After profitable the primary FCG/Vogue Vogue Fund final yr, designer Kasia Kucharska now needed to placed on her first runway present. The eponymous label is thought for its designs manufactured from molded latex, which is processed right into a barely elastic cloth like lace by way of a printing course of. This novel aesthetic shortly gained consideration and Kucharska’s first designs have been worn by abilities comparable to Charlie XCX and Julia Fox shortly after she graduated with a level in vogue design. At the moment, she was working in particular person drops and small collections. And so, the step in direction of her first full runway assortment wanted to be rigorously thought of. “For the primary time, we took lots of time to strive issues out,” stated the designer after the present. “Usually, a design is drawn on the pc after which printed. However this time we began making an attempt issues out by hand. And these experiments have been very inspiring and profitable for us.”
Along with the slim-fitting leggings and latex overalls Kucharska is thought for, she explored the completely different potentialities that the fabric supplied. For instance, an outdated sweater was reduce into squares and assembled into the form of a costume with an argyle sample utilizing the latex. Every thing was linked by the latex, with not a single seam holding the silhouette in form. Past her broad knitting experiments and a brand new plastered floor construction, which she used for smaller items comparable to bralettes and caps, she targeting textile design. Kucharska is aware of latex like no different, however she will work with out it, too.
“I already made lots of cotton shirting throughout my research. I used to be fascinated by these conventional parts of costumes and dirndls from the Alpine area the place I grew up. However after my latex designs grew to become so standard, I put this space to 1 facet,” she defined. Now, she added, her assortment feels full, representing all aspects of her artistic imaginative and prescient. Within the combine have been plain-colored gathered blouses, clothes, miniskirts, and bodices whose folkloristic parts balanced out the edgy, body-hugging latex designs. Pleasure stays the highest precedence in her work: “Life is getting type of difficult proper now and I feel we’re chargeable for what our future seems like. And for me, it’s constructive. It’s cheerful, it’s colourful, and it needs to be enjoyable. My vogue ought to assist right here. And it doesn’t all the time must be tremendous practical.”
