I’m having a major love affair with Marco Zanini‘s debut collection, which is under his own name. This is a collection for all the autumns ahead. If you still haven’t, take a look at Zanini‘s autumn-winter 2019 right here.
Collage by Edward Kanarecki.
To adorn a person’s head is probably one of the most intimate pleasures to celebrate one’s visible personality. Next to the thoughts, the eyes, the ears, the mouth and nose, the sensual relation is almost obvious. In contrary to a mask, which hides and transforms the identity of the wearer, a hat reveals the features of the face, embraces the profile and donates the head with regal attention. It’s a signature to the one who dares to decorate their features as well as it offers a moment of intrigue to the observer. Fiona Bennett does all that with her gifted hands and creations. She passionately revolutionises the classic headwear through a subtle balancing act into new dimensions and unusual, but highly poetic shapes. Her mission and true intention is to invent a perfect frame for an individual. Her precious and most significant attribute as a millinery reserves that one will always recognize the beauty of the wearer first, then, by a second glance, the beauty and art of the millinery. As outrageously visionairy and exquisitly designed her charming creations might be, they never overwhelm or dominate the face underneath. That’s the magic of Fiona and her beautiful boutique-studio in Berlin. For the gorgeous dames, non-chalant mad-hatters and not only.
Potsdamer Straße 81-83 / Berlin
All photos by Edward Kanarecki.
The moment I discovered Fidan Novruzova on Instagram, I knew I wanted to do a collage with her works. Fantastically exaggerated. Intriguing. And “how in the world does this skirt float in the air” were my very first thoughts on Novruzova’s garments, which surprise with their distorted proportions and eclectic charm. Keep this label on your radar, as I’m sure we will hear about Fidan more than once in the future. Here, the Central Saint Martins graduate describes her first collection in her own words:
“My collection is inspired by my Azerbaijani family who came from a small town, moving to a big Soviet capital and it’s about their transition from being surrounded by the elements of South Caucasian domesticity to the pragmatism of big city everyday life, alongside being strongly influenced by 1980’s Soviet movies.”
“My starting point was a trip to Baku last Christmas where I rediscovered our family archive and sourced all kinds of memorabilia, collected various objects from thrift shops representing the era I was researching, that included an ill fitted 1980’s stripy office shirt and a skirt suit. After extensive draping I’ve developed all the silhouettes and the stripes on the shirt were transformed into something almost resembling animal prints.”
“The outerwear piece from look 7 was a mix of a cape traditionally worn by local shepherds and a trench coat which is considered a ‘metropolitan’ staple. The concrete buttons with the Azerbaijani motifs were my way of making something as classic as a trench coat more personal and special, portraying symbols such as pomegranate, Maiden Tower (a 12th-century monument in Baku), carpet motifs and so on.”
Collage by Edward Kanarecki.
Corporate dressing isn’t that bad with this Acne Studios‘ autumn-winter 2019 tailoring. Here’s an inspiration for September (or mid-August) office comebacks…
Collage by Edward Kanarecki.
Saks Potts‘ faux-fur coats in various shades of neon might have stolen Cardi B’s and Rosalia’s heart. But the designers behind the brand aren’t resting on laurels. For spring-summer 2020, Barbara Potts and Catherine Saks introduced a different view on their ready-to-wear, only showing a single brown pleather version of their best-selling ‘Foxy’ coat. Titled “Latina Gala,” their new collection for summer was essentially a bow down to Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the Mexican-American singer who was tragically killed by her manager in 1995. Expect drama. A rodeo-ready bedazzled white leather minidress with matching cowboy boots and hat worn by local model and Saks Potts muse Emma Leth was the star of the show. If hot girl summer was a fashion collection, then it’s this one from Saks Potts.
Collage by Edward Kanarecki.
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