NY Fashion Week for Spring 2011 was awash in white, tan and pastels. At the Concept Korea show, high-concept design was not bothered by these conventions.
Two designers stood out to me here. The first, was Juyoung who designed the Resurrection collection for men. The male models sauntered down the runway in easy black ensembles. The signature details were the matte studded belts and pocket details. While the aesthetic was avant-garde, a few mesh t-shirts aside, most of the outfits were wearable for the edgy fashion guy.
Lee Jean Youn sent tailored black looks down the runway. She mixed every texture of black fabric she could, from corseted lace, ink-black feathers and skin tight leather.
books. One with a circus theme, one about a man in a dark room. They weren't marketed as fashion photography, but that's exactly what they looked like to me. The haunting art direction has a look of wickedness and decay. The circus photos look like a witch stirring up trouble, a wrangler of evil crows, a black widow and a sculptural gown. The man in the dark room looks like it could be Hamlet contemplating death, or an Edgar Allen Poe type alone with his tormentors...
