Uma Wang presented her Spring/Summer '24 collection in the beautiful Americain Cathedral in Paris during Paris Fashionweek. With models crossing through the church paths (not knowing where to watch because they were everywhere), we were honoured to attend our first show of the brand. After 15 years Uma Wang has developed her own distinguished design language with an unique approach to create silhouettes by using fabrics in extraordinary ways. The most outstanding looks of the collection were the ones made out of potato sacks and paper, creating the most impressive bold shapes executed in an earth toned color palette. The pop of bright pink completed the collection giving it a joyful touch by using clever tailoring and screaming luxury in an artistic manner.
Collection notes by by Angelo Flaccavento:
What memories remain of Venezia once one has left the Serenissima?
The outlines of the architectures.
The dilapidated colors of the walls, and the frescoes and paintings inside.
A pungent smell of laguna water.
And a certain playfulness, a feeling of frivolity and insouciance.
A collection that explores playfulness and decay, with the reductionist
language Uma Wang stands for. Volumes that fold, protrude, bend, gather.
Washed and stained wallpaper surfaces. Hints of lace, and jacquard
silk used on the reverse side. Vintage potato sacks and paper, cut into
pliable shapes.
Every garment is meant to engage a minuet with the wearer: drawstrings and
wires allow one to mold the flow on and around the body; slits and cuts
incite tying and folding in multiple ways; so do ribbons and ties. Even
the deconstructed tricorn hats can be modeled however one wishes.
The opulence of imperfection as an invite to play with fashion; on in one
way, but in multiple manners.
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