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<\/a><\/p>\nA few years ago those riotous color blocked lines of 2012 were replaced by a monochrome palette. There\u2019s a certain severity of the movement: a blunt, graphic line of the silhouette of the skirt. If this ensemble were a physical building I think the windows would be represented by the mesh inserts – wide, never-ending and casting a severe light on the interior. Everything else would have to be a heavy thick material like concrete.<\/p>\n
The structure would have monumental proportions with long gaping spaces, much like would you would see in brutalist architecture. Brutalism was an idea born out of Nazi-era architecture via Albert Speer. It blossomed in the \u201870s across America and can still be found in government and office buildings. From the Ryung Gyong hotel to the President\u2019s Building, they both capture the same silhouette found in these ensembles. Obviously, this may not have been intentional, but the stylistic severity (which is unlike any of the other more fluid athleisure collections of this past season) and subconscious visual language is something to be considered.<\/p>\n The extensive use of matte hi-tech materials was a trend which evolved into an aesthetic for many.\u00a0From 3D printed cocktail sheaths to the the commercial retail of antibacterial medical textiles, the allure of genetically engineered textiles has reached maniacal proportions.\u00a0Not to say this is a bad thing in the least. Even Christian Dior\u2019s iconic Bar Suit\u00a0has been reengineered and to weather through any climatic extreme or zombie apocalypse (if that\u2019s what you\u2019re going for). Even the most fragile and fleeting silhouettes from this past season\u2019s Haute Couture fashion week seem to be armored in ornamentation.<\/span><\/p>\n The graphic scheme of this collection is rather severe unabashedly celebrating Mr. Wang\u2019s brand new blaring, blocky font along with tessellated, jagged little meanderings down throughout the separates. Like mechanical parts or industrial scaffoldings there is something aggressive and hardened as if each shape is it\u2019s own microorganism genetically designed and evolved to fight off and sustain itself. Other lines seen in this collection are lithe, discrete yet constant and uncompromising. Severe in complexity or in sinuousness, the graphics and silhouettes found in Alexander Wang\u2019s collection are uncompromising and faultlessly urban. Destined to be a covetable must this winter, its meant to feel like second skin yet utterly chic and effortless. But I can\u2019t help but try to decode and the collective consciousness which lies beneath.<\/p>\n Author | Christiane Nickel It’s fast, infectious, and inevitably fleeting, but once you\u2019ve spotted that signature black modern tailored puffer you\u2019ll be conjuring up your inner honey badger just to get to it before the others do. 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