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Stockists: Ssense, Le Bon Marché, Bergdorf Goodman, Browns, Galeries Lafayette and Hudson’s Bay. Coperni remains mindful of the idea of the very first connection: tactile and sensual, featuring deconstructed styles that trigger an invitation to touch.īrand background: Coperni was founded in 2013 before relaunching in 2018. The collection deals with symbols, shapes and constructions related to this concept - a collar turns into a back by a trompe l’oeil effect and straps appear connected to a neckline in motion. Inspiration: Connectivity is the main inspiration of the spring 2020 collection, which the designers see as central to our modern lives. Key pieces for spring: Capri pants with a very high waist, which gives a nostalgic twist to the aqua nylon shirt the motion dress, with cutouts on the back and an asymmetric collar triggering an invitation to touch. Lenne Chai/WWDĭesigners: Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant Goal: To shine the light on an often less romanticized era in Asia and to combat the limited, stereotypical and literal translation of “Asian” beauty and culture in the fashion and visual world.Ĭoperni’s shirt, trousers, dress, headscarf and handbag. Memories of a “suit on the beach” moment where their moms get to the beaches in their 9-to-5 work suits.īrand background: Based in New York, Commission is a one-year-old women’s wear brand founded by first-generation immigrants from Asia (Kay from Korea, Cao and Luong from Vietnam).Ĭareer history: Kay has held ready-to-wear design jobs at Gucci, Narciso Rodriguez and Prabal Gurung Cao has designed accessories and footwear at Alexander Wang, 3.1 Phillip Lim and R13 Luong has a background in visual communication design and photography.īrand icons: Memories of their parents, especially their mothers, serve as the core influence to the designs and brand image. Inspiration: The designers’ mothers’ beach vacations in the Eighties in East and Southeast Asia. Key pieces for spring: Gift-wrapping paper floral print double-waisted tailored trousers worn with men’s-inspired belt with a new Commission logo motif a mix of ultra femininity (pussy bow blouse, sheer ruffles, pleated skirt and skintight leggings in floral print) and masculinity (wool suiting fabrics, leather belts with silver hardware). Lenne Chai/WWDĭesigners: Jin Kay, Dylan Cao and Huy Luong. Price points: Dresses from 700 euros to 1,900 euros shirts from 420 euros to 670 euros coats from 1,200 euros to 2,350 euros leather and shearling from 1,800 euros to 4,700 euros jackets from 880 euros to 1,470 euros trousers from 380 euros to 690 euros knitwear from 450 euros to 700 euros.Ĭommission’s top and skirt. Stockists: Barneys New York, Browns, Le Bon Marché, Mytheresa, Lane Crawford and 10 Corso Como. My mother is of course a source for inspiration and I have absorbed from her a sense of taste.” I only do the things that I like and which I feel are right, and then everything evolves from that. Key pieces for spring: Two things are always present in the collections: the unusual way of combining colors, as in a jade jacket over emerald pants, and a sense for details to give items personality, as in a blue skirt with ecru cord belt.īrand background: Castiglioni has been working in her family’s company (Marni) for 13 years, having the chance to gain experience in different departments such as retail, commercial and creative.īrand icons: “Plan C is a very personal project meaning I design clothes for myself.
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An overarching goal would be to see the results of their contributions to stop child marriages and to stop violence based on gender, culture, or skin color.
Goal: Launching e-commerce and expanding the menswear line are foreseeable business goals. Price points: Tops from 150 euros to 650 euros bottoms from 350 euros to 750 euros dresses from 450 euros to 1,200 euros outerwear from 800 euros to 1,400 euros. Stockists: Selfridges, H.Lorenzo, Harvey Nichols Hong Kong,. The spring show was about reflecting one’s true self and inner strength.īrand background: Founded in early 2016, the brand won the Who Is on Next prize in 2017. Inspiration: The brand carries a mission to stand up for girls and women whose voices have been lost in public. “We deconstructed evening and wedding gowns for appliqués on the sweatshirts and added some controversial underbreast piercing accessories to give a more underground look.”
Key pieces for spring: The designers concentrated on double pieces (hybrids) for the show, deconstructing evening and wedding gowns.