We
were blown away this afternoon by the energetic and pumped up show
from Gyo Yuni Kimchoe. This emerging label is formed of Gyo Kim from
Central St.Martins and Yuni Choe from Ravensbourne. The twosome put
on a spectacular show with an incredible ethical and sustainable
collection to go with it.
Gyo
Yuni Kimchoe were inspired by ‘the concept of travel into space and
virtual worlds, combined with the Mongolian Shamans’, coming up
with the show title ‘The Thanatos Expedition’. After witnessing
the first look strut down the runway it was obvious space and
astronauts were coming to mind during the design process, this is
also probably because the model was wearing a space helmet. I also
think the designers were influenced by Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel due
to the tweed looks and long coat and trouser combinations.
As
the show went on the looks got more and more exciting by adding
fringes, fur and braids to the tweed pieces. This was the tribal
theme slowly making appearances throughout the show; this made smart
pieces from the collection look more rough, edgy and different.
However we did get to see some outfits including faux leather panels
that were a lot more sophisticated making the collection appeal to
all kinds of audience members. The colour palette was mainly silver
and black sparkly tweed but with pops of colour from the thick
fringing used and the models bright smoky eyes.
The
finale of the show consisted of ‘Black Skinhead’ by Kanye West
blasting in the background along with all of the models in the
amazing pieces sporting Gyo Yuni Kimchoe branded space beanies. I
think it is safe to say the whole audience now want to take a trip to
Space!
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