Hmm yes! Belgian trained master of drapery, Haider Ackermann. That's exactly what I thought!!
Standout success at Paris fashion week and with a plethora of high profile supporters including the notoriously "picky" Karl Largerfeld, who chose Ackermann as "the one to watch," as part of the discovery edition of V magazine.
Originally from Columbia and trained at the Antwerp Academy alongside other acclaimed alumni, Dries Van Noten, Ackermann has caught the eye of the fashion pack with his avant-garde draping and his way with masculine leathers and soft feminine silks.
By taking two fabrics that embody vastly different qualities Ackermann creates interesting, juxtaposing textures that appear both feminine and rugged at the same time.
With collections reminiscent of early Rick Owens collections and with his distinctive silhouette likened to that of the British designer Jonathon Saunders, it is Haider Ackermann who has been championed by the notoriously hard to please, French fashion press.
Ackermann knows the figure. He understands proportions and how to manipulate them using expert drapery in order to elongate the body, giving the wearer's of his clothes an almost swan-like quality.
He combines drapery that would make any self respecting, toga wearing Roman green with envy, with sharp edged tailoring in stark contrast.
This is a designer who relies on pure technical ability to sell his clothes. A designer who understands the human body and how to transform it into the creature he desires it to be. There are no gimmicks here, the French are famously unimpressed by cheap tricks and gimmicks in order to promote a collection that is luke warm on it's own. Here they have definitely picked a winner, uncomplicated, striking and straight to the point Haider Ackermann is the one to watch!
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