O

Reduction and tactility are the concepts underlying the FW12 collection signed O-POSE. O is a letter, a shape, a sound, an allusion. O-POSE is the pose of O in opposition. It is a brand, as well as an experimental lab, that sails through the forgetful present and globalized world of fashion on a boat of ideas about craftsmanship and research in form. We feel the need to create objects that are somehow timeless, or rather perpetual, that could exist around us not only as adorning fashion accessories, but as objects that offer something in return, that create a tactile as well as a playful experience. They don’t only cover your shoulder, your neck or your back, but also give something in return: unselfishness, versatility and playfulness. The FW12 is the example of a reduction strategy, both in material and in color, that aims to present itself as a set of honest, straight-forward objects. The protagonists are felt and leather, and the palette is black, greys and earth tones with a drop of vermillion red that minimally punctuates here and there. The bags are all unlined, with raw cuts and with evident hand-sewn details, that render each individual bag unique. The lines are enveloping the body, or vertically flowing around, in a juxtaposition of structure and non-structure, with alternating feminine and masculine features. The materials are all tactility-queens, carefully hand-felted merinos and cashmere, nubuck and suede mixed with natural un-dyed wool felt. Accessories include hand-felted shawls, scarves that become turbans, long-haired hats, merinos earrings and bracelets made of peculiar leather. The general color combination rule is tone-on-tone, that allows the underlining of a play of contrasting textures, while maintaining a minimalism in form. Every single choice is both an aesthetic and an ethic choice that the material itself, with its configuration and history, requires from us. We fight to stay close to that principle.