Autumn Winter 2012-13 'Guide to the Season' - Fragility Trend Report
on 26/5/11
Our own mortality comes into focus for this theme, as we see a merging together of our previous 'Senses' & 'Harvest' directions from Spring Summer 2012. Retaining their delicate qualities, this theme emerges decidedly darker, yet without the austere overtones of recent seasons.
As we see a retrospective of Alexander McQueen's work, this theme is in the same vein as his influential 2001 'Voss' collection, rather than his ubiquitous skulls, and also combines the often cited darker visual inspiration favoured by Dior's new head designer Riccardo Tisci.
This theme is a beautiful, wistful study of life and death, that also incorporates a more twisted, edgier approach in its last 'Urban' direction.
