectangular wooden frames shrouded models in the course of London designer Craig Green’s Spring Summer time 2016 menswear display.
Presented at Victoria Residence during London Collections: Males last Friday, Green’s assortment incorporated four structures that have been carried using vertical posts on both side – veiling the models’ fronts from head to shin.
Thin horizontal slits at eye degree permitted the wearers to search where they were strolling, whilst a circle of fabric lower out from the centre of the sheets exposed sections of their bare torsos.
Green – who often utilizes woodwork as portion of his collections – draped the materials in excess of the timber posts and extra straps to tie the struts to the models’ arms.
These statement types included one white, a single black and two red versions, and were interspersed amongst the a lot more standard garments for the duration of the demonstrate.
Largely monochrome outfits have been paraded in a sequence, beginning with white and black then moving via orange, navy, green and yellow.
“Right here joy is located in the acquainted, as meticulously developed signatures are freely re-imagined with an practically naive exuberance,” mentioned Green’s show notes.
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“Central to this method is a continued play in between true and imagined utility.”
Knitted jumpers featured two holes in the chest with lengths of material from the shirts beneath threaded through to hang down past the knees.
White long-sleeved T-shirts had been knotted in excess of the nipples, including to the androgynous theme of the display, which also included female models.
The broad sleeves of wrap jackets, tied with strap-like belts, and loose trouser legs were reminiscent of Karategi uniforms worn in the course of martial arts education.
Extra layers and straps were additional to some outfits, tied in various configurations or merely left to trail.
“Whilst some garments are stripped back to their barest elements, other people are invested with an exaggerated level of detail intended as cultish and seemingly symbolic,” stated the notes.
Green graduated from London’s Central Saint Martins artwork college in 2012 and has since produced collections below his very own label that characteristic sculptural components, generally created from wood.
For instance, the designer developed masks from splintered planks of wood to accompany his Autumn Winter 2013 collection.
London Collections: Men Spring Summertime 2016 runs from 12 to sixteen June 2015.
Project credits:
Craig Green crew: Helen Cost, David Curtis-Ring, Vincent Levy, Angelos Tsourapas
Casting Director: Eddy Martin for File and Parade, assisted by Karin Allvin
Makeup: Rebecca Butterworth and the MAC Pro staff
Hair: John Vial for FUDGE
