The collection is inspired by cities and the people in those cities that go every day to work. The workaholics and the addiction to their jobs and resulting stress. This anxiety is represented by deconstructing some traditional elements from the business environment and office life.
Starting from the deconstruction of a vintage tailor jacket from the 80’s, the jacket patterns of the collection were developed using moulage. Each jacket is unique, sharing the same shoulder width and inclination, as reference to the silhouette of the decade.
Gender fluidity is one of the strong concepts behind this collection. This aims to break with the pre-established ideas of gender and why certain garments are meant to be for men or women. The whole collection is patterned fort both male and female proportions by the use of various closing options.
The colour palette includes various shades of grey from black to white, and intense purple/blue as the main touch of colour. This colour was chosen to represent wealth, power, extravagance, dignity, devotion, independence... so this colour becomes important since it represents the individuals from the business world. All the garments have this color accent in specific areas, for instance the under collars, some hand stitching and linings.
The stress of the individual and his/her city lifestyle is represented by deconstructing the garments, respecting the body’s silhouette by being fitted close to the body, but misplacing the natural seams and shape of the garment. A torsion that looks uncomfortable, allowing new volumes at the shoulders, which is where the power and status symbol has been represented throughout centuries.
There are exterior french seams that have been lined in felt which are exposed to create a feeling of being about to explode. The use of latex is relevant since it represents the sensation of wet streets in the morning, and becomes a decorative element in some seams as well as a practical one to create a clean hem without any stitching.
The use of hook & eyes, recalls classic womenswear closures, allowing the collection to play with set gender rules in a new way. Also the use of elements from the S&M culture to represent the role of workaholics and their addiction to the stress and anxiety of their jobs, enjoying something that apparently makes them suffer at the same time. They become submissive in a metaphorical way.
From the first look to the last there is an evolution, showing how stress takes its toll, distorting and twisting around the body the garments, letting the lining blend with the outside fabric in a very organic way, and creating new volumes that gives a fresh silhouette and represents a society that is addicted to their jobs and routine in an empresarial way.