Shade and sexiness are two belongings you are likely to miss in Berlin’s lengthy winters. Sia Arnika is right here to alter that. In a big manufacturing corridor on the outskirts of Berlin, Arnika confirmed a set stuffed with naked legs, excessive heels, popping colours, and enjoyable, that felt like a wise continuation of her final, considerably extra clubwear-y summer time assortment.
“I’ve this reminiscence of a girl from my island, this manufacturing unit employee,” stated the Danish designer who grew up on Mors, an island of 20,000 inhabitants, of the inspiration behind the gathering she named “Harbor Bitch.” “She is that this fierce woman, a bit of bit run-down, however there’s something fairly mysterious about her. This reminiscence became a fantasy of this harbor bitch, as I name her. She is a drive of nature; the youngsters are warned about her, and the boys can’t assist however lust after her.”
Arnika confirmed knits that got here within the form of tremendous fluffy (mini) clothes and shawls, a flouncy cardigan gown, or a hooded zip bodysuit. There was a whole lot of enjoying with deconstruction and volumes. The highlights included voluminous bomber-windbreakers, mini shorts with cumbersome balloon pockets, mesh tops and panties with curvy wire hems, and corsets that featured deconstructed shirts or polo shirts on the entrance. Polos are usually one among Arnika’s signatures, not simply since Rosalía and Christina Aguilera have been noticed in them, and so this assortment additionally featured varied interpretations, together with a gown or yellow physique with a polo collar and intensely dropped sleeves.
The curvy heeled clogs have been created in collaboration with shoe designer Philipp Kern. They felt like a unusual Nordic model of traditional Jeffrey Campbell boots, however they posed a little bit of a problem for the fashions, what with the unbelievable stage design by Tor Studios, who, in honor of Arnika’s homeland, had coated the ground with water, nets, and seaweed, which Arnika’s dad and mom had introduced from Denmark by automobile. By way of a partnership with Ebay, Arnika upcyled some preloved clothes. “I generally assume it’s good to have a limitation; see what you’ve got and the place you’ll be able to go from there,” stated Arnika. She mastered that problem with bravura.