Totally wild
Fresh from winning the coveted LVMH Karl Lagerfeld prize earlier this month – and starring on the cover of Heroine 21 – yesterday, Duran Lantink returned to Paris for his third on-schedule show. The eponymous label has become best known for its playful silhouettes, bulbous proportions and circular design ethos, becoming one of the most exciting talents in Paris.
This season saw Lantink merge his penchant for the uncanny with the art of wearability, crafting many of the looks from jersey material, speaking with us in a preview ahead of the show, the designer said: “We used a lot of t-shirts this season, you have a t-shirt pant, a t-shirt top, a t-shirt bomber jacket, a t-shirt trench coat, all these different types of forms with t-shirt fabric. It’s quite interesting. A t-shirt is something that everybody knows, so why not change it?”
Taking that sentiment of turning the everyday into something extraordinary saw sculptural forms warp and enhance parts of the body: bras bulged as bodysuits featured padded hips and knees. The brand’s debut bag was worn as headwear or high atop the shoulder while tunic dresses were layered over biker shorts and drop-waist trousers featured sewn-in briefs. One of the standout looks from the collection was a white mini dress built with a screen in the centre programmed to livestream the runway in an Inception-like twist. For the closing look, Naomi Campbell took to the runway in a black bias-cut gown, an elegant addition to Lantink’s evolving universe.
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